Table 2 Relationship between HIV status self-disclosure and background characteristics of respondents
Disclosure to partner (N = 84) | Disclosure to others (N = 112) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent variables | ||||||||
Socio-demographic variables | Obs | No | Yes | p-value | Obs | No | Yes | p-value |
Age (Mean ± SD) | 169 | 48 ± 13 | 45 ± 11 | 0.2713 | 173 | 44 ± 11 | 47 ± 13 | 0.0838* |
Obs | f (%) | f (%) | p-value | Obs | f (%) | f (%) | p-value | |
Females | 98 | 58 (59) | 40 (41) | 0.046** | 101 | 36 (36) | 65 (58) | 0.427 |
In a relationship with partner | 73 | 17 (23) | 56 (77) | 0.000*** | 73 | 31 (42) | 42 (58) | 0.952 |
Pentecostal denomination | 96 | 53 (55) | 43 (45) | 0.095* | 99 | 34 (34) | 65 (66) | 0.447 |
Primary education | 85 | 43 (51) | 42 (49) | 0.500 | 85 | 33 (39) | 52 (61) | 0.226 |
Urban resident | 88 | 44 (50) | 44 (50) | 0.529 | 88 | 32 (36) | 56 (64) | 0.441 |
Economic variables | ||||||||
Monthly income < GHC 500 | 93 | 51 (55) | 42 (45) | 0.017 | 96 | 27 (28) | 69 (72) | 0.022** |
Poor financial situation | 114 | 61 (54) | 53 (46) | 0.150 | 118 | 42 (36) | 76 (64) | 0.517 |
In private business | 69 | 26 (38) | 41 (59) | 0.022** | 69 | 27 (39) | 42 (61) | 0.227 |
Employed | 92 | 51 (55) | 41 (45) | 0.081* | 96 | 27 (28) | 69 (72) | 0.027** |
HIV history variables | ||||||||
Divorced due to HIV | 73 | 54 (74) | 19 (26) | 0.000*** | 74 | 18 (24) | 56 (76) | 0.017** |
Partner not HIV positive | 66 | 35 (53) | 31 (47) | 0.271 | 68 | 25 (37) | 43 (63) | 0.421 |
Partner not on ART | 36 | 2 (6) | 34 (94) | 0.145 | 36 | 18 (50) | 18 (50) | 0.404 |
Child not HIV positive | 124 | 65 (52) | 59 (48) | 0.140 | 127 | 42 (33) | 85 (67) | 0.523 |
Takes ART at ART centre | 128 | 63 (49) | 65 (51) | 0.376 | 131 | 42 (32) | 89 (68) | 0.086* |
Knowledge of ART | 163 | 81 (50) | 82 (50) | 0.347 | 167 | 58 (35) | 109 (65) | 0.357 |
Knowledge of ART side effects | 157 | 80 (51) | 77 (49) | 0.483 | 161 | 53 (33) | 108 (67) | 0.044** |
No fear of ART | 151 | 73 (48) | 78 (52) | 0.111 | 154 | 53 (34) | 101 (65) | 0.336 |
ART adherent | 166 | 84 (51) | 82 (49) | 0.496 | 170 | 61 (36) | 109 (64) | 0.269 |