Table 1 Prevalence of disclosure status by demographic characteristics among PLWHA (N = 270)
From: HIV serostatus disclosure among people living with HIV/AIDS in Mwanza, Tanzania
Disclosure status | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Socio-demographic characteristic | Category | N | Yes n (%) | No n (%) | P-value |
Sex | Females | 195 | 182 (93.3) | 13 (6.7) | 0.9777 |
Males | 75 | 70 (93.3) | 5 (6.7) | ||
Age | < 30 years | 32 | 27 (84.4) | 5 (15.6) | 0.0304 |
> 30 years | 238 | 225 (94.5) | 13 (5.5) | ||
Education | Informal | 43 | 40 (93.0) | 3 (7.0) | 0.6679 |
Primary | 199 | 186 (93.5) | 13 (6.5) | ||
Secondary | 26 | 24 (92.3) | 2 (7.7) | ||
College/university | 2 | 2 (100) | 0 (0) | ||
Marital status | Single | 9 | 8 (88.9) | 1 (11.1) | 0.5845 |
Married | 119 | 111 (93.3) | 8 (6.7) | ||
Cohabiting | 32 | 28 (87.5) | 4 (12.5) | ||
Widow(er) | 63 | 60 (95.2) | 3 (4.8) | ||
Divorced | 47 | 45 (95.7) | 2 (4.3) | ||
Occupation | Employed | 197 | 183 (92.9) | 14 (7.1) | 0.6679 |
Self-employed | 33 | 32 (97.0) | 1 (3.0) | ||
No specific job | 40 | 37 (92.5) | 3 (7.5) | ||