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Table 3 HIV status among participants with psychological distress by socio-demographic, health and HIV-related characteristics, South Africa 2012

From: Exploring HIV status as a mediator in the relationship of psychological distress with socio-demographic and health related factors in South Africa: findings from the 2012 nationally representative population-based household survey

Sample characteristic

Total

(n = 4556)

HIV status

p-value

Negative

(n = 3730)

Positive

((n = 826)

Age group (years)

   

< 0.001

15 to 24

1020 (22.4)

919 (90.1)

101 (9.9)

 

25 to 49

2029 (44.6)

1430 (70.5)

599 (29.5)

 

50+

1505 (33.0)

1379 (91.6)

126 (8.4)

 

Sex

   

< 0.001

Male

1511 (33.2)

1299 (86.0)

212 (14.0)

 

Female

3045 (66.8)

2431 (79.8)

614 (20.2)

 

Race group

   

< 0.001

African

3244 (71.2)

2482 (76.5)

762 (23.5)

 

Other

1309 (28.8)

1245 (95.1)

64 (4.9)

 

Marital status

   

< 0.001

Not Married

3149 (70.3)

2469 (78.4)

680 (21.6)

 

Married

1332 (29.7)

1209 (90.8)

123 (9.2)

 

Educational level

   

0.001

No education/Primary

1004 (26.9)

809 (80.6)

195 (19.4)

 

Secondary

2521 (67.5)

2044 (81.1)

477 (18.9)

 

Tertiary

210 (5.6)

191 (91.0)

19 (9.0)

 

Employment status

   

< 0.001

No

2890 (70.2)

2353 (81.4)

537 (18.6)

 

Yes

1226 (29.8)

976 (79.6)

250 (20.4)

 

Asset based SES

   

< 0.001

Low SES

2797 (62.1)

2145 (76.7)

652 (23.3)

 

High SES

1708 (37.9)

1548 (90.6)

160 (9.4)

 

Locality type

   

< 0.001

Urban formal

2346 (51.5)

2065 (88.0)

281 (12.0)

 

Urban informal

618 (13.6)

454 (73.5)

164 (26.5)

 

Rural informal

1184 (26.0)

899 (75.9)

285 (24.1)

 

Rural formal

408 (9.0)

312 (76.5)

96 (23.5)

 

Alcohol use AUDIT score

   

0.001

Abstainers

2727 (66.6)

2182 (80.0)

545 (20.0)

 

Low risk drinkers (1–7)

812 (19.8)

693 (85.3)

119 (14.7)

 

High risk drinkers (8–19)

451 (11.0)

383 (84.9)

68 (15.1)

 

Hazardous drinkers 20 +)

107 (2.6)

87 (81.3)

20 (18.7)

 

Self- rated health

   

< 0.001

Fair/ Poor

1631 (35.9)

1273 (78.1)

358 (21.9)

 

Good/ Excellent

2906 (64.1)

2438 (83.9)

468 (16.1)

 

Ever had HIV test

   

< 0.001

No

3023 (66.6)

2326 (76.9)

697 (23.1)

 

Yes

1515 (33.4)

1386 (91.5)

129 (8.5)

 

Awareness of HIV status

   

< 0.001

No

2614 (58.1)

2224 (85.1)

390 (14.9)

 

Yes

1885 (41.9)

1463 (77.6)

422 (22.4)

 

Self-percieved risk of HIV infection

   

< 0.001

No

1153 (25.7)

695 (60.3)

458 (39.7)

 

Yes

3341 (74.3)

3001 (89.8)

340 (10.2)

 

Externalsed HIV related stigma

   

< 0.001

No

2193 (48.5)

1874 (85.5)

319 (14.5)

 

Yes

2326 (51.5)

1824 (78.4)

502 (21.6)

 
  1. SES Socio economic status, AUDIT Alcohol risk score based on a questionnaire for Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test and scores used for categorisation within parentheses. Subtotals do not total (n) due to non-response and/or missing data
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