HIV-Positives
(n=285)
HIV-Negatives
(n=285)
 
(US$) Median IQR Median IQR p-value a
Household income 900 600-1440 1530 900-2400 <0.001
Household expenditure 900 600-1440 1344 900-1800 <0.001
Assets 50 0-1415 1550 10-7300 <0.001
Debts 15 0-125 25 0-150 0.320
Education cost b 150
(n=198)
90-300 257
(n=190)
100-450 0.001
Medical cost 12 0-60 50 10-147 <0.001
Transportation cost for medical service 30 13-60 0 0-20 <0.001
Funeral cost c 300
(n=104)
125-500      
Notes: All the data were of last year. IQR=Inter-Quartile Range
a Mann-Whitney U test
b Of total, 198 HIV-positive households and 190 HIV-negative households had school children and expended their education costs.
c Funeral cost for family death due to AIDS. Of the HIV-positive households 104 households experienced family death due to AIDS and expended the funeral cost.
Table 3: Economic characteristics of the HIV-positive and the negative households.
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