All
(355, 100%)

Male
(210, 59.15%)

Female
(105, 29.58%)

Other
(40, 11.27%)

p-value

Mean age (Range, SD)

34.68
(20-60, 7.05)

35.91
(22-60, 7.02)

32.59
(20-60, 6.78)

33.69
(20-50, 6.53)

<0.05

Mean no. of yrs since HIV +ve (Range, SD)

4.00
(1-16, 2.46)

3.83
(1-16, 2.57)

4.54
(1-13, 2.40)

3.50
(2-9, 1.81)

<0.05

Marital status

Ever married

282, 79.44%

163, 57.80%

105, 37.23%

14, 4.96%

Never married

73, 20.56%

47, 64.38%

0

26, 35.62%

<0.05

Has children

Yes

251, 70.70%

145, 57.77%

93, 37.05%

13, 5.18%

No

104, 29.30%

65, 62.50%

12, 11.54%

27, 25.96%

<0.05

Lives in a…

Nuclear family

200, 56.34%

124, 62.00%

59, 29.50%

17, 8.50%

Joint family

155, 43.66%

86, 55.48%

46, 29.68%

23, 14.84%

0.15

Religion

Hindu

299, 84.23%

186, 62.21%

93, 31.10%

20, 6.69%

Not-Hindu

56, 15.77%

24, 42.86%

12, 21.43%

20, 35.71%

<0.05

Belongs to reserved caste/tribe

Yes

100, 28.17%

57, 57.00%

41, 41.00%

2, 2.00%

No

255, 71.83%

153, 60.00%

64, 25.10%

38, 14.90%

<0.05

Education

College & above

13, 3.66%

10, 76.92%

1, 7.69%

2, 15.38%

10-12^th grade

102, 28.73%

66, 64.71%

26, 25.49%

10, 9.80%

<10^th grade

173, 48.73%

105, 60.69%

55, 31.79%

13, 7.51%

Illiterate

67, 18.87%

29, 43.28%

23, 34.33%

15, 22.39%

<0.05

Employment 

Government employee

7, 1.97%

6, 85.71%

0

1, 14.29%

Private employer/Business

217, 61.13%

169, 77.88%

37, 17.05%

11, 5.07%

Unemployed

131, 36.90%

35, 26.72%

68, 51.91%

28, 21.37%

<0.05

Monthly income

Rs.5001 or more

56, 15.77%

50, 89.29%

2, 3.57%

4, 7.14%

<Rs.5000

202, 56.90%

133, 65.84%

34, 16.83%

35, 17.33%

No income

97, 27.32%

27, 27.84%

69, 71.13%

1, 1.03%

<0.05

Distance to HIV care facility from home

0-10 km

159, 44.79%

89, 55.97%

41, 25.79%

29, 18.24%

11-20 km

126, 35.49%

80, 63.49%

39, 30.95%

7, 5.56%

20+ km

70, 19.72%

41, 58.57%

25, 35.71%

4, 5.71%

<0.05