Characteristics | Depression symptoms | p-valuea | |
---|---|---|---|
Yes (N = 124, 31 %) n (%) | No (N = 276, 69 %) n (%) | ||
Gender | |||
Male | 65 (52.4) | 189 (68.5) | 0.002 |
Female | 59 (47.6) | 87 (31.5) | |
Sexual orientation | |||
Heterosexual | 108 (87.0) | 243 (88.1) | 0.922 |
Homosexual/Bisexual | 8 (6.5) | 15 (5.4) | |
Unsure/Not answer | 8 (6.5) | 18 (6.5) | |
Age, yrs [M (SD)] | 34.8 (7.6) | 34.9 (6.5) | 0.927b |
Highest level of education | |||
Did not complete primary | 19 (15.3) | 34 (12.3) | 0.710 |
Primary school | 22 (17.7) | 64 (23.2) | |
Secondary school | 46 (37.1) | 105 (38.0) | |
High school | 30 (24.2) | 59 (21.4) | |
College or more | 7 (5.7) | 14 (5.1) | |
Work status | |||
Unemployed | 31 (25.0) | 53 (19.2) | 0.354 |
Casual job | 24 (19.4) | 44 (16.0) | |
Part-time job | 21 (16.9) | 48 (17.4) | |
Full-time job | 31 (25.0) | 95 (34.4) | |
Other | 17 (13.7) | 36 (13.0) | |
Self-rated economic status | |||
Very poor/Poor | 62 (50.0) | 112 (40.6) | 0.061c |
Average | 60 (48.4) | 163 (59.1) | |
Rich/Very rich | 2 (1.6) | 1 (0.3) | |
Have a religion | |||
Yes | 31 (25.0) | 73 (26.4) | 0.760 |
No | 93 (75.0) | 203 (73.6) | |
Marital status | |||
Single | 32 (25.8) | 92 (33.3) | 0.262 |
Married/Live as a couple | 75 (60.5) | 144 (52.2) | |
Divorced/Separated/Widowed | 17 (13.7) | 40 (14.5) | |
Parental status | |||
Yes | 78 (62.9) | 141 (51.1) | 0.028 |
No | 46 (37.1) | 135 (48.9) | |
Source of HIV infection | |||
Sexual transmission | 72 (58.1) | 152 (55.1) | 0.467 |
Injected drug use | 32 (25.8) | 87 (31.5) | |
Others | 20 (16.1) | 37 (13.4) | |
Time since HIV diagnosis, yrs [M (SD)] | 4.8 (2.6) | 5.4 (2.5) | 0.033b |
Family members been diagnosed HIV positive | |||
None | 79 (63.7) | 199 (72.1) | 0.123c |
One | 43 (34.7) | 69 (25.0) | |
Two or more | 2 (1.6) | 8 (2.9) |