The Impact of ART on the Economic Outcomes of People Living with HIV/AIDS

Table 1

Baseline demographic, physical health, and economic characteristics of total sample and by ART status (𝑁=482).

	Total	On-ART	Non-ART	Test statistics
N	482	257 (53%)	225 (47%)
Gender
Male	36.10%	43.60%	27.60%	𝜒^2=13.35, 𝑃=.000
Female	63.90%	56.40%	72.40%
Mean age	34.6	34.8	34.3	𝐹=.001, 𝑃=.977
Education
Primary school or less	58.90%	57.00%	61.30%	𝜒^2=.854, 𝑃=.355
At least some secondary school	41.10%	43.00%	37.70%
Marital status
Married/in a committed relationship	48.50%	52.50%	44.00%	𝜒^2=3.49, 𝑃=.061
Not in a relationship	51.50%	47.50%	56.00%
Physical health functioning	71.96	65.32	80.98	𝜒^2=8.722, 𝑃=.003
Working status
Currently working (last 7 days )	69.50%	65.80%	74.50%	𝜒^2=4.18, 𝑃=.041
Not working (last 7 days )	30.50%	34.20%	25.50%
Mean CD4 count	228	142	452	𝐹=4.497, 𝑃=.000
Mean weekly income (Ush)	32,707	32,356	32,879	𝐹=1.178, 𝑃=.278