The Impact of Perceived Stigma, Quality of Life, and Spiritual Beliefs on Suicidal Ideations among HIV-Positive Patients

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of the participants.

Sociodemographic characteristics	(%)	value
(years)		0.120
HIV infection duration (years)		0.044
Gender
Male	241 (68.7)	0.007
Female	110 (31.3)
Marital status
Single	109 (31.1)	0.005
Married	142 (40.5)
Divorced	74 (21.1)
Widowed	26 (7.4)
Education level
Illiterate	7 (2)	0.083
Less than diploma	267 (76.1)
Diploma	60 (17.1)
University degree	17 (4.8)
Occupational status
Employed	102 (29.0)	0.003
Unemployed	246 (70.1)
Retired	3 (0.9)
Socioeconomic status
Lower class	193 (56.1)	0.001
Lower middle class	127 (36.9)
Upper-middle class	24 (7.0)
Upper class	0 (0.0)

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