Research Article

Aged Persons Living with HIV and Nutritional Wellness: Analysis of 2013 South Africa-SAGE Well-Being of Older People Study (WOPS) Wave 2

Table 3

Distribution of the sampled aged by background characteristics (n = 440).

Background characteristicsHigh nutritional wellness
%95% CI value

Overall73.6
HIV status0.007
 Infected76.7[0.71, 0.83]
 Not infected69.1[0.61, 0.77]

Sex0.023
 Male78.7[0.70, 0.87]
  Female72.4[0.68, 0.77]

Age0.003
 50–64 years75.4[0.70, 0.80]
 65–74 years74.8[0.67, 0.83]
 75–84 years64.9[0.50, 0.80]
 85+28.6[−0.05, 0.62]

Marital status0.074
 Not married77.6[0.70, 0.85]
 Married72.0[0.64, 0.80]
 Separated/divorce71.9[0.56, 0.87]
 Widowed72.4[0.66, 0.79]

Level of education0.027
 No formal education77.8[0.72, 0.84]
 Primary68.2[0.60, 0.76]
 Secondary72.4[0.64, 0.81]
 Tertiary70.0[0.42, 0.98]

Source of drinking water0.000
 Other50.0[-0.19, 1.19]
 Treated tap water74.2[0.69, 0.79]
 Rainwater50.0[0.19, 0.81]
 Flowing river/stream44.4[0.26, 0.63]
 Dam/stagnant water81.0[0.74, 0.88]

Household source of income0.000
 No source of income97.7[0.93, 1.02]
 Self-generated income66.7[0.48, 0.86]
 Wages/salaries49.2[0.37, 0.62]
 Govt grants76.2[0.62, 0.72]
 From rental property/retirement fund40.0[−0.03, 0.83]

Financial situation of household compared to 3 years ago0.000
 Better50.0[0.34, 0.66]
 About the same59.6[0.53, 0.67]
 Much worse89.8[0.86, 0.94]