Factors Affecting Intention to Disclose HIV Status among Adult Population in Sarawak, Malaysia

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics ().

Characteristics	Male		Female		value
	Frequency	%	Frequency	%
^aAge (mean, SD) in years	41.57 (13.45)		38.99 (13.09)		0.004
^bEthnicity
Iban	77	49.0	80	51.0	0.988
Malay	200	50.6	195	49.4
Bidayuh	73	49.7	74	50.3
Others	100	49.8	101	50.2
^bReligion
Christianity	106	49.3	109	50.7	0.705
Islam	313	49.8	316	50.2
Others	31	55.4	25	44.6
^bLiving status
Living with partner	329	73.1	325	72.2	0.765
Living without partner	121	26.9	125	27.8
^cMedian family size	5.0	5.0	0.716
^bLevel of education
No formal education	76	36.2	134	63.8	<0.001
Primary school	105	55.6	84	44.4
Secondary school	233	53.9	199	46.1
Tertiary and above	36	52.2	33	47.8
^bOccupation
Unemployed	63	17.2	303	82.8	<0.001
Self-employed	187	75.1	62	24.9
Government job	61	66.3	31	33.7
Private job	139	72.0	54	28.0
^cMedian household income (MYR)	900.0		800.00		0.005

^a value reached from independent sample t-test; ^b value reached from chi-square test; ^c value reached from Mann–Whitney U test. .