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Psychology: Research and Review

Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of participants

From: Analysis of resilience and sexual behavior in persons with HIV infection

Features

PLHIV (N = 159)

n (%)

Sex

 Male

122 (77.00)

 Female

37 (23.00)

Marital status

 Single

79 (50.00)

 Married

31 (19.00)

 Common-law spouse

22 (14.00)

 Separated or divorced

14 (9.00)

 Widow

13 (8.00)

Level of education

 No schooling

6 (4.00)

 Primary education

50 (31.00)

 Secondary education

62 (39.00)

 University education

41 (26.00)

Sexual orientation

 Heterosexual

66 (41.00)

 Homosexual

93 (59.00)

Age

 19 to 29 years old

23 (15.00)

 30 to 42 years old

66 (41.00)

 43 to 55 years old

70 (44.00)

Income

 Less than 600 euros

30 (19.00)

 600 to 900 euros

27 (17.00)

 900 to 1200 euros

30 (19.00)

 More than 1200 euros

72 (45.00)

Current employment situation

 Employed

90 (57.00)

 Unemployed

45 (28.00)

 On sick leave

24 (15.00)

Year of HIV/AIDS diagnosis

 1985–1990

21 (13.00)

 1991–1995

29 (18.00)

 1996–2000

18 (11.00)

 2001–2005

29 (18.00)

 2006–2010

62 (40.00)

Persons to whom HIV status disclosed

 None

14 (9.00)

 1 to 5 persons

78 (50.00)

 6 to 15 persons

39 (24.00)

 16 to 30 persons

12 (7.00)

 More than 30 persons

30 (10.00)