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Table 1 Compares of suicide ideation with different sociodemographic characteristics [n (%)]

From: Suicidal ideation of people living with HIV and its relations to depression, anxiety and social support

Variables

Total (n = 1146)

Suicide ideation (n = 619)

Non-suicide ideation (n = 527)

χ2

P

Infection way

Male have sex with male

951 (83.0)

505 (53.1)

446 (46.9)

2.771

0.250

Heterosexual behavior

86 (7.5)

47 (54.7)

39 (45.3)

  

Blood transmission/mother to child transmission

109 (9.5)

67 (61.5)

42 (38.5)

  

HIV positive diagnosis time

≤ 35 months

584 (51.0)

362 (62.0)

222 (38.0)

30.472

< 0.001

> 36 months

562 (49.1)

257 (45.7)

305 (54.3)

  

Age

     

≤ 31 years

634 (55.3)

366 (57.7)

268 (42.3)

7.884

0.005

> 31 years

512 (44.7)

253 (49.4)

259 (50.6)

  

Gender

Male

1101 (96.1)

595 (54.0)

506 (46.0)

0.009

0.926

Female

45 (3.9)

24 (53.3)

21 (45.7)

  

Original residence

Urban

670 (58.5)

339 (50.6)

331 (49.4)

7.582

0.006

Rural

476 (41.5)

280 (58.8)

196 (41.2)

  

Nationality

Han

1073 (93.6)

573 (53.4)

500 (46.6)

2.542

0.111

National minority

73 (6.4)

46 (63.0)

27 (37.0)

  

Marital status

Unmarried

826 (72.1)

446 (54.0)

380 (46.0)

1.450

0.484

Married

245 (21.4)

137 (55.9)

108 (44.1)

  

Divorced/widowed

75 (6.5)

36 (48.0)

39 (52.0)

  

Single child or not

Yes

498 (43.5)

259 (52.0)

239 (48.0)

1.427

0.232

No

648 (56.5)

360 (55.6)

288 (44.4)

  

Employment

Unemployment

73 (6.4)

57 (78.1)

16 (21.9)

32.522

< 0.001

Students

107 (9.3)

72 (67.3)

35 (32.7)

  

Free employment

256 (22.3)

143 (55.9)

113 (44.1)

  

Civil servant/private employee

710 (62.0)

347 (48.9)

363 (51.1)

  

Education

Master degree and above

100 (8.7)

51 (51.0)

49 (49.0)

5.688

0.224

Bachelor

508 (44.3)

270 (53.1)

238 (46.9)

  

College

252 (22.0)

127 (50.4))

125 (49.6)

  

High school or technical secondary school

189 (16.5)

113 (59.8)

76 (40.2)

  

Middle school/primary school

97 (8.5)

58 (59.8)

39 (40.2)

  

Living status

Living alone

331 (28.9)

160 (48.3)

171 (51.3)

6.036

0.014

Living with others

815 (71.1)

459 (56.3)

356 (43.7)

  

Monthly income (RMB)

≤ 4000

476 (41.5)

310 (65.1)

166 (34.9)

41.575

< 0.001

> 4000

670 (34.1)

309 (46.1)

361 (53.9)

  

Being with lover or not

Yes

642 (56.0)

327 (50.9)

315 (49.1)

5.573

0.018

No

504 (44.0)

292 (57.9)

212 (42.1)

  

History of substance abuse (drugs, aphrodisiacs, etc.) in the past 12 months

Yes

108 (9.4)

57 (52.8)

51 (47.2)

0.073

0.787

No

1038 (90.6)

562 (54.1)

476 (45.9)

  

Other chronic diseases except HIV

Yes

297 (25.9)

195 (65.7)

102 (34.3)

21.878

< 0.001

No

849 (74.1)

424 (49.9)

425 (50.1)

  

The results of the last physical examination

Normal

880 (76.8)

468 (53.2)

412 (46.8)

1.057

0.034

Abnormal

266 (23.2)

151 (56.8)

115 (21.8)

  

HIV disclosure

Telling family members

602 (52.5)

313 (52.0)

289 (48.0)

2.085

0.149

Family members were not told

544 (47.2)

306 (56.3)

238 (43.8)

  

Telling friends

498 (43.5)

252 (50.6)

246 (49.4)

4.127

0.042

Didn't tell a friend

648 (56.5)

367 (56.6)

281 (43.4)

  

Telling others

558 (48.7)

288 (51.6)

270 (48.4)

2.524

0.112

No one else was told

588 (51.3)

331 (56.3)

257 (43.7)

  

Anxiety

Yes

427 (37.3)

324 (75.9)

103 (24.1)

130.985

< 0.001

No

719 (62.7)

295 (41.0)

424 (59.0)

  

Depression

Yes

534 (46.6)

378 (70.8)

156 (29.2)

113.251

< 0.001

No

612 (53.4)

241 (39.4)

371 (60.6)

  

Social support

Low

156 (13.6)

109 (69.9)

47 (30.1)

55.339

< 0.001

Medium

660 (57.6)

385 (58.3)

275 (41.7)

  

High

330 (28.8)

125 (37.9)

205 (62.1)

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