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Table 4 Lack of HIV-related health care access according to key characteristics of PLHA participants, Peru, 2008 (N = 863)

From: Determinants of unequal HIV care access among people living with HIV in Peru

Characteristics and categories

Crude estimate

Adjusted estimate (RDS-II)

P value

Biological sex

Male

22 (4.1%)

5.2

0.30

Female

8 (2.7%)

2.9

Sexual/Gender Identity

Homosexual/Gay

5 (2.3%)

2.7

<0.05

Transgender

6 (20.7%)

27.3

Bisexual

3 (3.1%)

2.7

Heterosexual

17 (3.2%)

3.8

Age Range

35 years old or younger

24 (5.2%)

6.2

<0.05

Older than 35 years old

7 (1.7%)

1.7

Geographic area

Coast (Lima-Callao and Chiclayo)

20 (3.2%)

3.0

0.27

Andes (Arequipa)

7 (5.2%)

4.7

Amazonia (Iquitos)

4 (3.5%)

0.9

Educational attainment

None/Some Elementary School

0 (0.0%)

0

0.33

Completed elementary school

11 (4.9%)

7.1

Completed High School

10 (3.4%)

3.2

Some higher education

10 (3.4%)

3.6

Marital status

Single

21 (4.3%)

4.5

0.57

Married

2 (2.7%)

8.3

Domestic partner

5 (2.8%)

3.6

Divorced/Separated

2 (3.1%)

1.5

Widowed

1 (1.8%)

1.9

Head of household

Yes

12 (3.6%)

4.4

0.96

No

19 (3.6%)

4.3

Health insurance

Social Security, Forces, Private

4 (2.7%)

1.9

0.80

SIS (Ministry of Health)

7 (3.2%)

5.4

No insurance

20 (4.0%)

4.6

Currently working

Yes

18 (3.4%)

5.1

0.37

No

13 (3.8%)

3.3

Poverty

Extreme poverty

0 (0.0%)

0

0.13

Moderate poverty

14 (7.7%)

8.0

 

Not in poverty

17 (2.5%)

3.0