Item | therapy status during investigation | χ2 | P | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Drop out group (n = 252) | Group retained in care (n = 187) | |||
Gender | Â | Â | 0.78 | 0.38 |
 Male | 189 (56.3) | 147 (43.8) |  |  |
 Female | 63 (61.2) | 40 (38.8) |  |  |
Age | Â | Â | 11.37 | 0.04 |
  ≤ 24 | 24 (61.5) | 15 (38.5) |  |  |
 25–34 | 58 (47.5) | 64 (52.5) |  |  |
 35–44 | 97 (66.4) | 49 (33.6) |  |  |
 45–54 | 47 (58.0) | 34 (42.0) |  |  |
 55–64 | 19 (54.3) | 16 (35.7) |  |  |
  ≥ 65 | 7 (43.8) | 9 (56.3) |  |  |
Nationality | Â | Â | 0.97 | 0.33 |
 Han nationality | 215 (58.4) | 153 (41.6) |  |  |
 Ethnic minority | 37 (52.1) | 34 (47.9) |  |  |
Residential area | Â | Â | 39.16 | 0.00 |
 Rural areas | 140 (74.5) | 48 (25.5) |  |  |
 Town | 112 (44.6) | 139 (55.4) |  |  |
Household register | Â | Â | 1.85 | 0.60 |
 Local county | 119 (58.6) | 84 (41.4) |  |  |
 Other county of the city | 20 (47.6) | 22 (52.4) |  |  |
 Other city of the province | 39 (59.1) | 27 (40.9) |  |  |
 Other province | 74 (57.8) | 54 (42.2) |  |  |
Marital status | Â | Â | 1.08 | 0.78 |
 Single | 88 (54.3) | 74 (45.7) |  |  |
 Married | 71 (60.2) | 47 (39.8) |  |  |
 Divorced | 86 (58.5) | 61 (41.5) |  |  |
 Bereaved wife or husband | 7 (58.3) | 5 (41.7) |  |  |
Educational level | Â | Â | 31.79 | 0.00 |
 Illiteracy | 10 (90.9) | 1 (9.1) |  |  |
 Primary school | 55 (67.9) | 26 (32.1) |  |  |
 Junior high school | 111 (66.5) | 56 (33.5) |  |  |
 High school | 34 (45.3) | 41 (54.7) |  |  |
 College or above | 42 (40.0) | 63 (60.0) |  |  |
Occupation | Â | Â | 57.99 | 0.00 |
 Farmer | 112 (78.9) | 30 (21.1) |  |  |
 Housework and unemployment | 65 (56.0) | 51 (44.0) |  |  |
 Service | 27 (39.7) | 41 (60.3) |  |  |
 Worker | 11 (37.9) | 18 (62.1) |  |  |
 Cadre staff | 7 (33.3) | 14 (66.7) |  |  |
 Retiree | 1 (8.3) | 11 (91.7) |  |  |
 Student | 12 (66.7) | 6 (33.3) |  |  |
 Migrant workers | 9 (52.9) | 8 (47.1) |  |  |
 Other | 8 (50.0) | 8 (50.0) |  |  |
Monthly income | Â | Â | 33.81 | 0.00 |
  < 500 | 84 (75.0) | 28 (25.0) |  |  |
 500–1000 | 36 (66.7) | 18 (33.3) |  |  |
 1000–2000 | 35 (36.5) | 61 (63.5) |  |  |
 2000–3000 | 50 (54.3) | 42 (45.7) |  |  |
  ≥ 3000 | 47 (55.3) | 38 (44.7) |  |  |
Minimum living allowances | Â | Â | 17.50 | 0.00 |
 Yes | 62 (78.5) | 17 (21.5) |  |  |
 No | 190 (52.8) | 170 (47.2) |  |  |
HIV transmission route | Â | Â | 43.15 | 0.00 |
 Injection drug abuse | 76 (83.5) | 15 (16.5) |  |  |
 Male to male transmission | 43 (40.2) | 64 (59.8) |  |  |
 Heterosexual transmission | 133 (55.2) | 108 (44.8) |  |  |
Living status | Â | Â | 10.88 | 0.01 |
 Live alone | 111 (58.4) | 79 (41.6) |  |  |
 Usually live with strangers | 20 (83.3) | 4 (16.7) |  |  |
 Live with classmates/colleagues/friends | 27 (65.9) | 14 (34.1) |  |  |
 Live with family | 94 (51.1) | 90 (48.9) |  |  |
Recent CD4 counts | Â | Â | 0.65 | 0.723 |
  < 350 | 126 (59.2%) | 87 (40.8%) |  |  |
 350~ | 47 (57.3%) | 35 (42.7%) |  |  |
 500~ | 79 (54.9%) | 65 (45.1%) |  |  |