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Table 4 Meta-estimates: effect of socio-demographic factors on adherence to ART

From: Access to HIV/AIDS care: a systematic review of socio-cultural determinants in low and high income countries

Socio-demographic

Pool ES

CI 95%

p value*

Pool studies

I2

Male

0.77

0.48-1.24

0.28

7

61.3%

High income countries

0.94

0.57-1.55

0.81

4

54.6%

Low income countries

0.16

0.04-0.66

0.01

3

0.0%

Female

1.05

0.97-1.13

0.27

7

49.1%

High income countries

1.29

1.06-1.58

0.01

4

34.6%

Low income countries

0.99

0.91-1.08

0.85

3

0.0%

Married

1.10

0.85-1.42

0.46

2

0.0%

High income countries

1.10

0.84-1.45

0.49

1

-

Low income countries

1.10

0.56-2.16

0.78

1

-

Single

2.49

1.51-4.12

0.00

3

0.0%

High income countries

1.53

0.42-5.56

0.52

1

-

Low income countries

2.72

1.58-4.69

0.00

2

-

Separated/divorced

-

-

-

-

-

High income countries

-

-

-

-

-

Low income countries

1.07

0.42-2.73

0.89

2

0.0%

Age less than 20

1.14

0.96-1.37

0.14

2

60.1%

High income countries

0.47

0.96-1.37

0.13

1

-

Low income countries

1.18

0.98-1.42

0.08

1

-

Age less than 30

1.04

1.01-1.07

0.01

2

0.0%

High income countries

-

-

-

-

-

Low income countries

1.04

1.01-1.07

0.01

2

0.0%

Age 20-30

1.38

1.21-1.58

0.00

5

60.2%

High income countries

1.30

0.86-1.94

0.21

3

20.2%

Low income countries

1.39

1.21-1.60

0.00

2

74.0%

Age 30-50

1.08

0.97-1.19

0.16

6

0.0%

High income countries

1.06

0.77-1.46

0.72

4

0.2%

Low income countries

1.08

0.97-1.20

0.17

2

0.0%

Age over 50 years

0.80

0.59-1.08

0.14

5

59.4%

High income countries

0.55

0.41-0.75

0.00

4

0.0%

Low income countries

6.68

3.15-14.15

0.00

1

-

No education

1.76

1.19-2.60

0.01

3

0.0%

High income countries

1.69

0.82-3.48

0.16

1

-

Low income countries

1.78

1.12-2.85

0.02

2

0.0%

Primary education

0.98

0.85-1.13

0.80

4

9.3%

High income countries

0.99

0.86-1.15

0.91

3

0.0%

Low income countries

0.30

0.06-1.49

0.14

1

-

Secondary education

1.04

0.95-1.14

0.43

10

60.4%

High income countries

1.03

0.95-1.28

0.75

6

73.7%

Low income countries

1.04

0.94-1.15

0.47

4

19.8%

Tertiary education

0.85

0.58-1.24

0.39

3

60.9%

High income countries

0.69

0.45-1.07

0.10

2

44.8%

Low income countries

1.56

0.73-3.34

0.25

1

-

  1. *Significance level p<0.05.