Table 1 Characteristics of the recipients of disability grants and determinants of receipt
From: Disability Grant: a precarious lifeline for HIV/AIDS patients in South Africa
Variables | Category/measure | (n = 1267) | ART | AOR | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
In receipt of a grant | Not in receipt of a grant | ||||
(n = 463) | (n = 804) | ||||
Age | Median | 39.00 | 35.00 | 1.01 | 0.14 |
Sex | Male | 29.37 | 24.53 | 1.22 | 0.19 |
Female | 70.63 | 75.47 | Referent | ||
Employment | Employed | 9.13 | 29.89 | 0.23 | 0.00 |
Unemployed | 90.87 | 70.11 | Referent | ||
Asset index | Wealthier | 41.68 | 54.17 | 1.10 | 0.57 |
Poorer | 58.32 | 45.83 | Referent | ||
Education | None or some basic | 42.64 | 30.14 | Referent | |
Some secondary | 43.29 | 46.45 | 0.80 | 0.18 | |
Completed secondary | 14.07 | 23.41 | 0.58 | 0.02 | |
Household expenditure | Median | 972.22 | 973.95 | 1.00 | 0.05 |
Site | Bushbuckridge | 30.67 | 21.14 | Referent | |
Soweto | 16.85 | 31.47 | 0.37 | 0.00 | |
Hlabisa | 30.89 | 19.53 | 0.96 | 0.81 | |
Mitchells Plain | 21.60 | 27.86 | 0.57 | 0.01 | |
Duration on treatment | Median | 12.00 | 10.00 | 1.01 | 0.02 |
Reported missing clinic visit(s) | Yes (%) | 4.54 | 5.86 | 1.10 | 0.75 |
Reported missing medication dosage(s) | Yes (%) | 9.72 | 16.10 | 0.81 | 0.33 |
Receiving concomitant TB treatment or ART | Yes (%) | 11.45 | 9.10 | 1.68 | 0.02 |