Health insurance for patients with HIV/AIDS in Vietnam: coverage and barriers

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of respondents

	Rural		Urban		Total		P-value
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	P-value
Sex
Male	145	56.2	520	59.4	665	58.7	0.36
Female	113	43.8	355	40.6	468	41.3	0.36
Education
< Elementary	53	20.5	179	20.5	232	20.5	0.03
Secondary	109	42.3	309	35.3	418	36.9
High	80	31	282	32.2	362	32
> Vocational	16	6.2	105	12	121	10.7
Marital status
Single	26	10.1	143	16.3	169	14.9	0.01
Live with spouse/partner	178	69	515	58.9	693	61.2
Divorced/widow	54	20.9	217	24.8	271	23.9
Religion
Cult of ancestors	222	86.1	779	89.03	1001	88.4	0.03
Buddhism and Protestant	12	4.6	52	5.94	64	5.6
Catholic	24	9.3	44	5.03	68	6.0
Employment
Unemployed	47	18.2	185	21.1	232	20.5	<0.01
Self-employed	98	38	371	42.4	469	41.4
White collars	13	5	67	7.7	80	7.1
Workers, Farmers	94	36.4	188	21.5	282	24.9
Other jobs	6	2.3	64	7.3	70	6.2
ART
Currently receiving ART	249	98.0	801	95.4	1050	96.0	0.06
Pre-ART	5	2.0	39	4.6	44	4.0	0.06
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Age	35.6	6.6	35.5	7	35.5	6.9	0.79

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