Table 1 Demographic and medical characteristics of the sample
| Â | Mean | SD | Range |
Age (years) | 33.12 | 7.16 | 18–68 |
Household monthly income (Rupees)* | 4548.18 | 6674.39 | 0–150,000 |
| Â | N | % | HRQoL M (SD) |
Gender | |||
 Male | 396 | 41.2 | 84.82 (17.29) |
 Female | 534 | 55.6 | 82.94 (17.01) |
 Hijra | 31 | 3.2 | 84.50 (20.39) |
Female | |||
 Sex worker | 208 | 39.0 | 82.55 (16.27) |
 Not sex worker | 326 | 61.0 | 83.20 (17.49) |
Male/Hijra | |||
 Have sex with men | 68 | 15.9 | 83.71 (16.92) |
 Not have sex with men | 359 | 84.1 | 86.24 (15.03) |
Site* | |||
 Bangalore | 511 | 53.2 | 87.06 (15.29) |
 Mumbai | 450 | 46.8 | 79.29 (18.73) |
Religion | |||
 Hindu | 777 | 80.9 | 84.46 (16.83) |
 Muslim | 98 | 10.2 | 79.10 (19.07) |
 Christian | 51 | 5.3 | 83.61 (18.53) |
 Buddhist | 30 | 3.1 | 78.49 (17.27) |
 Other | 5 | .5 | 96.70 (16.94) |
Marital status* | |||
 Never married/singlea | 154 | 16.0 | 88.28 (17.45) |
 Currently marriedb | 430 | 44.7 | 83.27 (17.67) |
 Divorced/separateda,b | 57 | 5.9 | 84.36 (16.60) |
 Widow/widowerb | 255 | 26.5 | 82.80 (16.32) |
 Desertedb | 64 | 6.7 | 80.52 (16.92) |
Children* | |||
 No | 256 | 26.6 | 87.03 (16.69) |
 Yes | 705 | 73.4 | 82.62 (17.31) |
Educational level* | |||
 Nonea | 245 | 25.5 | 79.57 (16.80) |
 7 years or lessa,b | 249 | 25.9 | 82.22 (17.93) |
 8–10 yearsb,c | 331 | 34.4 | 86.35 (16.82) |
 More than 10 yearsc | 134 | 13.9 | 87.74 (16.00) |
Currently employed* | |||
 Yes | 743 | 77.3 | 85.05 (16.82) |
 No | 218 | 22.7 | 79.35 (18.02) |
Taking ART | |||
 Yes | 528 | 54.9 | 83.12 (17.49) |
 No | 433 | 45.1 | 84.59 (16.94) |