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Table 1 Characteristics of YPLHIV and YPAHIV participants

From: Development of shortened HIV-related stigma scales for young people living with HIV and young people affected by HIV in India

 

YPLHIV

n (%)

YPAHIV

n (%)

Total N

124

93

Median age (years) (IQR)

19 (15–25)

19 (15–25)

Biologically female

59 (47.6)

52 (55.9)

> 12 years of education

49 (40.8)

53 (60.2)

Student at enrollment

76 (63.3)

60 (68.2)

Employed

74 (59.7)

34 (36.6)

Both parents alive

36 (29.0)

28 (30.1)

Live in makeshift houses

54 (43.5)

41 (44.1)

No toilet in the house

31 (25.0)

22 (23.7)

Good to excellent general health (self-assessed)

96 (77.4)

88 (94.6)

Any tobacco or alcohol use in the past year

9 (7.3)

15 (16.1)

Perinatally infected

104 (83.8)

Median CD4 counts (cells/mm3) (IQR)

516 (322–697)

  1. YPLHIV young people living with HIV, YPAHIV young people affected by HIV, IQR 25th to 75th percentile interquartile range