To tell or not to tell: Negotiating disclosure for people living with HIV on antiretroviral treatment in a South African setting

Figures & data

Table 1. Demographic characteristics of the participants living with HIV/AIDS and on ARV treatment.

Characteristic	Survey participants	Follow-up participants	Total
Total number of participants	61	32	93
Gender
Female	47	28	75
Male	14	4	18
Race
Black	43	19	62
Coloured	17	11	28
Indian	1	1	2
White	0	1	1
Age (years)
20–29	10	10	20
30–39	31	14	45
40–49	17	6	23
50–59	3	2	5
Education level
Primary school (never finished)	14 (10)	10 (6)	24 (20)
Secondary school (never finished)	38 (27)	19 (15)	57 (42)
Tertiary education (never finished)	9 (0)	3 (1)	12 (1)
Marital status	Not measured
Single/never married		9	9 (n = 32)
Married		12	12 (n = 32)
Widowed		1	1 (n = 32)
Separated/divorced		5	5 (n = 32)
Cohabiting		5	5 (n = 32)
Children	Not measured
Yes		26	26 (n = 32)
No		6	6 (n = 32)

Fig. 1. (a, b) are diagrammatic representations of the disclosure targets for participants of the cross-sectional survey and follow-up visits, respectively. Clinic represents health-care workers, including counsellors and DOT supporters. Church includes priests/pastors and/or congregation. Other refers to anyone, for example work colleagues, parole/jail officers, other HIV-positive people that the participants encountered or people in their neighbourhood. Three participants had not disclosed to anyone, one participant said that they just prayed, and one participant had not completed this question, whilst two participants reported not having disclosed to anyone (not included in (a, b), respectively).