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Table 2 Social and professional characteristic features of the respondents

From: Criteria for prioritization of HIV programs in Viet Nam: a discrete choice experiment

Social & professional variables

Measurement

Value range

Frequency

Median

Mean

std.dev.

Gender

Binary

Male = 0

Female = 1

38 (55%)

31 (45%)

0

0.45

0.50

Age group

Ordinal

“26–30” = 2

“31–40” = 3

“41–50” = 4

“51–60” = 5

“>60” = 6

3 (4%)

13 (19%)

30 (43%)

22 (32%)

1 (1%)

4

4.07

0.86

Country of origin

Nominal

Viet Nam = 1

Elsewhere = 0

53 (77%)

16 (23%)

   

Area of work: Program

Binary

No = 0

Yes = 1

23 (33%)

46 (67%)

1

0.67

0.47

Area of work: Policy

Binary

No = 0

Yes = 1

41 (59%)

28 (41%)

0

0.41

0.49

Area of work: Management

Binary

No = 0

Yes = 1

29 (42%)

40 (58%)

1

0.58

0.49

Area of work: Monitoring & Evaluation

Binary

No = 0

Yes = 1

31 (45%)

38 (55%)

1

0.55

0.50

Years of work experience in HIV field

Scale

From 3 to 30 years

14

14.6

6.19

Involved in decision-making

Binary

No = 0

Yes = 1

6 (9%)

63 (91%)

1

0.91

0.28

Responsible for decision-making

Binary

No = 0

Yes = 1

24 (35%)

45 (65%)

1

0.65

0.48