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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of patients at enrollment for chronic HIV care in public health facilities of Addis Ababa, during 2007-June 2012

From: Effectiveness of isoniazid preventative therapy in reducing incidence of active tuberculosis among people living with HIV/AIDS in public health facilities of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a historical cohort study

Socio-demographic profile at enrollment for HIV care (N = 2524)

IPT Exposed

N (%)

IPT Non-exposed

N (%)

Total

N (%)

Chi-square

P value

Sex

 Male

473(37.4)

469(37.2)

942(37.3)

0.918

 Female

791(62.6)

791(62.8)

1582(62.7)

 

Age in years (mean = 34.9, SD = 9.1)

 <30

421(33.3)

557(44.2)

978(38.7)

0.150

 30–39

408(32.3)

412(32.7)

820(32.5)

 

 40–49

283(22.4)

247(19.6)

530(21)

 

 >50

152(12)

44(3.5)

196(7.8)

 

Marital status

 Single

318(25.2)

288(22.9)

606(24)

0.000

 Married

584(46.2)

551(43.7)

1135(45)

 

 Widowed

189(15)

195(15.5)

384(15.2)

 

 Separated

157(12.4)

165(13.1)

322(12.8)

 

 Divorced

16(1.3)

61(4.8)

77(3.1)

 

Level of Education

 No formal education

248(19.6)

276(21.9)

524(20.8)

0.004

 Primary completed

507(40.1)

447(35.5)

954(37.8)

 

 Secondary completed

473(37.4)

473(37.5)

946(37.5)

 

 Tertiary completed

36(2.8)

64(5.1)

100(4)

 

Religion

 Orthodox

979(77.5)

1023(81.2)

2002(79.3)

0.197

 Muslim

98(7.8)

177(14)

275(10.9)

 

 Protestant

132(10.4)

54(4.3)

236(9.4)

 

 Othersa

5(0.4)

6(0.5)

11(0.4)

 

Employment status

 Non-employed

650(51.4)

483(38.3)

1133(44.9)

0.000

 Self-employed

218(17.2)

247(19.6)

465(18.4)

 

 Government employed

205(16.2)

248(19.7)

453(17.95)

 

 Private

183(14.5)

270(21.4)

453(17.95)

 

 Student

8(0.63)

12(0.95)

20(0.8)

 

Residence place

 Addis Ababa

1230(97.3)

1252(99.4)

2482(98.3)

0.322

 Out of Addis Ababa

34(2.7)

8(0.6)

42(1.7)

 

Average no. of personnel per family

3.15

3.45

3.3

0.092

Average no. of rooms per family

1.35

1.65

1.5

0.593

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