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Table 1 Characteristic of study participants (n = 540 unless indicated otherwise)

From: ART access-related barriers faced by HIV-positive persons linked to care in southern Ghana: a mixed method study

Characteristic

Frequency

Percent

Study site

 Atua Government Hospital

146

27.0

 St Martin’s Martins de Porres Hospital

148

27.4

 Tema General Hospital

93

17.2

 Fevers Unit, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital

153

28.3

Region

 Greater Accra Region

246

45.6

 Eastern Region

294

54.4

Place of residence

 Urban

275

50.9

 Rural

265

49.1

Sex of respondent

 Male

140

25.9

 Female

400

74.1

Marital status of respondent

 Single

82

15.2

 Married

231

42.9

 Divorced/Separated

78

14.5

 Widowed

108

20.0

 Cohabiting

40

7.4

Religious affiliation of respondent

 Not religious

10

1.9

 Christian

485

89.8

 Muslim

43

7.9

 Traditionalist

2

.4

Level of education

 No formal education

109

20.1

 Primary

123

22.9

 JHS

170

31.4

 SHS/Vocational

102

18.9

 Postsecondary /Tertiary

36

6.7

Current Occupation

 Unemployed

107

21.0

 Self-employed Farmer

338

66.4

 Formal sector employment

9

1.8

 Other

55

10.8

Total

509

100.0

Agea

 18–19

5

.9

 20–24

12

2.2

 25–35

126

23.3

 36–60

374

69.3

 61+

23

4.3

HIV Disease State

 HIV positive with no AIDS

365

67.6

 HIV positive with AIDS

175

32.4

Number of years on ART

 Don’t know

40

7.4

  < 1

47

8.7

 1–3

171

31.7

 4–6

152

28.1

 7–10

117

21.7

 11 and above

13

2.5

CD4 Cell Count, median (range)

373 (2-1663.0)

Total

540

100

  1. aMean age is 42.3; age ranged from 18 to 65 years