Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristic of HIV positive adults attending care and treatment in University of Gondar Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2015 (n = 440)
Variable | Frequency | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|
Sex | ||
Male | 176 | 40.0 |
Female | 264 | 60.0 |
Age | ||
18–28 | 77 | 17.5 |
29–38 | 212 | 48.2 |
39–48 | 119 | 27.0 |
> =49 | 32 | 7.3 |
Marital status | ||
Single | 66 | 15.0 |
Married | 236 | 53.6 |
Divorced | 69 | 15.7 |
Widowed | 69 | 15.7 |
Religion | ||
Orthodox | 378 | 85.9 |
Protestant | 15 | 3.4 |
Muslim | 47 | 10.7 |
Ethnicity | ||
Amhara | 375 | 85.2 |
Tigrie | 25 | 5.7 |
Kimant | 40 | 9.1 |
Residence | ||
Urban | 377 | 85.7 |
Rural | 63 | 14.3 |
Educational status | ||
No formal education | 106 | 24.1 |
Primary school | 83 | 18.9 |
Secondary school | 210 | 47.7 |
College/University | 41 | 9.3 |
Occupational status | ||
Government employee | 87 | 19.8 |
Private employee | 75 | 17 |
Housewife | 93 | 21.1 |
Merchant | 86 | 19.5 |
Farmer | 33 | 7.5 |
Daily laborer | 26 | 5.9 |
Others a | 40 | 9.1 |
Income b | ||
< 1000 | 118 | 26.8 |
1000–2000 | 127 | 28.9 |
2001–3000 | 85 | 19.3 |
> 3000 | 110 | 25 |