Table 1.
Percentage distributions in social, biological and behavioral characteristics of HIV positive and HIV negative participants from EDHS data.
| Variables | Categories | Frequency | Percentage | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIV− | HIV+ | HIV− (%) | HIV+ (%) | ||
| Region | Tigray | 2941 | 32 | 98.924 | 1.076 |
| Afar | 1766 | 23 | 98.714 | 1.286 | |
| Amhara | 3479 | 42 | 98.807 | 1.193 | |
| Oromia | 3331 | 23 | 99.314 | 0.686 | |
| Somalia | 1664 | 2 | 99.880 | 0.120 | |
| Benshangul | 1965 | 18 | 99.092 | 0.908 | |
| SNNPR | 3333 | 12 | 99.641 | 0.359 | |
| Gambella | 1740 | 80 | 95.604 | 4.396 | |
| Harari | 1238 | 34 | 97.327 | 2.673 | |
| Addis Ababa | 2605 | 94 | 96.517 | 3.483 | |
| Dire Dawa | 1608 | 45 | 97.278 | 2.722 | |
| Place of residence | Urban | 7891 | 288 | 96.479 | 3.521 |
| Rural | 17,779 | 117 | 99.346 | 0.654 | |
| Educational level | No education | 10,972 | 75 | 99.321 | 0.679 |
| Primary | 9287 | 166 | 98.244 | 1.756 | |
| Secondary | 3698 | 119 | 96.882 | 3.118 | |
| Higher | 1713 | 45 | 97.440 | 2.560 | |
| Literacy | Cannot read at all | 13,428 | 111 | 99.180 | 0.820 |
| Able to read | 12,242 | 294 | 97.655 | 2.345 | |
| Wealth index | Poorest | 6152 | 40 | 99.354 | 0.646 |
| Poorer | 3750 | 26 | 99.311 | 0.689 | |
| Middle | 3427 | 25 | 99.276 | 0.724 | |
| Rich | 3637 | 26 | 99.290 | 0.710 | |
| Richest | 8704 | 288 | 96.797 | 3.203 | |
| Current marital status | Single | 7334 | 132 | 98.232 | 1.768 |
| Married | 15,888 | 203 | 98.738 | 1.262 | |
| Other | 2448 | 70 | 97.220 | 2.780 | |
| Ever heard of AIDS | No | 1889 | 20 | 98.952 | 1.048 |
| Yes | 23,781 | 385 | 98.407 | 1.593 | |
| Have you had a sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the last 12 month | No | 25,587 | 398 | 98.468 | 1.532 |
| Yes | 83 | 7 | 92.222 | 7.778 | |
| Had a genital sore/ulcer in last 12 months | No | 25,157 | 394 | 98.458 | 1.542 |
| Yes | 402 | 7 | 98.289 | 1.711 | |
| Ever been tested for HIV | No | 13,178 | 122 | 99.083 | 0.917 |
| Yes | 12,492 | 283 | 97.785 | 2.215 | |
| Age at first sex | Not had sex | 6441 | 103 | 98.426 | 1.574 |
| Below 15 | 4053 | 59 | 98.565 | 1.435 | |
| 15–19 | 11,746 | 189 | 98.416 | 1.584 | |
| Above 20 | 3430 | 54 | 98.450 | 1.550 | |
| Ever used contraceptive method | No | 20,055 | 285 | 98.599 | 1.401 |
| Yes | 5615 | 120 | 97.908 | 2.092 | |
| Number of sexual partners, excluding spouse, in last 12 months | Not had | 24,901 | 370 | 98.536 | 1.464 |
| One sex partner | 721 | 33 | 95.623 | 4.377 | |
| Two and more | 48 | 2 | 96.000 | 4.000 | |
| Number of sex partners, including spouse, in last 12 months | Not had | 9348 | 176 | 98.152 | 1.848 |
| One sex partner | 16,228 | 225 | 98.632 | 1.368 | |
| Two and more | 94 | 4 | 95.918 | 4.082 | |