Table 1.

Demographic characteristic of study participants (n=300)

Variable		Male		Female		Total
		Frequency	Percent	Frequency	Percent	Frequency	Percent
Age groups	≤35	83	50.3	85	63.0	168	56
	>35	82	49.7	50	37.0	132	44
Education level	Primary and Middle School	56	33.9	43	31.9	99	33.0
	High school and diploma	81	49.1	65	48.1	146	48.7
	Higher than diploma	28	17.0	27	20.0	55	18.3
Marital status	Married	80	48.5	91	67.4	171	57.0
	Single	85	51.5	44	32.6	129	43.0
Occupational status	Employed	130	78.8	31	23.0	161	53.7
	Unemployed	35	21.2	104	77.0	139	46.3
Duration of disease	<5 years	109	66.1	85	83.0	194	64.7
	≥5 years	56	33.9	50	37.0	106	35.3
Clinical stage	HIV	52	49.7	73	54.1	155	51.7
	AIDS	83	50.3	62	45.9	145	48.3
Transmission mode	Blood and Intravenous drug addiction	87	52.7	14	10.4	101	33.7
	Sexual contact	37	22.4	81	60.0	118	39.3
	Mother to child	2	1.2	1	0.7	3	1.0
	Unknown	39	23.6	39	28.9	78	26.0