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