Table 1.

The distribution of virological failure per socio-demographic factors at Tefera Hailu Memorial Hospital, Sekota, northeast Ethiopia, 2019

Variables	Category	N = 295	% From N	VTF = 49	% From failure
Age	10–19	20	6.8	8	16.33
	20–29	42	14.2	7	14.29
	30–39	115	39	17	34.69
	40–49	89	30.2	14	28.57
	50 +	29	9.8	3	6.12
Gender	Female	169	57	28	57.14
	Male	126	43	21	42.86
Marital status	Single	54	18.3	15	30.61
	Married	129	43.7	20	40.82
	Divorced	76	25.8	10	20.41
	Widowed	36	12.2	4	8.16
Education status	Not read/write	80	27.1	9	18.37
	Primary	108	36.6	24	48.98
	Secondary	67	22.7	13	26.53
	Above secondary	40	13.6	3	6.12
Occupational status	Gov. employee	75	25.4	8	16.33
	Self-employee	143	48.5	24	48.98
	Unemployed	43	14.6	12	24.49
	Farmer	34	11.5	5	10.20
Alcohol use	No	246	83.4	42	85.71
	Yes	49	16.6	7	14.29
Distance to ART clinic	< 10 km	216	73.2	36	73.47
	> 10 km	79	26.8	13	26.53

^{VTF virological treatment failure, N total participants, ETB Ethiopia Birr, alcohol never allowed for patients on ART, age category according to Ethiopia ART guideline 2017}