Table 1.
Socio-Demographic Characteristics of People Living with HIV in Public Health Facilities of Dessie City, Ethiopia, 2019
| Variables | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Age in complete years | ||
| 18–24 | 33 | 7.95 |
| 25–29 | 86 | 20.72 |
| 30–34 | 90 | 21.69 |
| 35–39 | 97 | 23.37 |
| 40–44 | 69 | 16.63 |
| ≥ 45 | 40 | 9.64 |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 183 | 44.10 |
| Female | 232 | 55.90 |
| Marital status | ||
| Single | 66 | 15.9 |
| Married | 231 | 55.66 |
| Widowed | 34 | 8.19 |
| Divorced | 84 | 20.24 |
| Place of residence | ||
| Urban | 323 | 77.83 |
| Rural | 92 | 22.17 |
| Education status | ||
| Not formally educated | 97 | 23.37 |
| Primary | 161 | 38.80 |
| Secondary | 106 | 25.54 |
| College and above | 51 | 12.29 |
| Occupation | ||
| Government employee | 55 | 13.49 |
| Private employee | 62 | 14.94 |
| Housewife | 55 | 13.25 |
| Merchant | 72 | 17.35 |
| Farmer | 79 | 19.04 |
| Daily laborer | 64 | 15.42 |
| Othersa | 27 | 6.51 |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Amhara | 377 | 90.84 |
| Othersb | 38 | 9.16 |
| Religion | ||
| Christian | 170 | 40.96 |
| Muslim | 245 | 59.04 |
| Wealth of household | ||
| Poorest | 86 | 20.72 |
| Poorer | 106 | 25.54 |
| Middle | 49 | 11.81 |
| Richer | 108 | 26.02 |
| Richest | 66 | 15.9 |
Notes: aStudent and jobless, bOromo and Tigray and Christian-Protestant and Orthodox.