Table 1.
Sociodemographic, economic and clinical characteristics of peoples living with HIV in Benishangul Gumuz Region, Ethiopia, 2020
| Characteristics | Frequency (n, %) |
|---|---|
| Sociodemographic characteristics | |
| Age (in years) | |
| Below 25 | 33 (8.5) |
| 25–35 | 182 (46.7) |
| Above 35 | 175 (44.9) |
| Gender | |
| Female | 259 (66.4) |
| Male | 131 (33.6) |
| Marital status | |
| Divorced/widowed | 149 (38.2) |
| Married | 195 (50.0) |
| Single | 46 (11.8) |
| Religion | |
| Christian | 301 (77.2) |
| Muslim | 89 (22.8) |
| Ethnic group | |
| Amhara | 240 (61.5) |
| Oromo | 78 (20.0) |
| Agew | 36 (9.2) |
| Berta | 12 (3.1) |
| Others | 24 (6.2) |
| Residence area | |
| Urban | 355 (91.0) |
| Rural | 35 (9.0) |
| Socioeconomic characteristics | |
| Education level | |
| Never been to school | 142 (36.4) |
| Primary level | 166 (42.6) |
| Secondary level | 66 (16.9) |
| College/university level | 16 (4.10 |
| Employment status | |
| Unemployed | 122 (31.3) |
| Employed | 268 (68.7) |
| Monthly income (in Ethiopian Birr) | |
| < 1400 | 264 (67.7) |
| 1401–2800 | 89 (22.8) |
| > 2800 | 37 (9.5) |
| Food security status | |
| Food insecure | 296 (76) |
| Food secure | 94 (24) |
| BMI score (in kg/m2) | |
| < 18.5 | 235 (60) |
| > 18.5 | 155 (40) |
| Household wealth index tertile | |
| 1st tertile | 234 (60) |
| 2nd tertile | 76(19.5) |
| 3rd tertile | 80 (20.5) |
| Clinical features | |
| Duration of ART initiation | |
| Less than 12 months | 37 (9.5) |
| 1–5 years | 155 (39.7) |
| 5–10 years | 168 (43.1) |
| > 10 years | 30 (7.7) |
| Recent CD4 count (in cells/mL) | |
| < 350 | 108 (27.7) |
| 350–500 | 81 (20.8) |
| > 501 | 201 (51.5) |
| Comorbidities | |
| Yes | 131 (33.6) |
| No | 259 (66.4) |
N, frequency in number; %, percentage