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. 2021 May 25;13:581–592. doi: 10.2147/HIV.S301510

Table 1.

Frequency Distribution of HIV Patients in Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey 2016

Variable Name with Category HIV Test Result Percent (100%)
Negative Positive Total
Sex of house hold member Male 11,845 123 11,968 30
Female 14,494 291 18,579 70
Region Tigray 2941 33 2974 7.97
Afar 1766 23 1789 5.56
Amhara 3479 43 3522 10.39
Oromia 3437 23 3460 5.56
Somali 2172 2 2174 0.48
Benishangul 1959 16 1975 3.86
SNNPR 3333 12 3345 2.90
Gambela 1774 86 1860 20.77
Harari 1235 35 1270 8.45
Addis Abeba 2603 96 2699 23.19
Dire Dawa 1640 45 1685 10.87
Place of residence Urban 7880 294 8174 71
Rural 18,459 120 18,579 29
Current marital status Never married 8477 45 8522 11
Married 15,947 225 16,172 54
Widowed 475 60 535 15
Divorced 1440 84 1524 20
Highest education level No education/preschool 9687 92 9779 22.22
Primary 10,180 176 10,356 42.53
Secondary 4038 103 4141 24.87
Higher 2434 43 2477 11.14
Anything done to water to make safe to drink No 23,749 350 24,105 85.54
Yes 2557 56 2613 13.52
Do not know 33 2 35 0.48
Household members washed their hands Observed fixed place 1582 25 1607 6.04
Observed mobile place 13,495 275 13,770 66.42
Not observed: not in dwelling 10,667 102 10,769 24.64
Not observed not permeation to see 103 0 103 0.00
Not observed other reason 492 12 504 3.00
Had mobile telephone No 8492 60 8552 14.49
Yes 17,847 354 18,201 85.50
Ever heard of AIDS No 1595 41 1636 9.90
Yes 27,744 373 25,117 90.10
Cluster 1 10,108 41 10,149 10
2 10,190 208 10,398 50
3 6041 165 6206 40
Total 26,339 414 26,753 100