Table 1. Socio-demographic characteristics of participants on first-line ART at public health facilities of North Shewa Zone, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia, 2019.

Variable	Category	Frequency	Percent
Educational level	No formal education	60	19.4
	Elementary	79	25.5
	Secondary	117	37.7
	Tertiary	54	17.4
Occupational status	Farmers	93	30.0
	Government employees	31	10.0
	Merchants	137	44.2
	Others*	49	15.8
Monthly income (in ETB)	<1500	100	32.2
	≥1500	210	67.8
Religion	Orthodox	149	48.1
	Protestant	121	39.0
	Others**	40	12.9
Marital status	Single	70	22.6
	Married	90	29.0
	Divorced	14	4.5
	Widowed	136	43.9
Residence	Urban	117	37.7
	Rural	193	62.3

Others*(daily labor²⁰, Non-governmental organization(NGO) employee¹⁴, student¹⁵), Others** (catholic¹⁰, Muslim¹⁷, Jehovah witness^6, and Waka Feta⁷)