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. 2021 Oct 7;25:100279. doi: 10.1016/j.jctube.2021.100279

Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of study participants, Hossana Town, Southern Ethiopia, 2015–2019.

S/No. Variable HIV AIDS Negative (%) HIV AIDS Positive (%) Total (%)
1 Sex

  • Male

  • Female

 181
(59.9)
121 (40.1)
171 (56.6)
131 (43.4)
352 (58.3)
252 (41.7)
2 Age

  • <15

  • 15–24

  • 25–34

  • 35–44

  • 45–54

  • 55–64

  • >64
18
(5.9)
86 (28.5)
82 (27.2)
42 (13.9)
30 (9.9)
22 (7.3)
22 (7.3)		 30
(9.9)
35 (11.6)
105 (34.8)
98 (32.5)
26 (8.6)
4 (1.3)
4 (1.3)		 48
(7.9)
121 (20.0)
187 (31.0)
140 (23.2)
56 (9.3)
26 (4.3)
26 (4.3)
3 Education

  • No formal education

  • Primary school

  • Secondary school

  • Diploma and above

 63
(20.9)
109 (36.1)
78 (25.8)
52 (17.2)		 69
(22.9)
91 (30.1)
83 (27.5)
59 (19.5)		 132
(21.8)
200 (33.1)
161 (26.7)
111 (18.4)
4 Marital status

  • Single

  • Married

  • Divorced

  • Widowed

 148
(49.0)
144 (47.7)
6 (2.0)
4 (1.3)		 102
(33.8)
178 (58.9)
0 (0)
22 (7.3)		 250
(41.4)
322 (53.3)
6 (1.0)
26 (4.3)
5 Residence

  • Rural

  • Urban

 62
(20.5)
240 (79.5)		 48
(15.9)
254 (84.1)		 110
(18.2)
494 (81.8)
6 Occupation

  • Farmer

Government employee

  • Housewife

  • Merchant

  • Unemployed

  • Other

 51
(16.9)
36 (11.9)
42 (13.9)
36 (11.9)
99 (32.8)
38 (12.6)		 47
(15.6)
27 (8.9)
52 (17.2)
76 (15.2)
42 (13.9)
58 (19.2)		 98
(16.2)
63 (10.4)
94 (15.6)
112 (18.6)
141 (23.3)
96 (15.9)