Table 1.
Socio-Demographic Characteristics of HIV Positive Patients on ART in Nekemte Health Facilities, Western Ethiopia, 2020
Variables | Category | Frequency (361) | (%) |
---|---|---|---|
Age | <25 | 72 | 19.9 |
25–34 | 137 | 37.9 | |
35–44 | 96 | 26.6 | |
≥45 | 56 | 15.6 | |
Sex | Male | 166 | 46.0 |
Female | 195 | 54.0 | |
Residence | Urban | 383 | 78.4 |
Rural | 78 | 21.6 | |
Marital status | Single | 37 | 10.3 |
Married | 264 | 73.1 | |
Divorced | 21 | 5.8 | |
Widowed | 39 | 10.8 | |
Educational status | No formal education | 79 | 21.9 |
Primary | 111 | 30.8 | |
Secondary and preparatory | 78 | 21.6 | |
College and above | 93 | 25.8 | |
Religion | Protestant | 218 | 60.4 |
Orthodox | 96 | 26.6 | |
Muslim | 43 | 11.9 | |
Wakefatta | 3 | 0.83 | |
Others | 1 | 0.28 | |
Employment | Government employee | 79 | 21.9 |
NGO workers | 12 | 3.3 | |
Farmers | 46 | 12.7 | |
Students | 34 | 9.4 | |
Private workers | 118 | 32.7 | |
Daily workers | 54 | 15.0 | |
Retired | 5 | 1.4 | |
Others | 13 | 3.6 | |
Ethnicity | Oromo | 337 | 93.4 |
Amhara | 16 | 4.4 | |
Tigre | 3 | 0.8 | |
Guraghe | 5 | 1.4 | |
Family size | ≤3 | 137 | 38.0 |
≥4 | 224 | 62.0 | |
Disclosure status | Yes | 239 | 66.2 |
No | 122 | 33.7 |