Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of HIV positive reproductive age group women attending ART units of Gondar University Hospital, Gondar, Northern Ethiopia, 2014
Variables | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Age | ||
18–24 | 37 | 9.6 |
25–34 | 213 | 55.3 |
35–49 | 135 | 35.1 |
Religion | ||
Orthodox | 305 | 79.2 |
Muslim | 72 | 18.7 |
Others | 8 | 2.1 |
Ethnicity | ||
Amhara | 343 | 89.1 |
Tigrie | 39 | 10.1 |
Others | 3 | 0.8 |
Education | ||
Can’t read | 115 | 29.9 |
Read & write | 61 | 15.8 |
Primary | 100 | 26 |
Secondary | 81 | 21 |
College &university | 28 | 7.3 |
Marital status | ||
Married | 207 | 53.8 |
Single | 32 | 8.3 |
Widowed | 54 | 14 |
Divorced | 84 | 21.8 |
Separated | 8 | 2.1 |
Occupation | ||
Government | 60 | 15.6 |
Private | 30 | 7.8 |
House wife | 150 | 39 |
Daily laborer | 53 | 13.8 |
CSW | 19 | 4.9 |
Others | 73 | 19 |