Table 1 Socio-demographic and economic characteristics of HIV positive women attending adult ART clinic in Gondar university referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, April 2016 (n = 460)
Variable | Category | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|---|
Age in year | 18–24 | 28 (6.1%) |
25–34 | 197 (42.8%) | |
35–44 | 164 (35.7%) | |
45–54 | 55 (12.0%) | |
>/=55 | 16 (3.5%) | |
Religion | Orthodox Christian | 345 (75%) |
Muslim | 74 (16.1%) | |
Catholic | 12 (2.6%) | |
Protestant | 23 (5.0%) | |
Othersa | 6 (1.3%) | |
Ethnicity | Amhara | 282 (61.3%) |
Kimant | 78 (17.0%) | |
Tigray | 68 (14.8%) | |
Oromo | 13 (2.8%) | |
Othersb | 19 (4.1%) | |
Residence | Urban | 353 (76.7%) |
Rural | 107 (23.3%) | |
Educational status | No formal education | 217 (47.1%) |
Primary | 126 (27.4%) | |
Secondary | 85 (18.5%) | |
Tertiary | 32 (7.0%) | |
Marital status | Single | 120 (26.0%) |
Married | 193 (42.0%) | |
Divorced | 62 (13.5%) | |
Widowed | 85 (18.5%) | |
Number of child /parity/ | Having child | 311(67.6%) |
Don’t have a child | 149 (32.4%) | |
Occupation | Self employed | 154 (33.5%) |
House wife | 102 (22.2%) | |
Not employed | 74 (16.1%) | |
Government employee | 40 (8.7%) | |
Daily laborer | 41 (8.9%) | |
Employee in private organization | 36 (7.8%) | |
Othersc | 13 (2.8%) | |
Monthly income (in USD) | < 35 | 119 (25.8%) |
35–50 | 110 (23.9%) | |
51–100 | 113 (24.6%) | |
> 100 | 118 (25.7%) |