Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of adult patients attending HIV follow up service in Harar town, eastern Ethiopia, 2015
Socio-demographic characteristics | Frequency (N) | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|
Sex | ||
Male | 109 | 26.0 |
Female | 311 | 74.0 |
Marital status | ||
Single | 57 | 13.6 |
Married and living together | 158 | 37.6 |
Separated | 112 | 26.7 |
Divorced/widowed | 93 | 22.1 |
Ethnicity | ||
Oromo | 225 | 53.6 |
Amhara | 118 | 28.1 |
Tigre | 28 | 6.7 |
Guraghe | 24 | 5.7 |
Harari | 15 | 3.6 |
Others | 10 | 2.4 |
Religion | ||
Muslim | 94 | 22.4 |
Orthodox | 285 | 67.9 |
Protestant | 41 | 9.8 |
Age group in years | ||
< 40 | 298 | 71.0 |
40–60 | 114 | 27.1 |
> 60 | 8 | 1.9 |
Educational status | ||
Unable to read and write | 68 | 16.2 |
Able to read and write | 11 | 2.6 |
Primary school | 186 | 44.3 |
Secondary school | 120 | 28.6 |
Diploma | 22 | 5.2 |
Degree | 13 | 3.1 |
Occupational status | ||
House wife | 51 | 12.1 |
Government employee | 73 | 17.4 |
NGO employee | 21 | 5.0 |
Private | 48 | 11.4 |
Student | 5 | 1.2 |
Daily laborer | 102 | 24.3 |
Unemployed | 56 | 13.3 |
Merchant | 64 | 15.2 |
Income | ||
< 200 | 70 | 16.7 |
200–499 | 39 | 9.3 |
500–999 | 164 | 39.0 |
> =1000 | 147 | 35.0 |