Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of HIV positive study participants at University of Gondar Teaching Hospital, North West Ethiopia, 2011
Characteristics | Frequency | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age | 18-29 | 128 | 32.0 |
30-39 | 167 | 41.8 | |
40-49 | 78 | 19.5 | |
50 and above | 27 | 6.8 | |
Sex | Male | 122 | 30.5 |
Female | 278 | 69.5 | |
Residence | Urban | 335 | 83.8 |
Rural | 65 | 16.2 | |
Marital status | Single | 75 | 18.8 |
Married | 200 | 50.0 | |
Divorced | 82 | 20.5 | |
Widowed | 43 | 10.8 | |
Educational status | Illiterate | 151 | 37.8 |
Elementary school | 96 | 24.0 | |
High school | 112 | 28.0 | |
Certificate and above | 41 | 10.2 | |
Occupational status | Government employed | 58 | 14.5 |
Merchants | 42 | 10.5 | |
Housewife and daily laborer | 279 | 69.8 | |
Students | 7 | 1.8 | |
Commercial sex workers | 14 | 3.5 | |