Table 1 Socio-demographic and economic characteristics of Tb/HIV co-infected patients at JUTH, southwest Ethiopia, 2013
Variable | Category | Number (n = 272) | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (in years) | 15–24 | 38 | 13.9 |
25–34 | 140 | 51.5 | |
35–44 | 69 | 25.4 | |
≥45 | 25 | 9.2 | |
Mean age | 32 (±8.53) years | ||
Sex | Male | 114 | 41.9 |
Female | 158 | 58.1 | |
Occupation | Government employed | 48 | 17.7 |
NGO | 46 | 16.9 | |
Farmer | 80 | 29.4 | |
Daily labor | 86 | 31.6 | |
Commercial sex worker | 12 | 4.4 | |
Educational status | Illiterate | 81 | 29.8 |
Read and write (informal) | 51 | 18.8 | |
Formal education | 140 | 51.4 | |
Religion | Orthodox | 76 | 27.9 |
Muslim | 134 | 49.3 | |
Protestant | 50 | 18.4 | |
Catholic | 12 | 4.4 | |
Marital status | Married | 165 | 60.7 |
Single | 58 | 21.3 | |
Divorced | 36 | 13.2 | |
Widowed | 13 | 4.8 | |
Residence | Urban | 189 | 69.5 |
Rural | 83 | 30.5 | |