Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of women attending ART clinic in Jimma Town public health facilities Southwest Ethiopia, April, 2017
Socio-demographic variables | Categories | Frequency (n) | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Residence (n = 374) | Urban | 303 | 81.0 |
Rural | 71 | 19.0 | |
Marital status (n = 374) | Married | 201 | 53.7 |
Divorced/separated | 91 | 24.3 | |
Widowed | 55 | 14.7 | |
Never Married | 27 | 7.2 | |
Age category (n = 374) | 18–29 | 161 | 43.0 |
30–39 | 184 | 49.2 | |
40–49 | 29 | 7.8 | |
Ethnicities (n = 374) | Oromo | 180 | 48.1 |
Amhara | 61 | 16.3 | |
Dawuro | 46 | 12.3 | |
Kefa | 41 | 11.0 | |
Tigrean | 24 | 6.4 | |
Others (Yem, Gurage) | 22 | 5.9 | |
Religion (n = 374) | Orthodox | 156 | 41.7 |
Muslim | 142 | 38.0 | |
Protestant | 70 | 18.7 | |
Catholic | 4 | 1.1 | |
Others (heaven) | 2 | 0.5 | |
Occupational (n = 374) | Daily labor | 82 | 21.9 |
House wife | 70 | 18.7 | |
Merchants | 61 | 16.3 | |
Private employed | 57 | 15.2 | |
Government employed | 45 | 12.1 | |
Commercial sex worker | 30 | 8.0 | |
Student | 13 | 3.5 | |
Farmer | 16 | 4.3 | |
Educational status (n = 374) | Formal education (1–10) | 122 | 32.6 |
Unable to read and write | 114 | 30.5 | |
No formal education | 66 | 17.6 | |
Diploma | 40 | 10.7 | |
Preparatory | 25 | 6.7 | |
University degree | 7 | 1.9 | |
Family income (n = 374) | No income | 15 | 4.0 |
0.04–17.8$ | 81 | 21.7 | |
18–36$ | 207 | 55.3 | |
> 36$ | 71 | 19.0 |