Table 1 Socio –demographic characteristics of ART care users in North Ethiopia, 2013 (n = 714)
characteristics | Number | Percent | |
|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Male | 261 | 36.55 |
Female | 453 | 63.45 | |
Age | 18–24 | 69 | 9.66 |
25–34 | 309 | 43.28 | |
35–44 | 227 | 31.79 | |
>45 | 109 | 15.27 | |
Marital status | Single | 164 | 2322.97 |
Married | 187 | 26.19 | |
Divorced | 232 | 32.49 | |
Widowed | 131 | 18.35 | |
Educational Status | No formal education | 304 | 42.58 |
Read & Write | 76 | 10.64 | |
Grade 1–6 | 182 | 25.49 | |
Grade 7–12 | 131 | 18.35 | |
Diploma &> | 21 | 2.94 | |
Occupation | Government employee | 72 | 10.08 |
Merchant | 136 | 19.05 | |
Farmer | 180 | 25.21 | |
No job | 149 | 20.87 | |
Daily labourer | 146 | 20.45 | |
Defence force | 31 | 4.34 | |
Address | Urban | 502 | 70.3 |
Rural | 212 | 29.7 | |