Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of PLWHA at the University of Gondar Hospital, North West Ethiopia, 2014
Socio-demographic characteristics | Patients on ART (n = 415) | On ART and owned cellphone (n = 316) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Percent | Number | Percent | ||
Sex | Male | 140 | 33.7 | 108 | 34.2 |
Female | 275 | 66.3 | 208 | 65.8 | |
Age | 15–30 | 171 | 41.2 | 124 | 39.2 |
31–45 | 199 | 48 | 158 | 50 | |
>45 | 45 | 10.8 | 34 | 10.8 | |
Marital status | Single | 94 | 22.7 | 60 | 19 |
Married | 177 | 42.7 | 142 | 44.9 | |
Separated | 15 | 3.6 | 13 | 4.1 | |
Divorced | 78 | 18.8 | 63 | 19.9 | |
Widow/Widower | 51 | 12.3 | 38 | 12 | |
Educational status | No formal education | 75 | 18.1 | 35 | 11.1 |
Primary | 295 | 71.1 | 238 | 75.3 | |
Secondary and above | 45 | 10.8 | 43 | 13.6 | |
Employment status | Unemployed | 220 | 53 | 147 | 46.5 |
Employed | 195 | 47 | 169 | 53.5 | |
Time since HIV diagnosis | 0 to 6 months | 13 | 3.1 | 9 | 2.8 |
7 to 12 months | 11 | 2.7 | 5 | 1.6 | |
>12 months | 391 | 94.2 | 302 | 95.6 | |
Time since ART started | 0 to 6 months | 26 | 6.3 | 21 | 6.6 |
7 to 12 months | 12 | 2.9 | 6 | 1.9 | |
>12 months | 377 | 90.8 | 289 | 91.5 | |
Income (USD per month) | Less than 25 | 179 | 43.2 | 114 | 36 |
25 up to 50 | 115 | 27.7 | 95 | 30.1 | |
50 up to 75 | 26 | 6.3 | 91 | 28.8 | |
>75 | 95 | 22.9 | 16 | 5.1 | |
Cellphone ownership | Yes | 316 | 76.2 | 316 | 100 |
No | 99 | 23.8 | |||