Magnitude and determinants of nonadherence and nonreadiness to highly active antiretroviral therapy among people living with HIV/AIDS in Northwest Ethiopia: a cross - sectional study

Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of PLWHA, Felege Hiwot Hospital and Gondar University Teaching Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2008

Socio demographic characteristics	Felege Hiwot Hospital		Gondar University Hospital		Total
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Sex
Male	98	38.9	96	38.1	194	38.5
Female	154	61.1	156	61.9	310	61.5
Age group (Years)
18 - 24	11	4.4	28	11.1	39	7.7
25 - 34	95	37.7	102	40.5	197	39.1
35 - 44	109	43.3	83	32.9	192	38.1
45 - 54	28	11.1	33	13.1	61	12.1
≥55	9	3.6	6	2.4	15	3.0
Address
Urban	217	86.1	235	93.3	452	89.7
Rural	35	13.9	17	6.7	52	10.3
Educational status
Illiterate	70	27.8	68	27.0	138	27.4
Read and write	20	7.9	21	8.3	41	8.1
Primary school	77	30.6	44	17.5	121	24.0
Secondary school	65	25.8	92	36.5	157	31.2
Diploma and above	20	7.9	27	10.7	47	9.3
Marital status
Single	27	10.7	47	18.7	74	14.7
Married	113	44.8	111	44.0	224	44.4
Divorced	47	18.7	52	20.6	99	19.6
Widowed	65	25.8	42	16.7	107	21.2
Monthly income (USD)
< 45.25	113	44.8	141	56.0	254	50.4
45.25 - 90.41	3	1.2	6	2.4	9	1.8
> 90.41	79	31.3	53	21.0	132	26.2
Unstated	57	22.6	52	20.6	109	21.6
Religion
Christian	229	90.9	242	96.0	471	93.5
Muslim	23	9.1	10	4.0	33	6.5
Ethnicity
Amhara	246	97.6	242	96.0	488	96.8
Tigre	6	2.4	3	1.2	9	1.8
Oromo	-	-	2	0.8	2	0.4
Others	-	-	5	2.0	5	1.0
Occupation
Merchant	35	13.9	38	15.1	73	14.5
Farmer	18	7.1	16	6.3	34	6.7
Student	5	2.0	12	4.8	17	3.4
Government employee	48	19.0	42	16.7	90	17.9
Daily labourer	56	22.2	58	23.0	114	22.6
NGO employee	25	9.9	25	9.9	50	9.9
Others	65	25.8	61	24.2	126	25.0
Substance use
Yes	28	11.1	8	3.2	36	7.1
No	224	88.9	244	96.8	468	92.9

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