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Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics of women on ART at Humera zonal Hospital, Tigray; August 2012, (n = 376)

From: Undernutrition among HIV positive women in Humera hospital, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2013: antiretroviral therapy alone is not enough, cross sectional study

Characteristics

Frequency

Percent

Age

  

20-29

152

40.4

30-39

143

38.0

40-49

60

16.0

50+

21

5.6

Residence

  

Urban

340

90.4

Rural

36

9.6

Marital status

  

Married

185

49.2

Single

28

7.4

Divorced

103

27.4

Widowed

60

16.0

Ethnic group

  

Tigrian

252

67.0

Amhara

124

33.0

Religion

  

Orthodox

363

96.6

Muslim

13

3.4

Education

  

Not literate

234

62.2

Read and write

41

10.9

Primary

77

20.5

Secondary and above

24

6.4

Occupation

  

Farmer

94

25.0

Merchant

85

22.6

Daily labourer

133

35.4

Commercial sex work

16

4.3

No job

34

9.0

House servants

14

3.7

Wealth index

  

First quintile

53

14.1

Second quintile

99

26.3

Third quintile

88

23.4

Fourth quintile

70

18.6

Fifth quintile

66

17.6