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Table 1 Distribution of demographic characteristic of the respondents

From: Knowledge and perception on type2 diabetes and hypertension among HIV clients utilizing care and treatment services: a cross sectional study from Mbeya and Dar es Salaam regions in Tanzania

Characteristics

Frequency

Percentage

Response rate

671

89.0

Type of respondents

 Clients on ART

354

52.8

 ART Naïve clients

317

47.2

Sex

 Male

198

29.5

 Female

473

70.5

Locality

 Urban

336

50.1

 Rural

335

49.9

Age Group

 18–34

251

37.4

 35–44

251

37.4

 45–54

117

17.4

 55+

52

7.8

Education Level

 No formal education

87

13.0

 Primary education

503

75.0

 Secondary and above

81

12.0

Marital status

 Couple

319

47.5

 Non-Couple

352

52.5

Occupation

 Farmer

234

34.9

 Self-employed

224

33.4

 Employed

76

11.3

 Others

91

13.5

 Missing

46

6.9