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Table 1 Socio-demographic information of participants

From: The prevalence of selected non-communicable disease risk factors among HIV patients on anti-retroviral therapy in Bushbuckridge sub-district, Mpumalanga province

 

Males (n = 92)

Females (n = 240)

P-value

n (%)

n (%)

18–24

7 (7.6)

7 (2.9)

< 0.001

25–34

11 (12)

60 (25)

35–44

20 (21.7)

81 (33.8)

45–54

29 (31.6)

59 (24.6)

≥55

25 (27)

33 (13.8)

Employment status

 Employed

33 (35.9)

62 (25.8)

< 0.001

 Self- employed Unemployed

15 (16.3)

15 (6.3)

 Student

41 (44.6)

159 (66.3)

3 (3.3)

4 (1.7)

Marital status

 Single

13 (14.2)

110 (45.8)

< 0.001

 Married

47 (51.1)

42 (17.5)

 Co-habiting Divorced

19 (20.7)

29 (12.1)

 Separated

4 (4.4)

14 (5.8)

 Widowed

5 (5.4)

15 (6.3)

4 (5.4)

30 (12.5)

Educational status

 No formal school

31 (33.7)

72 (30)

0.855

 Primary school Secondary school

41 (44.6)

104 (43.3)

 Tertiary

18 (19.6)

55 (23)

 Post-graduate

2 (2.2)

8 (3.3)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.3)