Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of HIV positive adult patients attending HIV Clinic at ABUTH Zaria, 2015 (n = 353)

From: Determinants of health-related quality of life among human immunodeficiency virus positive (HIV-positive) patients at Ahmadu Bello University teaching hospital, Zaria, Nigeria- 2015

Variables	Frequency (n)	Proportion (%)
Age (years)
< 25	19	5.4
25–34	87	24.6
35–44	151	42.8
45–54	56	15.9
55–64	28	7.9
≥ 65	12	3.4
Sex
Male	114	32.3
Female	239	67.7
Ethnicity
Hausa-Fulani	208	58.9
Yoruba	13	3.7
Igbo	20	5.7
^aOthers	112	31.7
Religion
Islam	222	62.9
Christianity	131	37.1
Level of Education
Non-formal	18	5.1
Qur’anic/Islamiyya	80	22.7
Primary	45	12.7
Secondary	87	24.6
Tertiary	123	34.8
Marital status
Single	31	8.8
Married	241	68.2
Divorced	37	10.5
Widow	44	12.5
Employment status
Employed	266	75.3
Unemployed	61	17.3
Retired	10	2.8
Student	16	4.5
Spousal HIV status
Positive	304	86.2
Negative	49	13.8
Children’s HIV status (n = 322)
Positive	34	10.6
Negative	288	89.4

^aOthers: Bajju, Kataf, Jaba, Tiv, Idoma, Igala, Nupe

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