Isoniazid Preventive Therapy Adherence and Associated Factors among HIV Positive Patients in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristic of HIV positive patients on IPT in Addis Ababa, 2011.

Variables (𝑛=381)	Categories	Number	%
Sex	Male	116	30.4
	Female	265	69.6
Age	18–27	62	16.3
	28–37	187	49.1
	38–47	92	24.1
	≥48	40	10.5
Level of education	Illiterate	66	17.3
	Primary	152	39.9
	Secondary	138	36.2
	Diploma, and above	25	6.6
Marital status	Married	180	47.2
	Single	84	22.0
	Divorced	60	15.7
	Widowed	48	12.6
	Separated	9	2.4
Religion	Orthodox	317	83.2
	Protestant	32	8.4
	Muslim	27	7.1
	Catholic	4	1.0
	Others	1	0.3
Ethnicity	Amhara	227	59.6
	Oromo	71	18.6
	Tigre	39	10.2
	Gurage	34	8.9
	Sidama	2	0.5
	Others	8	2.1
Family size	≤5	329	86.4
	6–8	44	11.5
	>9	8	2.1
Occupation	Self-employed	170	44.6
	Employed	97	25.5
	Unemployed	114	29.9
Monthly income	<100 ETB (5.3$)	12	4.5
	101–300 ETB (5.3–15.8$)	71	26.6
	301–500 ETB (15.8–26.3$)	80	30.0
	>500 ETB (26.3$)	104	39.0