Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infection among HIV Positive Persons Who Are Naive and on Antiretroviral Treatment in Hiwot Fana Specialized University Hospital, Eastern Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of naïve ART and on ART HIV positive study participants at Hiwot Fana Specialized University Hospital, Harar, Eastern Ethiopia, 2011.

Variables	Naïve ART	On ART	Total
	𝑁 (%)	𝑁 (%)	𝑁 (%)
Age (in year)
15–24	35 (31.5%)	40 (15.6%)	75 (20.4)
25–34	51 (45.9%)	121 (47.3%)	172 (46.9)
≥35	25 (22.5%)	95 (37.1%)	120 (32.7)
Sex
Male	35 (31.5)	76 (29.3)	111 (30)
Female	76 (68.5)	183 (70.7)	259 (70)
Educational status
Illiterate	27 (24.1)	56 (21.6)	83 (22.4)
Read and write	3 (2.7)	7 (2.7)	10 (2.7)
Elementary school	49 (43.8)	94 (36.3)	143 (38.5)
High school and above	33 (29.5)	102 (39.4)	135 (36.4)
Marital status
Single	30 (27.5)	56 (21.6)	86 (23.4)
Married	55 (50.5)	112 (43.2)	167 (45.4)
Divorced	14 (12.8)	55 (21.2)	69 (18.8)
Widowed	10 (9.2)	36 (13.9)	46 (12.5)
Occupation
Government employee	14 (12.8)	56 (21.8)	70 (19.1)
Nongovernmental organization	5 (4.6)	13 (5.1)	18 (4.9)
Farmer	2 (1.8)	11 (4.3)	13 (3.6)
Merchants	23 (21.1)	47 (18.3)	70 (19.1)
Daily laborer	27 (24.8)	66 (25.7)	93 (25.4)
House wife	19 (17.4)	26 (10.1)	45 (12.3)
Students	1 (0.9)	3 (1.2)	4 (1.1)
Other	12 (11.0)	16 (6.2)	28 (7.7)
No job	6 (5.5)	19 (7.4)	25 (6.8)
Residence
Rural	23 (21.3)	65 (25.3)	88 (24.1)
Urban	85 (78.7)	192 (74.2)	277 (75.9)