Research Article
Utilization of Modern Contraceptives among HIV Positive Reproductive Age Women in Tigray, Ethiopia: A Cross Sectional Study
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of HIV positive reproductive age women attending ART units
, zonal hospitals, Tigray, North Ethiopia, 2012.
| Variables | Frequency
| Percentage (%) |
| Age | | | 15–24 | 36 | 10 | 25–34 | 197 | 54.5 | ≥35 | 128 | 35.5 | Education | | | Illiterate | 87 | 24.2 | Read and write | 85 | 23.5 | Primary (1–8) | 86 | 23.8 | Secondary education (9 and above) | 103 | 28.5 | Religion | | | Orthodox | 332 | 92 | Muslim | 22 | 6.1 | Others | 7 | 2 | Marital status | | | Married | 156 | 43.2 | Single | 33 | 9.1 | Divorced/separated | 121 | 33.5 | Widowed | 51 | 14.2 | Occupation | | | House wife | 111 | 30.7 | Daily laborer | 84 | 23.3 | Government employee | 101 | 28 | Private employee | 65 | 18 | Monthly house hold income | | | 0–500 | 171 | 47.4 | 501–1500 | 140 | 38.8 | 1501–2500 | 35 | 9.7 | ≥2501 | 15 | 4.1 | Residence | | | Urban | 315 | 87.3 | Rural | 46 | 12.7 |
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