Research Article
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 () | 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 |
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