Research Article
Magnitude and Predictors of Dietary Diversity among HIV-Infected Adults on Antiretroviral Therapy: The Case of North-Western, Ghana
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of study participants.
| Variables | Frequency (N = 269) | Percentage (%) |
| Ages | | | Under 35 years | 57 | 21.2 | 35–49 years | 144 | 53.5 | At least 50 years | 68 | 25.3 | Sex | | | Male | 94 | 34.9 | Female | 175 | 65.1 | Religion | | | Christian | 209 | 77.7 | Islam | 16 | 5.9 | Traditional | 27 | 10 | No religion | 17 | 6.3 | Marital status | | | Single | 29 | 10.8 | Married | 178 | 66.2 | Cohabitating | 10 | 3.7 | Separated/divorced | 8 | 3 | Widow | 44 | 16.4 | Education | | | None | 193 | 71.7 | Primary school | 28 | 10.4 | JHS/middle school | 33 | 12.3 | SHS/secondary school | 10 | 3.7 | Higher/tertiary | 5 | 1.9 | Occupation | | | Farmer | 204 | 75.8 | Trader/business/artisan | 38 | 14.1 | Unemployed | 10 | 3.7 | Government employee | 8 | 3 | Private sector employee | 6 | 2.2 | Student | 3 | 1.1 | Wealth index | | | Lowest quintile | 129 | 48 | Second quintile | 114 | 42.4 | Third quintile | 22 | 8.2 | Fourth quintile | 4 | 1.5 |
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JHS: junior high school and SHS: senior high school.
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