Research Article
Chronic Diseases Multimorbidity among Adult People Living with HIV at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Southern Ethiopia
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of people living with HIV at HUCSH, April 2016.
| Characteristics | Value | Number | % |
| Gender | Male | 147 | 38.5 | Female | 235 | 61.5 |
| Age in years | Median (IQR) | 35 (10) | ā |
| Occupation | Employed | 106 | 27.7 | House wife | 96 | 25.1 | Daily laborer | 84 | 22.0 | Merchant | 54 | 14.2 | No job | 14 | 3.7 | Other | 28 | 7.3 |
| Marital status | Single | 41 | 10.7 | Married | 215 | 56.3 | Divorced | 60 | 15.7 | Widowed | 59 | 15.4 | Missing | 7 | 1.8 |
| Household income in Eth. Birr | Median (IQR) | 1,500 (2,000) | ā |
| Educational status | No education | 43 | 11.3 | Literate | 339 | 88.7 |
| Having children | Yes | 294 | 77.0 | No | 71 | 18.6 | Missing | 17 | 4.5 |
| Social support | Yes | 305 | 79.8 | No | 74 | 19.4 | Missing | 3 | 0.8 |
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Household income had 8 missing values; exchange rate during the study period was 1 USD to 21.4 Ethiopian Birr.
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