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Table 1 Socio demographic and economic characteristics among HIV positive reproductive age women attending at ART clinics

From: Determinants of long acting contraceptive utilization among HIV positive reproductive age women attending care at ART clinics of public health facilities in Arba Minch town, Southern Ethiopia, 2019: a case control study

Variables

Category

Cases (n = 118)

Controls (n = 236)

Number

Percent (%)

Number

Percent (%)

Age in years

19–28

30

25.4

49

20.8

29–38

83

70.3

139

58.9

39 and above

5

4.2

48

20.3

Religion status

Orthodox

67

56.8

136

57.6

Muslim

8

6.8

17

7.2

Protestant

43

36.4

83

35.2

Place of residence

Rural

14

11.9

32

13.6

Urban

104

88.1

204

86.4

Marital status

Single

3

2.5

19

8.1

In relationship/union

17

14.4

19

8.1

Divorced/separated and widowed

7

5.9

94

39.8

Married

91

77.1

104

44.1

Educational level of women

No formal education

36

30.5

79

33.5

Primary

38

32.2

77

32.6

Secondary

28

23.7

52

22.0

Above secondary

16

13.6

28

11.9

Occupation of women

House wife

37

31.4

67

28.4

Daily laborer

21

17.8

49

20.8

Own business

15

12.7

51

21.6

Government/private employee

36

30.5

53

22.5

Othersa

9

7.6

16

6.8

Wealth index

Lowest

24

20.3

48

20.3

Second

21

17.8

44

18.6

Medium

30

25.4

46

19.5

Fourth

22

18.6

48

20.3

Highest

21

17.8

50

21.2

  1. Women occupation—othersa: commercial sex workers, students and farmers