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Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of the study participants, Bishoftu, Ethiopia, 2018

From: Predictors of cervical cancer screening practice among HIV positive women attending adult anti-retroviral treatment clinics in Bishoftu town, Ethiopia: the application of a health belief model

Variables

Frequency(n = 475)

Percentage

Religion

 Orthodox

235

49.50

 Muslim

171

36.00

 Protestant

51

10.70

 Catholic

18

3.80

Ethnicity

 Oromo

215

45.30

 Amhara

174

36.60

 Tigrie

57

12.00

 Gurage

29

6.10

Marital status

 Married

298

62.70

 Divorced

80

16. 90

 Widowed

57

12.00

 Single

40

8.40

Parity

 None(nullipara)

103

21.70

 One

228

48.00

 Two-four(multi para)

114

24.00

 >four(grand para)

30

6.30

Educational level of the participant

 Illitrate

319

67.20

 Litrate

156

32.80

Occupational status of the participant

 Unemployed

112

23.60

 Gov’t employed

252

53.00

 Self-employed

111

23.40

Educational level of the participants’ husband (n = 298)

 Illiterate

194

65.10

 Literate

104

34.90

Occupational status of participants’ husband (n = 298)

 Unemployed

7

2.35

 Employed

240

80.54

 Self-employed

51

17.11

Monthly income in ETB (n = 475)

 1st quartile(≤800)

138

29.00

 2nd quartile(801–1100)

100

21.10

 3rd quartile(1101–200)

122

25.70

 4th quartile(> 2000)

115

24.20

WHO clinical stage of HIV/AIDS

 1

195

41.10

 2

191

40.20

 3

51

10.70

 4

38

8.00

Duration of HIV infection

  < 4 year

236

49.70

 4–8 year

143

30.10

  > 8 year

96

20.20

Duration on ART

  < 4 year

240

50.50

 4–8 year

148

31.20

> 8 year

87

18.30

  1. ETB Ethiopian birr (1ETB~27US$)