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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of PLWHIV in Shewarobit Health Center, Shewarobit district, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, 2018

From: Determinants of HIV-malaria co-infection among people living with HIV on anti-retroviral therapy in Northeast Ethiopia: unmatched case control study

Variables

Categories

Cases (# (%))

Controls (# (%))

Age in years

19–24

13 (21.3)

20 (10.9)

25–29

10 (16.4)

31 (16.4)

30–39

16 (26.2)

54 (29.5)

40+

22 (47.5)

78 (42.6)

Sex

Male

29 (47.5)

73 (39.9)

Female

32 (52.5)

110 (60.1)

Educational status

Unable to read and write

27 (44.3)

83 (45.4)

Primary (grade 1–8)

18 (29.5)

64 (34.9)

Secondary (grade 9–12)

8 (13.1)

24 (13.1)

College and above

8 (13.1)

12 (6.6)

Window(s) condition

Covered window

19 (31.1)

81 (44.3)

Uncovered window

24 (39.3)

57 (31.1)

No window

18 (29.5)

45 (24.6)

Hole(s) wall of the house

Yes

16 (26.2)

20 (10.9)

No

45 (73.8)

163 (89.1)

Occupation

Farmer

19 (31.2)

49 (26.8)

Small trade/business

16 (26.2)

72 (39.3)

Employed (govt/private)

13 (21.3)

29 (15.8)

Daily laborer

7 (11.5)

18 (9.8)

Others (student/jobless)

6 (9.8)

15 (8.2)

Current marital status

Married

42 (68.9)

145 (79.2)

Not married

19 (31.2)

38 (20.8)

Residence

Rural

22 (36.1)

64 (35.0)

Urban

39 (63.9)

119 (65.0)

Length of stay in Shewarobit

< 5 years

7 (11.5)

18 (9.8)

≥ 5 years

54 (88.5)

165 (90.2)

Monthly income in ETB

≤ 600

25 (41.0)

54 (29.5)

601–900

23 (37.7)

77 (42.1)

901–1399

7 (11.5)

27 (14.8)

≥ 1400

18 (29.5)

25 (13.7)

Health education on HIV-malaria interaction

Yes

13 (21.3)

73 (39.9)

No

48 (78.7)

110 (60.1)

Good perception of risk of HIV-malaria co-infections

Yes

21 (34.0)

123 (67.0)

No

40 (66.0)

60 (33.0)

Daily CTX use

Yes

19 (31.2)

122 (66.7)

No

42 (68.9)

61 (33.3)

IRS within the past 6 month

Yes

28 (45.9)

159 (86.9)

No

33 (54.1)

24 (31.1)

ITN used

Yes

19 (31.1)

141 (77.1)

No

42 (68.9)

42 (23.0)

  1. HE health education, CTX cotrimoxazole, ETB Ethiopian Birr, IRS insecticide residual sprayed