Prevalence of HIV/AIDS Infection among Sexually Active Women in Ethiopia: Further Analysis of 2016 EDHS

Table 1

Association between sociodemographic characteristics and HIV/AIDS status of women in Ethiopia, 2016 EDHS.

Characteristics	HIV-positive women		Statistical comparison
	N(239)	% [2]	-value	value
Region
Tigray	18	1.4	133.33
Afar	16	1.8	Df = 10
Amhara	21	1.5
Oromia	14	1
Somalia	2	0.2
Benishangul	14	1.5
SNNPR	10	0.7
Gambela	43	5.1
Harari	16	2.9
Addis Ababa	63	4.7
Dire Dawa	22	2.9
Place of residence
Urban	172	4.6	178.713
Rural	67	0.8	Df = 1
Age of women
	0	0	28.71
16–24	20	0.8	Df = 3
25–34	111	2.3
	108	2.6
Economic status
Poorer	37	0.8	99.202
Middle	12	0.8	Df = 2
Richer	190	3.4
Marital status
Never married	59	3.5	23.037
Married	163	1.7	Df = 2
Separated	17	2.6
Education level
None	56	1	51.098
Primary	109	2.8	Df = 2
Secondary and above	74	3
Sexual partner
Only one	10	1.7	31.9
More than one sexual accomplice in the preceding to the survey	229	2.1	1
Age at first sex
	54	2.1	51.38
18–24	160	2.2	Df = 3
25–34	24	1.5
	1	2.9
Religion
Christians	150	2.9	3.4	0.337
Muslim	37	0.8	Df = 2
Other	52	2.4
Ever heard about HIV/AIDS
No	2	0.5	4.74
Yes	237	2.1	Df = 1