Table 1 Socio-demographic & medical characteristics of participants
Characteristic | Overall N = 427 | AOSI n = 83 | NOSI n = 344 | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
Age in years (mean ± SD) | 25.66 ± 5.30 | 24.81 ± 4.60 | 25.86 ± 5.44 | 0.103 |
Marital status (Married/Cohabiting) | 0.315 | |||
No | 19 (04.55) | 02 (10.53) | 17 (89.47) | |
Yes | 408 (95.55) | 81 (19.85) | 327 (80.15) | |
Education Level | 0.653 | |||
Never attended | 9 (2.11) | 2 (22.22) | 07 (77.78) | |
≤Secondary | 325 (76.11) | 66 (20.31) | 259 (79.69) | |
Tertiary/University | 93 (21.78) | 15 (16.13) | 78 (83.87) | |
Religion | 0.129 | |||
Moslem | 30 (7.03) | 9 (30) | 21 (70) | |
Christian | 397 (92.97) | 74 (18.64) | 323 (81.36) | |
Employment status | 0.130 | |||
Unemployed | 133 (31.15) | 32 (24.06) | 101 (75.94) | |
Formal | 88 (20.61) | 19 (21.59) | 69 (78.41) | |
Informal | 206 (48.24) | 32 (15.53) | 174 (84.47) | |
Area of residence | 0.630 | |||
Rural | 159 (37.24) | 29 (18.24) | 130 (81.76) | |
Urban | 268 (62.76) | 54 (20.15) | 214 (79.85) | |
Referral Status | < 0.001 | |||
No | 293 (68.62) | 42 (14.33) | 251 (85.67) | |
Yes | 134 (31.38) | 41 (30.60) | 93 (69.40) | |
HIV Status | 0.414 | |||
Negative | 386 (90.40) | 77 (19.95) | 309 (80.05) | |
Positive | 41 (9.60) | 6 (14.63) | 35 (85.37) | |
BMI categories | 0.783 | |||
Normal weight | 110 (25.76) | 23 (20.91) | 87 (79.09) | |
Overweight | 218 (51.05) | 43 (19.72) | 175 (80.28) | |
Obese | 99 (23.19) | 17 (17.17) | 82 (82.83) |