Socio-demographic characteristics of HIV-infected adolescents receiving antiretroviral therapy in public hospitals, South Ethiopia, 2024
| Variables | Categories | Frequency | Percentage |
| Age (in years) | 10–14 | 211 | 51.6 |
| 15–19 | 198 | 48.4 | |
| Sex | Male | 196 | 47.9 |
| Female | 213 | 52.1 | |
| Residence | Urban | 255 | 62.4 |
| Rural | 154 | 37.7 | |
| Parent status | Both alive | 200 | 48.9 |
| Either died | 160 | 39.1 | |
| Both died | 49 | 12.0 | |
| Marital status | Single | 352 | 86.1 |
| Married | 41 | 10.0 | |
| Divorced | 16 | 3.9 | |
| Educational status | No formal education | 77 | 18.8 |
| Primary | 206 | 50.4 | |
| Secondary | 116 | 28.4 | |
| Tertiary and above | 10 | 2.4 | |
| Occupational status | Student | 282 | 69.0 |
| Daily labourer | 38 | 9.3 | |
| Female sex worker | 12 | 2.9 | |
| No work/child | 49 | 12.0 | |
| Other* | 28 | 6.8 |
*Other: merchant, housewife and farmer.