Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the HIV-positive school aged children’s caregivers of Bale Zone, Southeast Ethiopia
Variables | Categories | No. | % |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 19–30 | 52 | 26.0 |
31–40 | 93 | 46.5 | |
>40 | 55 | 27. 5 | |
Sex | Male | 66 | 33.0 |
Female | 134 | 67.0 | |
Religion | Orthodox | 102 | 51.0 |
Muslim | 68 | 34.0 | |
Protestant | 30 | 15.0 | |
Marital status | Single | 21 | 10.5 |
Married | 139 | 69.5 | |
Divorced | 10 | 5.0 | |
Widowed | 30 | 15.0 | |
Occupation | Unemployed | 54 | 27.0 |
Government Employee | 32 | 16.0 | |
Merchant | 38 | 19.0 | |
Farmer | 52 | 26.0 | |
Othersa | 24 | 12.0 | |
Income (Birr) | ≤500 | 60 | 30.0 |
501–1000 | 78 | 39.0 | |
≥1000 | 62 | 31.0 | |
Educational status | Unable to read and write | 64 | 32.0 |
Able to read and write | 62 | 31.0 | |
Primary (1–8) | 20 | 10.0 | |
Secondary (9–12) | 40 | 20.0 | |
Tertiary (12 and above) | 14 | 7.0 | |
Residence | Urban | 136 | 68.0 |
Rural | 64 | 32.0 | |
Relation of caregiver to the child | Biological parents | 143 | 71.5 |
Non-biological parents | 41 | 20.5 | |
Othersb | 16 | 8.0 |