Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of HIV infected under-five age children on ART in Oromia ‘liyu’ Zone, Amhara region, Ethiopia 2020
Variables | Category | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|---|
Age at start of ART (in months) | ≤ 24 months | 95 (25.27%) |
25–59 months | 281 (74.73%) | |
Sex | Male | 189 (50.27%) |
Female | 187 (49.73%) | |
Place of birth of the child | Health institution | 208 (55.32%) |
Home | 168 (44.68%) | |
Family status | Both alive | 239 (63.56%) |
Father died | 61 (16.22%) | |
Mother died | 30 (7.98%) | |
Orphaned | 46 (12.23%) | |
Sex of care giver | Male | 91 (24.20%) |
Female | 285 (75.80%) | |
Age of care giver | < 20 years | 6 (1.60%) |
20–35 years | 162 (43.09%) | |
> 35 years | 208 (55.32%) | |
Place of residence | Urban | 133 (35.37%) |
Rural | 243 (64.63%) | |
Marital status of care giver | Married | 256 (68.09%) |
Single | 36 (9.57%) | |
Divorced | 37 (9.84%) | |
Widowed | 47 (12.58%) |