Research Article

Utilization of Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV Services and Associated Factors among Antenatal Care Attending Mothers in Sebeta Town, Central Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of ANC attending mothers in Sebeta town, 2015.

Characteristics Frequency
Number Percent

Place of residence
 Sebeta town 311 83.2
 Out of Sebeta town 6316.8
Age of respondent (in years)
 15–2418248.7
 25–3416844.9
 35–44246.4
Religion
 Orthodox22861.0
 Muslim9224.6
 Protestant5414.4
Marital status
 Currently married34291.4
 Not currently married 328.6
Ethnicity
 Oromo28576.2
 Amhara4411.8
 Silte164.3
 Gurage 123.2
 Tigre92.4
 Others92.4
Educational status
 Illiterate64 17.1
 Able to write and read133.5
 Grades 1–8109 29.1
 Grade 9 and beyond18850.3
Occupational status
 Housewife21457.2
 Daily laborer8322.2
 Merchant6116.3
 Government employee92.4
 Student71.9
Husbands/partners occupational status
 Daily laborer15243.2
 Merchant9627.3
 Government employee3710.5
 Driver 318.8
 Carpenter205.7
 Others164.5
Husband/partner educational status
 No formal education5315.1
 Primary education8724.7
 Secondary and above21260.2
Monthly income
 ≤750118 31.6
 >75025668.4

Total does not add up to 374; Welane, Kembata; drivers, carpenter, farmers, and jobless.