Male Partners Involvement in Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV Services in Southern Central Ethiopia: In Case of Lemo District, Hadiya Zone

Table 1

Showing sociodemographic and economic characteristic of male partners’ involvement in PMTCT of HIV services in Lemo District, Hadiya Zone, southern central Ethiopia, 2015.

Sociodemographic variables	Frequency	Percent (%)
Residence
Urban	23	5.7
Rural	378	94.3
Age
≤34 years	173	43.1
35–44 years	157	39.2
≥45 years	71	17.7
Marital status
Traditional married	371	92.5
Registered married	30	7.5
Duration of living relationship
<5 years	143	35.7
5–10 years	132	32.9
>10 years	126	31.4
Religion
Protestant	242	60.3
Orthodox	85	21.2
Muslim	54	13.5
Others	20	5.0
Ethnicity
Hadiya	341	85.0
Kambata	30	7.5
Silte	16	4.0
Others	14	3.5
Educational
Illiterate	18	4.5
Able to read and write	26	6.5
Grades 1–4	58	14.5
Grades 5–8	134	33.4
Grades 9-10	84	20.9
Grade 11 and higher	81	20.2
Occupation
Farmers	276	68.8
Governmental employees	36	9.0
Merchants	75	18.7
Daily labourers	14	3.5
Monthly income
≤1170 ETB	104	25.9
>1170 ETB	297	74.1

Catholic and Adventist Wolayta and Halaba.