Male Partners’ Involvement in the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV and Associated Factors in Arba Minch Town and Arba Minch Zuria Woreda, Southern Ethiopia
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of the study participants in Arba Minch town and Zuria woreda southern Ethiopia, 2014.
Variables
Involved in PMTCT
Total: (%)
Yes: (%)
No: (%)
Age [mean (±SD) = 30.77 (±6.57)]
17–25
79 (11.3)
89 (12.7)
168 (24.0)
26–35
225 (32.1)
157 (22.4)
382 (54.6)
36–55
67 (9.6)
83 (11.9)
150 (21.4)
Residence
Urban
168 (24.0)
75 (10.7)
243 (34.7)
Rural
203 (29.0)
254 (36.3)
457 (65.3)
Ethnic group
Gamo
277 (39.6)
270 (38.6)
547 (78.1)
Gofa
9 (1.3)
10 (1.4)
19 (2.7)
Wolayta
45 (6.4)
41 (5.9)
86 (12.3)
Amhara
16 (2.3)
4 (0.6)
20 (2.9)
Others
24 (3.4)
4 (0.6)
28 (4.0)
Religion
Orthodox Christian
128 (18.3)
93 (13.3)
221 (31.6)
Muslim
18 (2.6)
7 (1.0)
25 (3.6)
Protestant
223 (31.9)
217 (31.0)
440 (62.9)
Others
2 (0.3)
12 (1.7)
14 (2.0)
Education
No education
27 (3.9)
90 (12.9)
117 (16.4)
Primary education
172 (24.6)
152 (21.8)
324 (46.3)
Secondary & above
172 (24.6)
87 (12.4)
259 (37.0)
Occupation
Government employed
42 (6.0)
16 (2.3)
58 (8.3)
Merchant
60 (8.6)
33 (4.7)
93 (13.3)
Daily laborer
124 (17.7)
120 (17.1)
244 (34.9)
Farmer
92 (13.1)
116 (16.6)
208 (29.7)
Student
53 (7.6)
44 (6.3)
97 (13.9)
Monthly income
≤300 birr
124 (17.7)
163 (23.3)
287 (41.1)
301–725 birr
130 (18.6)
109 (15.6)
239 (34.2)
≥726 birr
116 (16.6)
57 (8.2)
173 (24.7)
Wolayta, Konso, Gurage, and Oromo; Catholic, Adventist, only Jesus.
