Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of HIV Positive Mothers on Antiretroviral Treatment towards Infant Feeding in Gondar Town Health Institutions, North West Ethiopia, 2017

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of HIV positive mothers attending ART in Gondar town health institutions, northwest Ethiopia, 2017(n=402).

Variables	Frequency	Percent
Age
< 25	47	11.69
25-35	290	72.14
> 35	65	16.17
Religion
Orthodox	313	77.86
Protestant	48	11.94
Muslim	41	10.20
Marital status
Single	78	19.40
Married	209	51.99
Widowed	69	17.16
Divorce	46	11.45
Ethnicity
Amhara	301	74.88
Oromo	35	8.71
Tigre	66	16.41
Educational status
Unable to read and write	82	20.40
Able to Read and write	92	22.89
Grade 1-8	153	38.06
Grade 9 -12	50	12.44
College and above	25	6.21
Residence
Urban	315	78.36
Rural	87	21.64
Occupation
Government	163	40.55
employee	36	8.96
Housewife	95	23.63
Merchant	48	11.94
Student	21	5.22
Daily laborer	39	9.70
Nonemployed
Monthly family income (Ethiopian Birr)
< 1000	97	24.13
1000-2000	194	48.26
2001-3000	52	12.93
>3000	59	14.68
No of children
< 3	241	59.95
≥ 3	161	40.05