HIV-Positive Status Disclosure and Associated Factors among Children in North Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of caregivers and children in North Gondar Zone, Northwest Ethiopia, 2012 (𝑛=428).

Variables	Frequency	Percent
Site of data collection
Gondar university hospital	343	80.1
Dabark hospital	57	13.3
Metema hospital	28	6.5
Sex of caregiver
Male	97	22.7
Female	331	77.3
Age
≤30	126	29.4
31–40	173	40.4
41–50	64	15.0
51–60	32	7.5
≥61	33	7.7
Religion of caregiver
Orthodox christian	368	86.0
Muslim	43	10.0
Protestant	17	3.9
Residence of the caregiver
Urban	383	89.5
Rural	45	10.5
Monthly family income in Birr
<300	93	21.7
300–999	220	51.4
≥1000	115	26.9
Relation with the child
Biological parent	280	65.4
Grandparent	63	14.7
Siblings	29	6.8
Relatives	41	9.6
Others	15	3.5
Educational status of the caregiver
No formal education	168	39.2
Primary school (1–8)	114	26.6
Secondary school (9–12)	115	26.9
Above secondary school	31	7.2
Occupation of caregiver
House wife	114	26.6
Government employed	57	13.3
Farmer	23	5.4
Merchant	61	14.3
Daily labourer	144	33.6
Others	29	6.8
Sex of child
Male	211	49.3
Female	217	50.7
Age of child
<10	203	47.4
≥10	225	52.6
Educational status of child
Not started education	61	14.3
Kindergarten	48	11.2
Primary school (1–8)	304	71
Secondary school (9–12)	15	3.5
With whom currently living
Biological parent	284	66.4
Siblings	27	6.3
Relatives	100	23.4
At orphanage camp	12	2.8
Others	5	1.2
Lost any of his/her families
Yes	237	55.4
No	191	44.6
Lost who 𝑛=237
Mother only	58	24.5
Father only	85	35.8
Both mother and father	94	39.7