Status of Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) Services Utilization and Factors Affecting PMTCT Service Uptake by Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care Clinic in Selected Health Facilities of Afar Regional State, Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of the pregnant women attending ANC service in selected health facilities of Afar region, Ethiopia, from December 2014 to April 2015.

Sociodemographic variables	Categories	Frequency	Percent
Age group (n = 347)	<18 years old	49	14.1
	19–25 years old	121	34.9
	26–30 years old	100	28.8
	31–35 years old	60	17.3
	36–40 years old	9	2.6
	>40 years old	8	2.3
Marital status (n = 347)	Unmarried	9	2.6
	Married	310	89.3
	Divorced	28	8.1
Educational status (n = 347)	Cannot read and write	124	35.7
	1–4 (1st cycle)	97	28.0
	5–8 (2nd cycle)	97	28.0
	High school and above	29	8.4
Residence (n = 347)	Urban	253	72.9
	Rural	94	27.1
Religion (n = 347)	Orthodox	68	19.6
	Muslim	268	77.2
	Others	11	3.2
Ethnicity (n = 347)	Afar	254	73.20
	Amhara	42	12.10
	Tigre	35	10.08
	Oromo	10	10.08
	Others	6	1.72
Address (n = 347)	Dubti hospital	129	37.2
	Aysaita District Hospital	69	19.9
	Logia health center	66	19.0
	Samara Health center	47	13.5
	Chifra Health Center	36	10.4
Monthly income in birr (n = 347)	<500 birr	75	21.6
	500–1000 birr	113	32.6
	1000–1500 birr	53	15.3
	>1500 birr	54	15.6
	I do not know	52	15.0