Research Article

Knowledge of Pregnant Women on Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in Meket District, Northeast Ethiopia

Table 1

Selected sociodemographic characteristics of respondents, Meket district, northeast Ethiopia, 2014 ().

VariablesFrequencyPercent

Age (years)
 15–2499 18.3
 25–3432660.1
 35–4911721.6
Residence
 Urban7914.6
 Rural46385.4
Marital status
 Married 46084.9
 Single275
 Divorced5510.1
Educational status
 Unable to read and write 17632.5
 Able to read and write only19636.2
 Primary12723.4
 Secondary and above437.9
Occupation
 Housewife43480.1
 Student264.8
 Merchant5510.1
 Government employee275.0
Income (ETB)
 ≤45045884.5
 451–9997714.2
 ≥100071.3