Research Article
Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission Service Utilization among Pregnant Women in Northeast Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Survey
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of pregnant women attending ANC at public health facilities, Debre Berhan Town, June 2019 (N = 355).
| Variable | Category | Frequency (N = 335) | Percent |
| Age (years) | 15–24 | 201 | 56.6 | 25–34 | 98 | 27.6 | ≥35 | 56 | 15.8 |
| Ethnicity | Amhara | 278 | 78.3 | Oromo | 57 | 16.1 | Gurage | 14 | 3.9 | Tigre | 6 | 1.7 |
| Religion | Orthodox christian | 298 | 83.9 | Muslim | 42 | 11.8 | Protestant and others | 15 | 4.3 |
| Educational status | No formal education | 58 | 16.3 | Elementary | 38 | 10.7 | Secondary school | 61 | 17.2 | Diploma and above | 198 | 55.7 |
| Occupational status | Professional | 18 | 5.1 | Semiprofessional | 39 | 11.0 | Skilled | 82 | 23.1 | Semiskilled | 88 | 24.7 | Manual | 128 | 36.1 |
| Current marital status | Married | 348 | 98.0 | Divorced | 7 | 2.0 |
| Resident | Urban | 287 | 80.8 | Rural | 68 | 19.2 |
| Partner’s occupation | Farmer | 27 | 7.6 | Government employee | 19 | 5.4 | Merchant | 108 | 30.4 | Other | 201 | 56.6 |
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