Table 2 Impact of selected socio-demographic and other characteristics on infant feeding practice of HIV positive mothers attending PMTCT and ART clinics in Gondar town health institutions from January to May, 2011

Age

18-24

28(82.4)

6(17.6)

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25-29

82(93.2)

6(6.8)

.34(.10-1.14)

.22(.04-1.18)

30-34

50(86.2)

8(13.8)

.74(.23-2.37)

.85(.16-4.28)

35+

27(93.1)

2(6.9)

.34 (.06-1.86)

.40(.05-3.14)

Residence

Urban

179(89.5)

21(10.5)

1.06(.12-8.94)

.99(.07-12.66)

Rural

8(88.9)

1(11.1)

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Religion

Orthodox Christian

170(89.9)

19(10.1)

1.57(.42-5.88)

2.50(.43-14.49)

Muslim

17(85.0)

3(15.0)

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Marital status

Married

149(90.3)

16(9.7)

1.47(.53-4.01)

.79(.13-4.75)

Single

38(86.4)

6(13.6)

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Educational status

No formal education

89(89.0)

11(11.0)

1.03(.35-2.96)

3.08(.60-15.69)

Primary education

51(91.1)

5(8.9)

1.30(.373-4.55)

2.80(.483-16.23)

Secondary and above

47(88.7)

6(11.3)

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Occupational status

0.026

House wife

108(89.3)

13(10.7)

2.26(.55-9.19)

4.64(.66-32.26)

Daily laborer

54(90.0)

6(10.0)

2.45(.53-11.3)

14.63(1.36-156.4)*

Government/Private worker/merchants

25(89.3)

3(10.7)

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Monthly income

< = 200

55(82.1)

12(17.9)

.41(.12-1.38)

.53(.11-2.58)

201-300

38(92.7)

3(7.3)

1.15(.24-5.47)

1.60(.23-10.95)

301-500

50(94.3)

3(5.7)

1.51(.32-7.14)

3.73(.52-26.32)

> 501

44(91.7)

4(8.3)

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Place of delivery

Health institution

171(91.9)

15(8.1)

4.98(1.77-14.01)*

2.26(.47-10.88)

At home

16(69.6)

7(30.4)

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Disclosure of HIV status to spouse

0.039

   yes

167(91.2)

16(8.8)

3.13(1.09-8.91) *

7.74(1.11-53.97) *

   no

20(76.9.5)

6(23.1)

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Disclosure of HIV status to family

   yes

124(90.5)

13(9.5)

1.36(.55-3.36)

.38(.08-1.72)

   no

63(87.5)

9(12.5)

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On ART

   Yes

123(89.1)

15(10.9)

.89(.34-2.31)

.93(.28-3.07)

   no

64(90.1)

7(9.9)

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Insufficient milk

0.013

   Yes

19(79.2)

5(20.8)

.38(.12-1.16)

.14(.03-.65)*

   No

168(90.8)

17(9.2)

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