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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of respondents

From: Factors associated with HIV infection among children born to mothers on the prevention of mother to child transmission programme at Chitungwiza Hospital, Zimbabwe, 2008

 

Cases

Controls

n(%) = 60

n(%) =60

Marital status

  

Married

37 (62)

44 (73)

Divorced

11 (18)

4 (7)

Single

6 (10)

8 (13)

Widowed

6 (10)

4 (7)

Level of education

  

Primary school

16 (27)

12 (20)

Secondary school

44 (73)

48 (80)

Religion

  

Apostolic

8 (13)

8 (13)

Catholic

26 (43)

13 (22)

Protestant

12 (20)

19 (32)

Pentecostal

14 (23)

18 (30)

None

 

2 (3)

Median age of mothers (years)

28 (IQR 24–31)

29 (IQR 25–33)

Median age of children (months)

17 (IQR 12–27)

24 (IQR 18–35)