Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of caregivers and children on HAART at Gondar University Hospital and Ploy Clinic April 2012 (n = 314)
I) Socio-demographic characteristics of caregivers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Socio-demographic variables | Number (n = 314) | Percent (%) | |
Sex | Male | 84 | 26.8 |
Female | 230 | 73.2 | |
Age | < 20 | 5 | 1.6 |
20-39 | 210 | 66.9 | |
40-59 | 67 | 21.3 | |
>60 | 32 | 10.2 | |
Ethnicity | Amhara | 301 | 95.9 |
Tigray | 10 | 3.2 | |
Oromo | 3 | 1.0 | |
Marital status | Married | 128 | 40.8 |
Single | 66 | 21 | |
Widowed | 66 | 21 | |
Divorced | 53 | 16.9 | |
Separated | 1 | 0.3 | |
Educational status | Illiterate | 104 | 33.1 |
Elementary | 146 | 46.5 | |
Grade 12 + | 64 | 20.4 | |
Occupational status | Non employed | 95 | 30.25 |
Merchant | 65 | 20.7 | |
Daily labor | 50 | 15.9 | |
Farmer | 38 | 12.1 | |
Civil servant | 62 | 19.7 | |
Monthly income | ≤ 525 ETB* | 189 | 60.2 |
> 525 ETB* | 125 | 39.8 | |
Family size | ≤ 5 | 234 | 74.5 |
> 5 | 80 | 25.5 | |
II) Socio-demographic characteristics of children | |||
Socio-demographic variables | Number (n = 314) | Percent (%) | |
Type of parent | Biological | 210 | 66.9 |
Relative | 94 | 29.9 | |
Adoptive | 10 | 3.2 | |
Sex of children | Male | 176 | 56.1 |
Female | 138 | 43.9 | |
Age of children (in years) | 0-4 | 28 | 8.9 |
5-9 | 114 | 36.3 | |
10-15 | 172 | 54.7 | |
Educational status of children | Attending formal education | 206 | 65.6 |
Not attending formal education | 108 | 34.4 | |