Table 3. Characteristics of study population by country, Ethiopia and Mozambique, 2014.
| Ethiopia (n = 1,013) | Mozambique (n = 1,020) | |
|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | |
| Demographic | ||
| Age, mean (SD) | 30.5 (4.9) | 25.3 (5.4) |
| Respondent is head of household | 222 (24) | 165 (16.2) |
| Currently married or living with partner | 725 (72) | 754 (73.9) |
| No. of children, mean (SD) | 1.6 (1.2) | 2.5 (1.7) |
| Educational attainment: | ||
| No education | 235 (23) | 120 (12) |
| Any primary | 379 (38) | 467 (46) |
| Any secondary | 395 (39) | 433 (43) |
| Literate1 | 723 (71) | 710 (70) |
| Primary occupation as farmer or homemaker2 | 494 (49) | 712 (70) |
| Resides in village (vs. town) | 117 (12) | 640 (63) |
| Household assets | ||
| Household has electricity | 931 (92) | 581 (57) |
| Household has radio | 824 (81) | 521 (51) |
| Household has television | 713 (70) | 519 (51) |
| Household has a mobile phone | 931 (92) | 747 (73) |
| Wealth quintiles | ||
| Highest | 202 (20.0) | 202 (20.0) |
| Fourth | 201 (20.0) | 202 (20.0) |
| Middle | 203 (20.1) | 202 (20.0) |
| Second | 202 (20.0) | 202 (20.0) |
| Lowest | 203 (20.1) | 203 (20.1) |
| Pregnancy and ART status | ||
| Currently pregnant | 117 (12) | 499 (49) |
| Not on ART now3 | 53 (5) | 146 (14) |
| Potential Option B+ client4 | 55 (5) | 370 (36) |
Note: Data are no. (%) of subjects, unless otherwise indicated. For some rows, denominators differ from country totals owing to missing data.
1 Has completed primary school or was able to read all or part of a sentence in the national language (Amharic or Affan Oromo in Ethiopia; Portuguese in Mozambique)
2 Includes homemakers, farmers and house cleaners.
3 Women not on ART now include women who initiated ART at the current visit. This includes pregnant and non-pregnant women, i.e., current and future potential Option B+ clients.
4 Potential Option B+ clients include women who are pregnant or breastfeeding and not on ART orare on ART but have only taken ART during pregnancies. These women are not on ART for their health.