Table 1. Sociodemographic characteristics of HIV-positive pregnant women attending ANC service in public health facilities in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, 2020, (n = 156).
Variables | Number | Percent (%) |
---|---|---|
Age (years) | ||
15–29 | 51 | 32.7 |
30 and above | 105 | 67.3 |
Ethnicity | ||
Oromo | 75 | 48.1 |
Amhara | 57 | 36.5 |
Tigre | 6 | 3.8 |
Gurage | 9 | 5.8 |
Somali | 6 | 3.8 |
Others | 3 | 1.9 |
Religion | ||
Orthodox | 63 | 40.4 |
Muslim | 69 | 44.2 |
protestant | 24 | 15.4 |
Marital status | ||
Married | 101 | 64.7 |
single | 17 | 10.9 |
Divorced | 30 | 19.3 |
Widowed | 8 | 5.1 |
Educational level | ||
No formal education | 36 | 23.1 |
Primary (1–8) | 54 | 34.6 |
Secondary and above | 66 | 42.3 |
Occupation | ||
Government employee | 15 | 9.6 |
Private employee | 24 | 15.4 |
Housewife | 59 | 37.8 |
Daily labor | 27 | 17.3 |
Merchant | 21 | 13.5 |
Commercial sex worker | 3 | 1.9 |
Others | 7 | 4.5 |
Duration of relationship with partners (year) | ||
Two years and below | 84 | 53.8 |
Above two years | 72 | 46.2 |
*Hadiya, **Student, Jobless.