Table 1.

Baseline Sociodemographic Characteristics of Children on ART in Northeast Ethiopia, 2020

Variable		Frequency	Percent
Sex of children	Male	258	52.9
	Female	230	47.1
Age of children	≥ 5 years	341	69.5
	1–5 years	125	25.6
	< 1 years	22	4.5
Relation of child to care giver	Parent	416	85.2
	Guardian	72	14.8
Religion of parent/care giver	Muslim	299	61.3
	Orthodox	171	35.0
	Other*	18	3.7
Residence	Urban	371	76
	Rural	117	24
Age of parent/care giver	≥ 35 years	258	52.9
	< 35 years	230	47.1
Sex of parent/care giver	Male	125	25.6
	Female	363	74.4
Marital status of caregiver	Married	341	69.9
	Single	18	3.7
	Widowed	74	15.1
	Divorced	55	11.3
HIV status of parent/caregiver	Both parents positive	148	30.3
	Mother positive	241	49.4
	Father positive	29	5.9
	Father negative	7	1.4
	Care giver positive	1	0.2
	Care giver negative	24	4.9
	Unknown	38	7.8
Parent status	Both alive	348	71.3
	Only mother alive	57	11.7
	Only father alive	29	5.9
	Both died	33	6.8
	Unknown	21	4.3
Occupation of parent /care giver	Farmer	94	19.3
	Merchant	92	18.9
	Government employee	94	19.3
	Daily worker	59	12.1
	House wife	145	29.7
	Other **	4	0.8
Place of delivery of child	Health facility	237	48.6
	Home	251	74.4

Notes: *Catholic and protestant. **Students and waiters.