Sociodemographic characteristics of caregivers and their perinatally HIV-infected children, East Ethiopia, 2016
| Variables | Response category | n=310 (%) |
| Caregivers’ characteristics | ||
| HIV serostatus | Positive | 229 (73.9) |
| Negative | 76 (24.5) | |
| Don’t know | 5 (1.6) | |
| Age in years, median (IQR) | 38 (15) | |
| Sex | Male | 56 (18.1) |
| Female | 254 (81.9) | |
| Educational status | No formal education | 85 (27.4) |
| Primary education | 111 (35.8) | |
| Secondary and above | 114 (36.8) | |
| Religion | Christian | 226 (72.9) |
| Muslim | 84 (27.1) | |
| Ethnicity | Amhara | 172 (55.5) |
| Oromo | 88 (28.5) | |
| Other* | 50 (16.2) | |
| Relation to the child | Biological caregiver | 209 (67.4) |
| Non-biological caregiver | 101 (32.6) | |
| Children’s characteristics | ||
| Age, mean (SD) | 12.07 (±3.06) | |
| Sex | Male | 146 (47.1) |
| Female | 164 (52.9) | |
| Educational status | Not school going | 8 (2.6) |
| Primary, below grade 5 | 144 (46.5) | |
| Primary, grade 5 to 8 | 126 (40.6) | |
| Secondary and above | 32 (10.3) | |
| Parent/s alive | Both parents alive | 145 (46.8) |
| Only mother alive | 75 (24.2) | |
| Only father alive | 51 (16.5) | |
| Both parents not alive | 39 (12.6) | |
*Guraghe, Somali, Tigray and Harari.