Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of children on ART at East Gojjam Zone public hospitals, Amhara regional state, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019
Variable | Outcome of the child | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Death n(%) | Censored n(%) | Total n(%) | |
Age (months) | |||
< 12 | 4 (25) | 15 (6.4) | 19 (7.6) |
12–59 | 6 (37.5) | 47 (20.0) | 53 (21.1) |
60–179 | 6 (37.5) | 173 (73.6) | 179 (71.3) |
Sex | |||
Male | 6 (37.5) | 124 (52.8) | 130 (51.8) |
Female | 10 (62.5) | 111 (47.2) | 121 (48.2) |
Residence | |||
Urban | 11 (68.8) | 132 (56.2) | 143 (57.0) |
Rural | 5 (31.3) | 103 (43.8) | 108 (43.0) |
Primary caregiver | |||
Parents | 13 (81.3) | 193 (82.1) | 206 (82.1) |
Relatives | 2 (12.5) | 33 (14.0) | 35 (13.9) |
Guardian and orphan | 1 (6.3) | 8 (3.4) | 9 (3.6) |
Religion of caregiver | |||
Orthodox | 13 (81.5) | 183 (77.9) | 196 (78.1) |
Muslim | 2 (12.5) | 42 (17.9) | 44 (17.5) |
Catholic | 1 (6.3) | 3 (1.3) | 4 (1.6) |
Protestant | – | 7 (3.0) | 7 (2.8) |
Current status of parents | |||
Both alive | 10 (62.5) | 180 (76.6) | 190 (75.7) |
Mother alive, father died | 3(18.8) | 31 (13.2) | 34 (13.5) |
Father alive, mother died | 1 (6.3) | 13 (5.5) | 14 (5.6) |
Both died | 2 (12.5) | 11 (4.7) | 13 (5.2) |
Marital status of caregiver | |||
Single | 1 (6.7) | 21 (9.2) | 22 (9.0) |
Married | 8 (53.3) | 154 (67.2) | 162 (66.4) |
Divorced | 5 (33.3) | 31 (13.5) | 36 (14.8) |
Widowed | 1 (6.3) | 16 (7.0) | 17 (7.0) |
Separated | – | 7 (3.1) | 7 (2.9) |