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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of PITC acceptors and non-acceptors among pregnant women attending ANC in governmental health facilities of Assosa town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2014 (N = 386)

From: Acceptability of provider-initiated HIV testing as an intervention for prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV and associated factors among pregnant women attending at Public Health Facilities in Assosa town, Northwest Ethiopia

Variables

PITC acceptance status

Yes (%)

No (%)

Total (%)

Age

≤19

85 (81.7)

19 (18.3)

104 (26.9)

20–29

181 (81.9)

40 (18.1)

221 (57.3)

30–45

46 (75.4)

15 (24.6)

61 (15.8)

Residence

Urban

235 (78.9)

63 (21.1)

298 (74.6)

Rural

77 (87.5)

11 (12.5)

88 (25.4)

Religion

Orthodox christians

130 (78.8)

35 (21.2)

165 (42.7)

Muslim

137 (82.0)

30 (18.0)

167 (43.3)

Protestant

40 (81.6)

9 (18.4)

49 (12.7)

Catholic

5 (100)

0 (0.0)

5 (1.3)

Ethnicity

Berta

78 (87.6)

11 (12.4)

89 (23.1)

Amhara

133 (76.0)

42 (24.0)

175 (45.3)

Oromo

53 (81.5)

12 (18.5)

65 (16.8)

Othersa

48 (84.2)

9 (15.8)

57 (14.7)

Educational status

Not able to read and write

37 (78.7)

10 (21.3)

47 (12. 2)

Able to read and write

31 (77.5)

9 (22.5)

40 (10.4)

Grade 1–8

70 (79.5)

18 (20.5)

88 (22.8)

Grade 9–12

72 (76.6)

22 (23.4)

94 (24.4)

Above 12

102 (87.2)

15 (12.8)

117 (30.3)

Occupation

Merchant

29 (90.6)

3 (9.4)

32 (8.3)

Farmer

49 (84.5)

9 (15.5)

58 (15.0)

Employedb

105 (85.4)

18 (14.6)

123 (31.9)

Student

25 (89.3)

3 (10.7)

28 (7.3)

Housewife

104 (71.7)

41 (28.3)

145 (37.6)

Marital status

Unmarried

8 (66.7)

4 (33.3)

12 (3.1)

Married/living together

303 (83.2)

68 (16.8)

364 (96.1)

Divorced

1 (33.3)

2 (66.7)

3 (0.8)

Household expenditur (Birr/month)

No response

78 (81.2)

18 (18.8)

96 (24.9)

<1000

70 (83.7)

24 (16.3)

94 (24.4)

≥1000

164 (74.5)

32 (24.4)

196 (50.8)

  1. aOthers include Shinasha (24), Gurage (13), Tigray (13), Maokomo (2), Keffa (3), Agew (1) and Gumuz (1)
  2. bEmployed include government employed and private employed