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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of HIV positive mothers, Sidama Zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2012

From: Complementary feeding practices and associated factors among HIV positive mothers in Southern Ethiopia

Socio-demographic characteristics

Frequency

Percentage

Age of the mother (years)

  

≤24

28

15.6

25-29

73

40.8

≥30

78

43.6

Religion (n = 184)

  

Protestant

101

54.9

Orthodox

64

34.8

Muslim

15

8.2

Catholic

4

2.2

Ethnic group of mothers

  

Sidama

62

33.7

Amhara

37

20.1

Gurage

30

16.3

Oromo

28

15.2

Wolayita

17

9.2

Others*

10

5.4

Marital status

  

Married

158

84.5

Widowed

12

6.5

Divorced

11

7.61

Place of residence

  

Urban

134

72.8

Rural

50

27.2

Educational status

  

Illiterateɛ

77

43.03

Read/write

8

4.47

Primary education (1-8)

53

29.61

Secondary education (9+)

41

22.92

Sex of infant

  

Male

106

57.6

Female

78

42.4

  1. ɛThose who didn’tattend any formal education *Tigre, Kambata and Gamo.