Under-nutrition and associated factors among children on ART in Southern Ethiopia: a facility-based cross-sectional study

Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of HIV positive children under 15 years of age attending ART care at public health institutions in Southern Ethiopia, 2021

Variable	Category	Frequency	Percent
Age	< 60 months	124	32.4
	60 to 120 month	52	13.6
	121 to 180 month	207	54.0
Sex	Male	193	50.4
Sex	Female	190	49.6
Religion	Protestant	107	27.9
	Orthodox	76	19.8
	Muslim	76	19.8
	Catholic	58	15.1
	Other	66	17.2
Ethnicity	Kenbata	64	16.7
	Wolayta	258	67.4
	Tigre	14	3.7
	Oromo	28	7.3
	Amhara	19	5.0
Residence	Urban	116	30.3
	Rural	157	41.0
	Refugee	110	28.7
Marital status of care takers	Unmarried	282	73.6
Marital status of care takers	Married	101	26.4
Care taker relation with the child	Biological mother	92	24.0
Care taker relation with the child	other	291	76.0
Educational status of Care giver	unable to read and write	209	54.6
Educational status of Care giver	able to read and write	174	45.4
Occupational status mother	Government employed	45	11.7
	NGO employed	41	10.7
	Merchant	126	32.9
	Daily Laborer	152	39.7
	Other	19	5.0
Monthly family income (Ethiopian Birr)	< 1500	77	20.1
	1500 to 3000	126	32.9
	> 3000	180	47.0
Family size	< 4	146	38.1
Family size	> = 4	237	61.9

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