ariables Frequency Percent Disclosure status (N = 231) Yes (n = 81)                                        No (n = 150) n % n % Address             Bahir Dar 173 74.9 70 40.5 103 59.5 Outside Bahir Dar* 58 25.1 11 19.0 47 81.0 Residence             Urban 205 88.7 78 38.0 127 62.0  Rural 26 11.3 3 11.5 23 88.5 Ethnicity             Amhara 228 98.7 80 35.1 148 64.9 Others** 3 1.3 1 33.3 2 66.7 Religion             Orthodox 196 84.8 74 37.8 122 62.2 Others*** 35 15.2 7 20.0 28 80.0 Educational status             Unable to read and write 69 29.9 16 23.2 53 76.8 Primary (1– 8) 82 35.5 34 41.5 48 58.5 Secondary (9 –12) 46 19.9 17 37.0 29 63.0 Tertiary (Diploma and above) 34 14.7 14 41.2 20 58.8 Marital status             Single 31 13.4 15 48.4 16 51.6 Married 116 50.2 30 25.9 86 74.1 Divorced 41 17.7 16 39.0 25 61.0 Widowed 43 18.6 20 46.5 23 53.5 Occupation             Farmer 26 11.3 3  11.5 23 34 88.5 Employed  57 24.7  23 40.4   59.6 Unemployed 148 64.1 55 37.2 93 62.8 Monthly income (in ETB)             <500 125 54.1 38 30.4 87 69.6 500 –1000 56 24.2 25 44.6 31 55.4 1001 – 2000 33 14.3 12 36.4 21 63.6 >2000 17 7.4 6 35.3 11 64.7 Relation             Parents (Biological) 188 81.4 56 29.8 132 70.2 Related relatives 29 12.6 16 55.2 13 44.8 Orphaned children       14 6.1 9 64.3 5 35.7 Family number             <3 207 89.6 67 32.4 140 67.6 >3 24 10.4 14 58.3 10 41.7 HIV status             Negative 42 18.2 23 54.8 19 45.2 Positive 189 81.8 58 30.7 131 69.3 *Gondar, Dangla, Merawi, Zegie, and others ** Tigray *** Muslim and Protestant ETB: Ethiopian Birr

Table 1: Caregivers socio-demographic characteristics of HIV positive status disclosed and non disclosed school-age children at pediatric ART clinics in Bahir Dar, North West Ethiopia, 2013 (n = 231).

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