Variables Frequency Percent Disclosure status (N = 231)
Yes (n = 81)               No (n = 150)
n % n %
Age            
6 – 9 years 111 48.1 9 8.1 102 91.9
10 – 14 years 120 51.9 27 60.0 48 40.0
Sex            
Boy 115 49.8 42 36.5 73 63.5
Girl 116 50.2 39 33.6 77 66.4
Age at diagnosis of HIV            
1 – 5 years 149 64.5 37 24.8 112 75.2
6 – 11 years 82 35.5 44 53.7 38 46.3
WHO clinical staging            
I 54 23.4 24 44.4 30 55.6
II 52 22.5 16 30.8 36 69.2
III 114 49.4 37 32.5 77 67.5
IV 11 4.8 4 36.4 7 63.6
Age when ART was initiated            
1 – 5 years 123 53.2 23 18.7 100 81.3
6 – 11 years 108 46.8 58 53.7 50 46.3
Duration on ART            
1 – 5 years 176 76.2 48 27.3 128 72.7
6 – 12 years 55 23.8 33 60.0 22 40.0
Schooling 209 90.5 80 38.3 129 61.7
Yes 22 9.5 1 4.5 21 95.5
No            
*Gondar, Dangla, Merawi, Zegie, and others
** Tigray
*** Muslim and Protestant
ETB: Ethiopian Birr
Table 2: Disclosure status of children on HAART in pediatric ART clinics by demographic and clinic characteristics in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, 2013 (n=231).
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