| 
      *Gondar, Dangla, Merawi, Zegie, and others
        |  | Disclosure status (N = 231) |  |  
        | Yes (n = 81)                        No (n = 150) |  
        | Variables | n | % | n | % | COR (95% CI) | P- Value | AOR (95% CI) | P- Value |  
        | Caregivers’    variables Address |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
        | Bahir Dar | 70 | 40.5 | 103 | 59.5 | 2.90    (1.40,5.98) | 0.004 | 1.42 (0.44, 4.64) | 0.557 |  
        | Outside    Bahir  Dar* | 11 | 19.0 | 47 | 81.0 | 1.00 |  | 1.00 |  |  
        | Residence |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
        | Urban | 78 | 38.0 | 127 | 62.0 | 4.71 (1.37, 16.20) | 0.014 | 5.40 (0.00, 14.45) | 0.879 |  
        | Rural | 3 | 11.5 | 23 | 88.5 | 1.00 |  | 1.00 |  |  
        | Religion |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
        | Orthodox | 74 | 37.8 | 122 | 62.2 | 2.42 (1.01, 5.83) | 0.048 | 4.27 (1.24, 14.73) | 0.021 |  
        | Others    ** | 7 | 20.0 | 28 | 80.0 | 1.00 |  | 1.00 |  |  
        | Marital    status |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
        | Single | 15 | 48.4 | 16 | 51.67 | 2.67    (1.19, 6.09) | 0.018 | 1.15 (0.36, 3.66) | 0.811 |  
        | Married | 30 | 25.9 | 86 | 4.1 | 1.46    (0.57, 3.76) |  | 0.48 (0.12, 1.83) |  |  
        | Divorced | 16 | 39.0 | 25 | 61.0 | 1.08 (0.43, 2.71) |  | 0.21 (0.05, 0.81) |  |  
        | Widowed | 20 | 46.5 | 23 | 53.5 | 1.00 |  | 1.00 |  |  
        | Occupation |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  
        | Farmer Employed
 Unemployed
 | 3 23
 55
 | 11.5 40.4
 37.2
 | 23 34
 93
 | 88.5 59.6
 62.8
 | 1.00 5.19 (1.39, 19.30)
 1.14 (0.61, 2.14)
 | 0.014 | 1.00 1.72 (0.00, 4.45)
 1.69 (0.69, 4.18)
 | 0.961 |  
        | Relation Parents    (Biological)
 Related    relatives
 Orphaned    children
 | 56
 16
 9
 | 29.8
 55.2
 64.3
 | 132
 13
 5
 | 70.2
 44.8
 35.7
 | 1.00
 1.46 (0.39, 5.45)
 4.24 (1.36, 13.23)
 | 0.013
 | 1.00
 4.32 (0.77, 24.13)
 1.98 (0.41, 9.61)
 | 0.397
 |  
        | Family    number <3
 >3
 | 67
 14
 | 32.4
 58.3
 | 140
 10
 | 67.6
 41.7
 | 1.00
 2.92 (1.23, 6.93)
 | 0.015
 | 1.00
 3.73 (1.11, 12.48)
 | 0.033
 |  
        | HIV status Negative
 Positive
 | 23
 58
 | 54.8
 30.7
 | 19
 131
 | 45.2
 69.3
 | 2.73 (1.38, 5.40)
 1.00
 | 0.004
 | 2.68 (0.67, 11.13)
 1.00
 | 0.174
 |  
        | Children’s    variables Age 6 – 9 years
 10 – 14 years
 | 9
 27
 | 8.1
 60.0
 | 102
 48
 | 91.9
 40.0
 | 1.00
 17.0 (7.85, 36.84)
 | 0.00
 | 1.00
 9.87 (3.47, 28.07)
 | 0.000
 |  
        | Age    at diagnosis of HIV 1    – 5 years
 6 – 11 years
 | 37
 44
 | 24.8
 53.7
 | 112
 38
 | 75.2
 46.3
 | 1.00
 3.50 (1.98, 6.21)
 | 0.000
 | 1.00
 0.32 (0.10, 1.03)
 | 0.056
 |  
        | Age when ART was initiated 1 – 5 years
 6 – 11 years
 | 23
 58
 | 18.7
 53.7
 | 100
 50
 | 81.3
 46.3
 | 1.00
 5.04 (2.79, 9.10)
 | 0.000
 | 1.00
 6.15 (1.76, 21.50)
 | 0.004
 |  
        | Duration    on ART 1 – 5 years
 6 – 12 years
 | 48
 33
 | 27.3
 60.0
 | 128
 22
 | 72.7
 40.0
 | 1.00
 4.00 (2.12, 7.53)
 | 0.000
 | 1.00
 5.40 (1.87, 15.55)
 | 0.002
 |  
        | Schooling Yes
 No
 | 80
 1
 | 38.3
 4.5
 | 129
 21
 | 61.7
 95.5
 | 13.02 (1.72, 98.71)
 1.00
 | 0.013
 | 4.45 (0.21, 95.67)
 1.00
 | 0.341
 |  **Muslim and Protestant
 COR – crude odds ratio AOR – adjusted odds ratio CI – confidence interval
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