Male involvement in prevention of mother to child transmission of human immuno virus and associated factors among partners’ of reproductive age women at Debre Tabor town, Northwest Ethiopia: a community based cross sectional study

Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of the study participants in Debre Tabor town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 561)

Variables	Frequency	Percentage
Age
25–34	317	56.5
35–44	196	34.9
≥ 45	48	8.6
Religion
Orthodox	539	96.1
Others^a	22	3.9
Marital status
Married	531	94.6
Single cohabitated	19	3.4
Separated	11	2.0
Ethnicity
Amhara	554	98.8
Others^b	7	1.2
Male educational status
Not formal education	85	15.2
Primary education	100	17.8
Secondary and above	376	67.0
Partners’ educational status
Not formal education	64	11.4
Primary education	91	16. 2
Secondary and above	406	72.4
Male occupation
Self-employee	235	41.9
Government employee	326	58.1
Partners’ occupation
Self-employee	302	53.8
Government employee	259	46.2
Monthly income in ETB
Below 1000 birr	77	13.7
1000–1999	62	11.1
2000–2999	83	14.8
Above 3000	339	60.4

Key words: others^a = Muslim (2.9%), Catholic (0.9%) and protestant (0.2%). Others^b = Tigray (1.1%) and Oromo (0.2%)

ISSN: 1756-0500