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Table 3 Awareness and knowledge of antenatal care attending women on timing of MTCT of HIV, SNNPR, 2012

From: Awareness and knowledge on timing of mother-to-child transmission of HIV among antenatal care attending women in Southern Ethiopia: a cross sectional study

Variable

Frequency (%)

Awareness on possibility of MTCT of HIV

 

   Aware

833 (62.9)

   Not aware

492 (37.1)

   Total

1325 (100.0)

Reported period of MTCT (n = 833)*

 

   During pregnancy

403 (48.4)

   During delivery

488 (58.6)

   During breastfeeding

339 (40.7)

   Others

51 (6.1)

   I don’t know when

124 (14.9)

Correct timing of MTCT among three possible periods

 

   None

645 (48.7)

   One

282 (21.3)

   Two

246 (18.6)

   Three

152 (11.5)

   Total

1325 (100.0)

  1. *Multiple response.
  2. †Pregnancy, labor/delivery, and breastfeeding.