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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of mothers living with HIV and the infants

From: Cessation of breastfeeding and associated factors in the era of elimination of mother to child transmission of HIV at Ndejje health center, Uganda: a retrospective cohort study

Characteristics

Level

All (n = 235)

n (%)

Maternal age category

16–25

138 (58.7)

25 and more

97 (41.3)

Age (continuous)

Mean Standard deviation

25.2 ± 4.8

Maternal parity

1

95 (40.4)

2

71 (30.2)

≥ 3

69 (29.4)

Attended antenatal care during recent pregnancy

Yes

96 (40.8)

No

119 (50.6)

Missing data

20 (8.5)

Place of delivery

Home

7 (3.1)

Health facility

220 (96.9)

Infant sex

Female

114 (48.5)

Male

116 (49.4)

Missing data

5 (2.1)