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Table 1 Background characteristics of HIV-positive mothers surveyed, Rwanda PMTCT programme, 2009

From: HIV-free survival among nine- to 24-month-old children born to HIV-positive mothers in the Rwandan national PMTCT programme: a community-based household survey

Characteristics   Number %
Mother's age groups (years), (n = 1430) 15-24 142 9.9
  25-29 354 24.8
  30-34 415 29.0
  35-39 351 24.6
  40-49 168 11.8
Mean age (years),   32.2  
Marital status (n = 1429) Single/never married 122 8.5
  Lives with a partner 986 69.0
  Separated/divorced/widowed 321 22.5
Religion (n = 1432) No religion 23 1.5
  Adventist 141 9.9
  Catholic 609 42.5
  Protestant 582 40.6
  Muslim 60 4.2
  Others 17 1.2
Education (n = 1428) Never attended school 353 24.7
  Primary school 965 67.6
  Vocational/technical 37 2.6
  Secondary school 69 4.8
  University 4 0.3
Literacy (n = 1431) can't or have difficult reading and/or writing 573 40.04
  can read but can't or have difficult writing 69 4.82
  can read and write easily 789 55.14
Residence (n = 1434) Rural 1141 79.6
  Urban 293 20.4
Membership to a PLHIV association (n = 1417) Yes 775 54.7
  No 642 45.3
ARV and/or cotrimoxazole received by mother (n = 1383) None 377 28.3
  Cotrimoxazole 308 23.1
  NVP alone 156 11.7
  Dual therapy 108 8.1
  Triple therapy 384 28.8