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. 2024 Apr 11;24:1004. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-18127-3

Table 2.

Sociodemographic characteristics of participants

Variable Women Living with HIV
(N = 4,113)
Women Living with HIV with met need for FP
(N = 2,178)
Women Living with HIV with unmet need for FP
(N = 569)
n Per cent (column %) n Per cent
(Row %)
n Percent
(Row %)
Residence
Urban 2,648 64.4% 1,402 80.4% 341 19.6%
Rural 1,465 35.6% 776 77.3% 228 22.7%
Age
15–19 186 4.5% 50 67.6% 24 32.4%
20–24 572 13.9% 325 80.9% 77 19.2%
25–29 761 18.5% 481 82.1% 105 17.9%
30–34 840 20.4% 531 81.2% 123 18.8%
35–39 782 19.0% 424 79.6% 109 20.5%
40–44 622 15.1% 277 74.7% 94 25.3%
45–49 350 8.5% 90 70.9% 37 29.1%
Education
No Education 251 6.1% 113 72.9% 42 27.1%
Primary 1,784 43.4% 933 76.1% 292 23.9%
Secondary 1,806 43.9% 981 82.3% 211 17.7%
Higher 272 6.6% 151 86.3% 151 13.7%
Wealth Index
Poorest 393 9.6% 188 76.1% 59 23.9%
Poorer 515 12.5% 260 73.5% 94 26.5%
Middle 856 20.8% 451 77.0% 135 23.0%
Richer 1,212 29.5% 674 80.9% 159 19.0%
Richest 1,137 27.6% 605 83.2% 122 16.7%
Marital Status
Single 606 14.7% 178 78.4% 49 21.6%
Married 2,258 54.9% 1,609 77.8% 459 22.2%
Living with partner 33 0.8% 26 81.2% 6 18.7%
Separated 171 4.2% 70 87.5% 10 12.5%
Widow 459 11.2% 91 87.5% 13 12.5%
Divorced 586 14.3% 32 86.4% 32 13.6%
Religion
Catholic 699 17.0% 392 81.3% 90 18.7%
Protestant 3,357 81.7% 1,757 79.0% 466 21.0%
Muslim 21 0.5% 12 70.6% 5 29.4%
Other 34 0.8% 17 70.8% 7 29.2%
Year
2007 451 11.0% 240 79.2% 63 20.8%
2013 2,071 50.4% 1,124 79.5% 289 20.5%
2018 1,591 38.7% 814 79.0% 217 21.1%
Currently Working
No 1,697 41.3% 899 77.3% 264 22.7%
Yes 2,410 58.7% 1,275 80.6% 304 19.3%
Mean SE Mean SE Mean SE
Partners Age 39.9 0.19 36.6 0.08 38.6 0.13
Children Ever Born 3.2 0.04 3.5 0.02 3.7 0.03

Note: Data for overall demographic characteristics for women living with HIV is presented in column percentages and data on met and unmet need for family planning among women living with HIV are presented in row percentages