Table 4.

Magnitude of fertility desire among people on antiretroviral therapy users at South Gondar Public Hospitals Amhara region Northwest Ethiopia, 2022.

Variable	Frequency	Percentage (95% CI)
Fertility desire to have children in the future (N = 551)
Yes	234	42.5% (38.6, 46.8)
No	317	57.5% (53.2, 61.4)
Number of children they had (N = 551)
0	190	34.5%
1–2	113	20.5%
⩾3	248	45%
Reasons for need to give birth (N = 234)
Want at least one child	73	31.2%
To strengthen marriage	134	57.3%
ART/PMTCT	23	9.8%
To replace a dead child	4	0.7%

PMTCT, Prevent Mother-to-Child Transmission.