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. 2011 Dec 28;14:61. doi: 10.1186/1758-2652-14-61

Table 3.

Correlates of facility delivery and use of antiretroviral drugs

Delivery (n = 336) ARV drug use (n = 318)
Non Facility
N %
Mean (95% CI)
104 (31%)
Facility
N %
Mean (95% CI)
232 (69.1%)
P value Did not use
N %
Mean (95% CI)
31 (9.8%)
Used
N %
Mean (95% CI)
287 (90.3%)
P value
Socio-demographic characteristics
Age 26.3 (25.2-27.4) 25.7 (25-26.3) 0.363 25.3 (23.6-27) 26 (25.3-26.6) 0.440
Lower than secondary education 95 (91.4%) 176 (75.9%) 0.001 24 (77.4%) 230 (80.1%) 0.720
Married 84 (86.6%) 194 (87.8%) 0.769 23 (79.3%) 240 (88.6%) 0.150
Unemployed 70 (67.3%) 154 (66.4%) 0.867 20 (64.5%) 191 (66.6%) 0.820
Primiparous 17 (16.4%) 59 (25.4%) 0.066 5 (16.1%) 67 (23.3%) 0.362
Home delivery - - - 18 (58.1%) 75 (26.1%) < 0.001
Distance to health facility 2.9 (2-3.8) 2.8 (2.3-3.3) 0.82 - - -
Economic
Monthly rent in US$ (n = 248) 13.0 (11.1-14.9) 23.7(21-26.3) < 0.001 14.2 (11-17.4) 22(19.7-24.3) < 0.001
Own TV 23 (22.1%) 95 (41.0%) 0.001 8 (25.8%) 106 (36.9%) 0.202
 Gas cooker 2 (1.9%) 21 (9.1%) 0.018* 0 (0%) 23 (8.0%) 0.102
Stigma measures
Fear of casual transmission
Not buy food from PLHIV not visibly sick 12 (11.5%) 15 (6.5%) 0.114 2 (6.5%) 23 (8.0%) > 0.999*
Not buy food from PLHIV visibly sick 28 (26.9%) 56 (24.1%) 0.586 10 (32.3%) 69 (24.0%) 0.315
Internal stigma
HIV is punishment for bad behaviour 44 (46.3%) 82 (38.0%) 0.167 17 (58.6%) 101 (37.8%) 0.030
People with HIV should be ashamed 12 (11.7%) 13 (5.7%) 0.056 7 (22.6%) 15 (5.3%) < 0.001
Enacted sigma
Abandoned by spouse/partner 47 (48.0%) 123 (54.2%) 0.302 13 (46.4%) 148 (53.1%) 0.504
Disclosure
Disclosed HIV status to partner 72 (81.8%) 159 (81.1%) 0.889 20 (87.0%) 196 (80.0%) 0.584
Region
Nyanza (western Kenya) 56 (53.9%) 112 (48.3%) 0.345 15 (48.4%) 142 (49.5%) 0.908

* Fischer's exact test