Table 3.
Reason | Number (%)a |
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Not willing to have child participate in research with HIV-1 testingb | N = 99 |
Cannot spare the time | 8 (8%) |
Partner would object | 7 (7%) |
Does not want child in a study | 6 (6%) |
Not willing to have child participate in HIV-1 vaccine trial | N = 240 |
Concerns about side effects | 179 (75%) |
Partner would object | 82 (34%) |
Fear of discrimination | 24 (10%) |
Fear HIV-1 acquisition 2° vaccine | 18 (8%) |
Fear of false HIV-1 results | 12 (5%) |
Sum of responses may exceed 100% because women may have provided more than one response.
The majority of women were not able to provide a specific reason for why they were unwilling.