Table 2. Characteristics of mothers surveyed with a child under 2 y of age in the PEARL Study.
| Characteristic | Côte D'Ivoire | Cameroon | Zambia | South Africa | Total | |||||
| N | Value | N | Value | N | Value | N | Value | N | Value | |
| Participation in survey | 1,869 | 1,751 (93.7%) | 2,451 | 2,423 (98.9%) | 2,347 | 2,116 (90.2%) | 2,939 | 2,029 (69.0%) | 9,606 | 8,319 (86.6%) |
| Caregiver interviewed instead of mother | 1,731 | 2 (0.1%) | 2,412 | 25 (1.0%) | 2,110 | 18 (0.9%) | 2,013 | 121 (6.0%) | 8,266 | 166 (2.0%) |
| Age at time of survey (median [IQR]) | 1,730 | 26 (21, 30) | 2,404 | 25 (22, 30) | 2,112 | 25 (21, 31) | 2,026 | 25 (21, 32) | 8,272 | 25 (21, 30) |
| 12–19 y | 227 (13.1%) | 276 (11.5%) | 285 (13.5%) | 312 (15.4%) | 1,100 (13.3%) | |||||
| 20–29 y | 995 (57.5%) | 1,487 (61.9%) | 1,211 (57.4%) | 1,074 (53.0%) | 4,767 (57.6%) | |||||
| 30+ y | 508 (29.4%) | 639 (26.6%) | 615 (29.1%) | 640 (31.6%) | 2,402 (29.0%) | |||||
| Parity (median [IQR]) | 1,558 | 2 (1, 3) | 2,394 | 2 (1, 3) | 2,084 | 2 (1, 4) | 1,918 | 2 (1, 3) | 7,954 | 2 (1, 3) |
| 1 | 638 (40.9%) | 812 (33.9%) | 681 (32.7%) | 861 (44.9%) | 2,992 (37.6%) | |||||
| 2 | 500 (32.1%) | 575 (24.0%) | 461 (22.1%) | 534 (27.8%) | 2,070 (26.0%) | |||||
| 3+ | 420 (27.0%) | 1,007 (42.1%) | 942 (45.2%) | 523 (27.3%) | 2,892 (36.4%) | |||||
| Marital status | 1,726 | 2,414 | 2,103 | 2,019 | 8,262 | |||||
| Married/cohabitating | 1,513 (87.7%) | 1,878 (77.8%) | 1,655 (78.7%) | 870 (43.1%) | 5,916 (71.6%) | |||||
| Other | 213 (12.3%) | 536 (22.2%) | 448 (21.3%) | 1,149 (56.9%) | 2,346 (28.4%) | |||||
| Education | 1,723 | 2,401 | 2,100 | 2,019 | 8,243 | |||||
| Secondary or higher | 221 (12.8%) | 980 (40.8%) | 872 (41.5%) | 1,682 (83.3%) | 3,755 (45.6%) | |||||
| No schooling or primary | 1,502 (87.2%) | 1,421 (59.2%) | 1,228 (58.5%) | 337 (16.7%) | 4,488 (54.4%) | |||||
| Mother currently employed | 1,562 | 2,393 | 2,071 | 1,921 | 7,947 | |||||
| Yes | 640 (41.0%) | 1,600 (66.9%) | 1,136 (54.9%) | 372 (19.4%) | 3,748 (47.2%) | |||||
| No | 922 (59.0%) | 793 (33.1%) | 935 (45.1%) | 1,549 (80.6%) | 4,199 (52.8%) | |||||
| Maternal HIV status (lab data) | 1,325 | 2,247 | 1,968 | 1,917 | 7,457 | |||||
| Positive | 52 (3.9%) | 167 (7.4%) | 464 (23.6%) | 379 (19.8%) | 1,062 (14.2%) | |||||
| Negative | 1,265 (95.5%) | 2,076 (92.4%) | 1,499 (76.2%) | 1,515 (79.0%) | 6,355 (85.2%) | |||||
| Mother dead | 8 (0.6%) | 4 (0.2%) | 5 (0.3%) | 23 (1.2%) | 40 (0.5%) | |||||
| PMTCT regimen | 48 | 160 | 450 | 363 | 1,021 | |||||
| None | 25 (52.1%) | 77 (48.1%) | 240 (53.3%) | 222 (61.2%) | 564 (55.2%) | |||||
| NVP only | 1 (2.1%) | 37 (23.1%) | 48 (10.7%) | 62 (17.1%) | 148 (14.5%) | |||||
| NVP+zidovudine | 0 (0.0%) | 40 (25.0%) | 98 (21.8%) | 46 (12.7%) | 184 (18.0%) | |||||
| HAART | 22 (45.8%) | 6 (3.8%) | 64 (14.2%) | 33 (9.1%) | 125 (12.2%) | |||||
Data are number (percent) unless otherwise indicated.