Table 1.

Characteristics of the 343 women, shown by consistency of condom use

	Total n=343 (100%)	Condom use “at times”/”never” n=152 (44%)	Condom use “always” n=191 (56%)	p
Socio-demographic variables
Age, years median (IQR)	43 (37–47)	43 (36–48)	43 (38–46)	0.65*
Migrant status, n (%)	45 (13)	18 (12)	27 (14)	0.53§
Salary<350 €/month, n (%)	71 (21)	40 (26)	31 (16)	0.02*
Low education, n (%)	133 (39)	71 (47)	62 (33)	0.007*
Active or previous intravenous drug use, n (%)	73 (21)	32 (21)	41 (22)	0.93*
HIV-related variables
Years from HIV diagnosis, median (IQR)	12 (6–19)	11 (6–19)	14 (7–20)	0.08§
CDC group C, n (%)	64/322 (20)	28/144 (19)	36/178 (21)	0.86*
HAART, n (%)
Off-HAART	32 (9)	14 (9)	18 (9)	0.07*
On-HAART with plasma virological control	270 (79)	113 (74)	157 (82)
On-HAART without plasma virological control	41 (12)	25 (17)	16 (8)
Women-related variables
Menopause, n (%)	52 (15)	23 (15)	29 (15)	0.99*
Motherhood desire, n (%)	79 (23)	32 (21)	47 (25)	0.44*
At least one child, n (%)	183 (53)	93 (61)	90 (47)	0.009*
Use of other contraceptive methods, n (%)	16 (5)	9 (6)	7 (4)	0.33*
Low satisfaction with sexual life, n (%)	65 (19)	30 (20)	35 (18)	0.74*
Low satisfaction with body image, n (%)	52 (15)	25 (17)	27 (14)	0.55*
Depressive symptoms, n (%)	79 (23)	39 (26)	40 (21)	0.30*
Partner-related variables
At least one partner/last year, n (%)	38 (11)	19 (13)	19 (10)	0.45*
Partner status, n (%)				<0.0001*
Occasional	64 (19)	28 (18)	36 (19)
Stable HIV-negative	130 (38)	28 (18)	102 (53)
Stable HIV-positive	149 (43)	96 (63)	53 (28)
No HIV disclosure to sexual partner, n (%)	173 (50)	101 (67)	72 (38)	<0.0001*
Fear of infecting the sexual partner, n (%)	132 (39)	45 (30)	87 (46)	0.002*

The percentage is the proportion of the characteristic on the total of women included in the specific column.

^*Chi-square test

^§Wilcoxon test for independent samples.