Table 1.
Demographics, Reproductive History, and Family Planning Preferences by HIV status
HIV-infected (N=210)a | HIV-uninfected (N=424)a | All women (N=634)a | Pearson Chi2 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | p-value | |
Age | |||||||
18-24 | 68 | (32) | 232 | (55) | 300 | (47) | |
25-34 | 116 | (55) | 169 | (40) | 285 | (45) | |
≥35 | 26 | (12) | 23 | (5) | 49 | (8) | <0.001* |
Relationship status | |||||||
Married | 195 | (93) | 403 | (95) | 598 | (94) | |
Unmarried | 15 | (7) | 21 | (5) | 36 | (6) | 0.3 |
Education | |||||||
None or some primary | 76 | (36) | 104 | (25) | 180 | (28) | |
Primary/some secondary | 90 | (43) | 195 | (46) | 285 | (45) | |
Secondary and beyond | 44 | (21) | 125 | (29) | 169 | (27) | 0.004* |
Trouble with food, clothing, or medications | |||||||
Yes | 130 | (62) | 222 | (52) | 352 | (56) | |
No | 79 | (38) | 201 | (48) | 280 | (44) | 0.02* |
Living children | |||||||
1 | 49 | (23) | 195 | (46) | 244 | (38) | |
2-3 | 105 | (50) | 167 | (39) | 272 | (43) | |
≥4 | 56 | (27) | 62 | (15) | 118 | (19) | <0.001* |
Number of additional children desired | |||||||
0 | 124 | (59) | 108 | (26) | 232 | (37) | |
1 | 58 | (28) | 160 | (38) | 218 | (35) | |
≥2 | 23 | (11) | 148 | (35) | 171 | (27) | |
Don't know | 4 | (2) | 6 | (1) | 10 | (2) | <0.001* |
Desire additional pregnancy in 2 years | |||||||
Yes | 3 | (1) | 13 | (3) | 16 | (3) | |
No | 207 | (99) | 408 | (96) | 615 | (97) | |
Don't know | 0 | (0) | 3 | (1) | 3 | (<1) | 0.2 |
Most recent pregnancy intention | |||||||
Intended | 107 | (51) | 268 | (63) | 375 | (59) | |
Unintended | 102 | (49) | 156 | (37) | 258 | (41) | 0.004* |
Using contraception during conception | |||||||
Yes | 63 | (30) | 85 | (20) | 148 | (23) | |
No | 147 | (70) | 339 | (80) | 486 | (77) | 0.005* |
(N=63) | (N=85) | (N=148) | |||||
Contraceptive used during conceptionb | |||||||
Abstinence | 3 | (5) | 11 | (13) | 14 | (10) | 0.09 |
Folk method | 0 | (0) | 2 | (2) | 2 | (1) | 0.2 |
Natural family planning | 10 | (16) | 19 | (22) | 29 | (20) | 0.3 |
Withdrawal | 8 | (13) | 13 | (15) | 21 | (14) | 0.7 |
Breastfeeding | 24 | (38) | 19 | (22) | 43 | (29) | 0.04* |
Condoms | 40 | (63) | 29 | (34) | 69 | (47) | <0.001* |
Condoms only | 20 | (32) | 19 | (22) | 39 | (26) | 0.2 |
Condoms + modern method | 20 | (32) | 10 | (12) | 30 | (20) | 0.003* |
Emergency contraception | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | N/A |
Oral contraceptives (OC) | 17 | (27) | 21 | (25) | 38 | (26) | 0.8 |
Injectables | 36 | (57) | 56 | (66) | 92 | (62) | 0.3 |
OC + injectables | 11 | (17) | 14 | (16) | 25 | (17) | 0.9 |
LARC | 6 | (10) | 2 | (2) | 8 | (5) | 0.06 |
Female sterilization | 0 | (0) | 1 | (1) | 1 | (1) | 0.4 |
Male sterilization | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | N/A |
(N=210) | (N=424) | (N=634) | |||||
Postpartum contraceptive plannedb | |||||||
Abstinence | 41 | (20) | 98 | (23) | 139 | (22) | 0.3 |
Natural family planning | 17 | (8) | 77 | (18) | 94 | (15) | 0.001* |
Withdrawal | 3 | (1) | 56 | (13) | 59 | (9) | <0.001* |
Breastfeeding | 145 | (69) | 320 | (76) | 465 | (73) | 0.09 |
Condoms | 112 | (53) | 153 | (36) | 265 | (42) | <0.001* |
Condoms + modern method | 111 | (53) | 147 | (35) | 258 | (41) | <0.001* |
Emergency contraception | 2 | (1) | 15 | (4) | 17 | (3) | 0.06 |
Oral contraceptives | 10 | (5) | 55 | (13) | 65 | (10) | 0.001* |
Injectables | 76 | (36) | 162 | (38) | 238 | (38) | 0.6 |
Implant | 135 | (64) | 292 | (69) | 427 | (67) | 0.2 |
IUC | 43 | (21) | 82 | (19) | 125 | (20) | 0.7 |
Female sterilization | 53 | (25) | 44 | (10) | 97 | (15) | <0.001* |
Male sterilization | 3 | (1) | 0 | (0) | 3 | (<1) | 0.01* |
Don't know | 2 | (1) | 6 | (1) | 8 | (1) | 0.6 |
p<0.05; IUC=intrauterine contraception
Columns may not add up to total N as ‘don't know,’ inappropriate responses, and nonresponses were excluded.
Columns may not add up to 100% as participants were able to select multiple methods.