Table 2.
Pregnancy status and fertility desires among HIV infected clients receiving care Mulago and Nsambya HIV clinics in Kampala, Uganda
| Variable | Mulago (N = 408) | Nsambya home care (N = 389) | Total (N = 797) | P-value a | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males (156) | Females (252) | Males (129) | Females (260) | |||
| Pregnant/partner pregnant since HIV diagnosis | 0.64 | |||||
| No/Not sure | 111 (71.2) | 139 (55.2) | 83 (64.3) | 149 (57.3) | 482 (60.5) | |
| Yes | 45 (28.8) | 113 (44.8) | 46 (35.7) | 111 (42.7) | 315 (39.5) | |
| Number of times pregnant/partner pregnant a | 0.37 | |||||
| Once | 31 (68.9) | 67 (59.3) | 33 (71.7) | 72 (64.9) | 203 (64.4) | |
| 2+ times | 14 (31.1) | 46 (40.7) | 13 (28.3) | 39 (35.1) | 112 (35.6) | |
| Desired/partner desired last pregnancy b | <0.0001 | |||||
| Yes, then | 30 (66.7) | 52 (46.0) | 37 (80.4) | 64 (57.7) | 183 (58.1) | |
| Yes, but later | 09 (20.0) | 32 (28.3) | 04 (8.7) | 07 (6.3) | 52 (16.5) | |
| Not at all | 06 (13.3) | 29 (25.7) | 05 (10.9) | 39 (36.0) | 80 (25.4) | |
| Currently pregnant/partner currently pregnant | 0.91 | |||||
| No | 149 (95.5) | 233 (92.5) | 124 (96.1) | 241 (92.7) | 747 (93.7) | |
| Yes | 07 (4.5) | 19 (7.5) | 05 (3.9) | 19 (7.3) | 50 (6.3) | |
| Desire/partner desires future pregnancy c | 0.17 | |||||
| Yes, now | 18 (12.1) | 37 (15.9) | 24 (19.3) | 38 (15.8) | 117 (15.7) | |
| Yes, but later | 48 (32.2) | 99 (42.5) | 35 (28.3) | 82 (34.0) | 264 (35.3) | |
| Not at all/Don’t know | 83 (55.7) | 97 (41.6) | 65 (52.4) | 121 (50.2) | 366 (49.0) | |
| Partner desire for more children | 0.005 | |||||
| Yes, now | 25 (16.0) | 103 (40.9) | 36 (27.9) | 99 (38.1) | 263 (33.0) | |
| Yes, but later | 39 (25.0) | 41 (16.3) | 24 (18.6) | 44 (16.9) | 148 (18.6) | |
| Not at all | 45 (28.9) | 46 (18.2) | 51 (39.5) | 66 (25.4) | 208 (26.1) | |
| Don’t know | 47 (30.1) | 62 (24.6) | 18 (14.0) | 51 (19.6) | 178 (22.3) | |
| Discussed with partner about number of children to have | 0.002 | |||||
| No | 63 (40.4) | 115 (45.6) | 31 (24.0) | 98 (37.7) | 307 (38.5) | |
| Yes | 93 (59.6) | 137 (54.4) | 98 (76.0) | 162 (62.3) | 490 (61.5) | |
| Discussed with partner about when to have children | 0.03 | |||||
| No | 77 (49.4) | 139 (55.2) | 45 (34.9) | 131 (50.4) | 392 (49.2) | |
| Yes | 79 (50.6) | 113 (44.8) | 84 (65.1) | 129 (49.6) | 405 (50.8) | |
aPearson Chi Square.
bExpressed out of women who have ever been pregnant/men whose partners have ever been pregnant since HIV-positive diagnosis.
cExpressed out of women who were not currently pregnant/men whose partners were not currently pregnant.