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. 2015 May 10;12:41. doi: 10.1186/s12978-015-0035-6

Table 2.

The association between family planning information, reproductive history, knowledge of HIV positive status and current practice of family planning method(s) among HIV-infected fecund women

Characteristics Total number (Column %) Current practice of any FP P-value*
Yes (Row %) No (Row %)
FP information from radio
Yes 318 (65.0) 170 (53.5) 148 (46.5) 0.21
No 171 (35.0) 81 (47.4) 90 (52.6)
FP information from Television
Yes 69 (14.1) 35 (50.7) 34 (49.3) 1.00
No 420 (85.9) 216(51.4) 204 (48.6)
FP information from newspaper
Yes 81 (16.6) 44 (54.3) 37 (45.7) 0.62
No 408 (83.4) 207 (50.7) 201 (49.3)
Visited by FP worker past 12 months
Yes 80 (16.4) 45 (56.3) 35 (43.8) 0.39
No 409 (83.6) 206 (50.4) 203 (49.6)
Visited health facility past 12 months
Yes 374 (76.5) 207 (55.3) 167 (44.7) 0.00
No 115 (23.5) 44 (38.3) 71 (61.7)
Births in past 5 years
0 218 (44.6) 87 (39.9) 131 (60.1) 0.00
1 190 (38.9) 113 (59.5) 77 (40.5)
2 & more 81 (16.6) 51 (63.0) 30 (37.0)
Number of under- 5 children
0 185 (37.8) 75 (40.5) 110 (59.5) 0.00
1 197 (40.3) 115 (58.4) 82 (41.6)
2 & more 107 (21.9) 61 (57.0) 46 (43.0)
No of children ever born
0 32 (6.5) 5 (15.6) 27 (84.4) 0.00
1–2 135 (27.6) 69 (51.1) 66 (48.9)
3–4 164 (33.5) 85 (51.8) 79 (48.2)
5 & more 158 (32.3) 92 (58.2) 66 (41.8)
No of living children
0 46 (9.4) 9 (19.6) 37 (80.4) 0.00
1–2 193 (39.5) 103 (53.4) 90 (46.6)
3–4 158 (32.3) 85 (53.8) 73 (46.2)
5 & more 92 (18.8) 54 (58.7) 38 (41.3)
Knows HIV positive status
Yes 184 (37.6) 119 (64.7) 65 (35.3) 0.00
No 305 (62.4) 132 (43.3) 173 (56.7)

*Chi-Square test