Table 2.
Socio-demographic characteristics of the study population
| Group 1 (n = 131) | Group 2 (n = 128) | Group 3 (n = 539) | Group 4 (n = 220) | Total (n = 1018) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIV screening centres | HIV screening centres | Hospitals | Health centres | |||||||
| HIV-positive women | HIV-negative women | HIV status unknown | HIV status unknown | |||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Marital status | 130 | 128 | 533 | 217 | 1008 | |||||
| Married | 43 | (33.1) | 26 | (20.3) | 326 | (61.2) | 120 | (55.3) | 515 | (51.1) |
| Single | 39 | (30.0) | 95 | (74.2) | 76 | (14.3) | 33 | (15.2) | 243 | (24.1) |
| Widowed | 34 | (26.2) | 4 | (3.1) | 92 | (17.3) | 51 | (23.5) | 181 | (18.0) |
| Divorced | 14 | (10.8) | 3 | (2.3) | 39 | (7.3) | 13 | (6.0) | 69 | (6.9) |
| Formal employment | 129 | 126 | 525 | 215 | 995 | |||||
| No | 73 | (56.6) | 67 | (53.2) | 225 | (42.9) | 109 | (50.7) | 474 | (47.6) |
| Yes | 56 | (43.4) | 59 | (46.8) | 300 | (51.7) | 106 | (49.3) | 521 | (52.4) |
| Number of pregnancies | 128 | 126 | 517 | 219 | 990 | |||||
| 0-2 | 29 | (22.7) | 87 | (69.1) | 131 | (25.3) | 53 | (24.2) | 300 | (30.3) |
| 3-5 | 42 | (32.8) | 28 | (22.2) | 124 | (24.0) | 60 | (27.4) | 254 | (25.7) |
| 6 or more | 57 | (44.5) | 11 | (8.7) | 262 | (50.7) | 106 | (48.4) | 436 | (44.0) |
| Number of childbirths | 128 | 126 | 520 | 218 | 992 | |||||
| 0-2 | 48 | (37.5) | 100 | (79.4) | 190 | (36.5) | 70 | (32.1) | 408 | (41.1) |
| 3-5 | 41 | (32.0) | 20 | (15.9) | 161 | (31.0) | 66 | (30.3) | 288 | (29.0) |
| 6 or more | 39 | (30.5) | 6 | (4.8) | 169 | (32.5) | 82 | (37.6) | 296 | (29.8) |
| Abortion | 128 | 126 | 518 | 218 | 990 | |||||
| No | 48 | (37.5) | 61 | (48.4) | 175 | (33.8) | 105 | (48.2) | 389 | (39.3) |
| Yes | 80 | (62.5) | 65 | (51.6) | 343 | (66.2) | 113 | (51.8) | 601 | (60.7) |
n: absolute number; %: percentage of participants in each study group and each category