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. 2015 Sep 25;10(9):e0138104. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138104

Table 1. Description of women is study sample (n = 1548).

Age (years) n %
Median (IQR) 26 (23, 30)
15–20 145 9.4
21–25 524 33.9
26–30 501 32.4
31–35 254 16.4
>35 124 8.0
Household registration    
This county 1304 84.2
Other county in Yunnan 202 13.1
Other province 24 1.6
Other country 18 1.2
Ethnicity
Han 748 48.3
Non-Han minority 800 51.7
Occupation
Peasants 1142 73.9
Migrant workers 94 6.1
Housework or unemployed 216 14.0
Workers/white collar/other/unknown 96 6.0
Marital status    
Married 1481 95.7
Living with partner 21 1.4
Single 39 2.5
Widowed/divorced 7 0.5
Highest education level
No education 187 12.1
Primary school 553 35.8
Junior high 637 41.2
Senior high 131 8.5
College 38 2.5
Year of enrollment
2010 505 32.6
2011 504 32.6
2012 539 34.8
Husband/partner tested for HIV    
Yes 1232 79.6
No 236 15.3
Unknown 80 5.2
Husband/partner's HIV status (n = 1232)    
Positive 530 43
Negative 680 55.2
Indeterminate 22 1.8
Site of delivery
Municipal hospital 294 19.0
County hospital 1161 75.0
Township hospital 80 5.2
Home / other 13 0.8
Mode of delivery
Emergency cesarean section 255 16.5
Elective cesarean section 428 27.7
Vaginal birth 865 55.9
Number of births
1 baby 1534 99.1
Twins 14 0.9
Maternal PMTCT regimen initiation  
Pre-natal 1241 80.2
1st trimester 339 21.9
2nd trimester 639 41.3
3rd trimester 263 17.0
Labor and Delivery 246 15.9
No ART 61 3.9
Maternal ARV regimen
cART during pregnancy 1041 67.3
scAZT 200 12.9
cART during L&D 229 14.8
sdNVP 17 1.1
No ARV during pregnancy or L&D 61 3.9

Notes: PMTCT prevention of mother-to-child transmission; L&D labor and delivery; cART combination antiretroviral therapy; ARV antiretrovirals; scAZT short course zidovudine; sdNVP single-dose nevirapine.