Table 3.
Predictive factors influencing contraception nonuse among HIV (+) women
| Variables | Category | Contraception nonuse
|
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (%) | No (%) | |||
| Education level | 0.009* | |||
| Primary | 24 (63.2) | 14 (37) | ||
| Secondary | 31 (68.9) | 14 (31) | ||
| High | 9 (82) | 2 (18) | ||
| Number of living children | 0.0001** | |||
| 0 | 15 (100) | (0) | ||
| 1 | 31 (91) | 3 (9) | ||
| 2 | 21 (70) | 9 (30) | ||
| ≥3 | 7 (58) | 5 (42) | ||
| Abortions/miscarriage during the last 12 months | 0.0001** | |||
| Yes | 26 (46) | 31 (54) | ||
| No | 37 (76) | 12 (24) | ||
| Number of future children | 0.0655 | |||
| 0 | 12 (80) | 3 (20) | ||
| 1 | 42 (91) | 4 (7) | ||
| 2 | 18 (86) | 3 (14) | ||
| ≥3 | 10 (83) | 2 (17) | ||
| Unplanned pregnancies | 0.0001** | |||
| Yes | 5 (8) | 56 (92) | ||
| No | 30 (91) | 3 (9) | ||
| Interpregnancy spacing | 0.0001** | |||
| As soon as possible | 3 (30) | 7 (70) | ||
| After marriage | 8 (100) | 0 (00) | ||
| 1–2 years | 17 (94) | 1 (6) | ||
| >2 years | 25 (100) | 0 (00) | ||
| Don’t know | 29 (88) | 4 (12) | ||
| Partner’s decision to operate for FP | 0.0001** | |||
| Yes | 39 (80) | 10 (20) | ||
| No | 25 (100) | 0 (00) | ||
| Don’t know | 18 (90) | 2 (10) | ||
| ART adherence | 0.0001** | |||
| ≤25 | 17 (81) | 4 (19) | ||
| 26–34 | 36 (77) | 11 (23) | ||
| ≥35 | 11 (42) | 15 (58) | ||
| ART accessibility for PMTCT | 0.0001** | |||
| Every time | 26 (96) | 1 (4) | ||
| Sometime | 51 (98) | 1 (2) | ||
| Hardly | 2 (67) | 1 (33) | ||
| Never have been on ART | 3 (25) | 9 (75) | ||
Notes:
*
P<0.05;
**
P<0.001. Statistically significant values are shown in bold.
Abbreviations: ART, antiretroviral therapy; FP, family planning; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; PMTCT, prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV.