Table 1.
Characteristics of pregnant women living with HIV infection (including 5 women who terminated their pregnancies and 1 woman who had still birth).
| Variables | Values (N=119) | |
| Age range in years (mean, standard deviation) | 19-42 (28.2, 4.5) | |
| Marital status, n (%) | ||
| Married | 112 (94.1) | |
| Other (single, widow, and divorced) | 7 (5.9) | |
| Ethnicity, n (%) | ||
| Kinh | 87 (73.1) | |
| Minority | 32 (29.3) | |
| Education, n (%) | ||
| Primary or secondary school | 53 (44.5) | |
| High school or higher | 66 (55.5) | |
| Employmenta, n (%) | ||
| Stable job | 69 (58.0) | |
| Unstable job | 31 (26.1) | |
| Unemployed | 18 (15.1) | |
| Reported transmission route, n (%) | ||
| Having more than one sexual partners | 3 (2.5) | |
| Spouse infected with HIV | 77 (64.7) | |
| Spouse using drugs and unknown HIV status | 21 (17.6) | |
| Ever injecting drugs and sharing needles | 4 (3.4) | |
| Unknown/No answer | 14 (11.8) | |
| Location of deliveryb, n (%) | ||
| District hospital | 22 (19.3) | |
| National/Provincial hospital | 87 (76.3) | |
| Community health station or at home | 5 (4.4) | |
| Mode of deliveryb, n (%) | ||
| Natural delivery | 72 (63.2) | |
| Cesarean | 42 (36.8) | |
aValue missing for one.
bOf the total, 5 women had their pregnancy terminated.