Table 2.
Maternal sociodemographic and HIV diagnosis characteristics (n = 108)
| Women diagnosed by delivery (n = 41) | Women undiagnosed by delivery (n = 67) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | n | % | n | % |
| Age (years) at delivery | (n = 41) | (n = 62) | ||
| < 20 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 5 |
| 20–29 | 20 | 49 | 27 | 44 |
| 30–39 | 17 | 42 | 30 | 48 |
| ≥ 40 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Marital status | (n = 41) | (n = 63) | ||
| Married/cohabiting | 30 | 73 | 49 | 78 |
| Separated | 5 | 12 | 7 | 11 |
| Single | 6 | 15 | 7 | 11 |
| Employment status | (n = 36) | (n = 66) | ||
| Employed (health care) | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 |
| Employed (other) | 7 | 19 | 22 | 33 |
| Student | 8 | 22 | 4 | 6 |
| Unemployed | 20 | 55 | 29 | 43 |
| Partner employment status | (n = 24) | (n = 31) | ||
| Employed | 15 | 63 | 24 | 77 |
| Student | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| Unemployed | 4 | 17 | 7 | 23 |
| Region of birth | (n = 41) | (n = 67) | ||
| Africa | 34 | 83 | 51 | 76 |
| UK | 4 | 10 | 10 | 15 |
| Elsewhere in Europe | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Asia | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Caribbean | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Years in UK prior to delivery if born abroad | (n = 27) | (n = 30) | ||
| < 1 | 6 | 22 | 5 | 17 |
| 1–5 | 10 | 37 | 14 | 47 |
| 6–10 | 7 | 26 | 9 | 30 |
| > 10 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 7 |
| How or where HIV Identified | (n = 38) | (n = 61) | ||
| Antenatal screening current/previous pregnancy | 29 | 77 | – | – |
| subsequent pregnancy | – | – | 6 | 10 |
| Child found positive | – | – | 25 | 41 |
| Partner found positive | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Genitourinary medicine clinic | 4 | 10 | 8 | 13 |
| Other hospital department | 1 | 3 | 11 | 18 |
| Other | 4 | 10 | 8 | 13 |
| Mode of HIV acquisition | (n = 38) | (n = 55) | ||
| Heterosexual | 36 | 94 | 54 | 98 |
| Injecting drug use | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Vertical transmission | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |