Table 4. Maternal reproductive history by country and research site.
Uganda | Malawi | Zimbabwe | South Africa | ||||||
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Variable | MUJHU-Kampala (N = 352) |
Blantyre (N = 343) |
Lilongwe (N = 322) |
Harare (N = 94) | Seke North (N = 179) |
St. Mary’s (N = 175) |
PHRU-Soweto (N = 273) |
uMlazi-Durban (N = 249) |
Total (N = 1987) |
Had sex in the last 3 months, n (%) |
257 (73.0%) | 249 (72.6%) | 227 (70.5%) | 74 (78.7%) | 148 (82.7%) | 140 (80.0%) | 187 (68.5%) | 183 (73.5%) | 1465 (73.7%) |
Condoms use, n (%) b | |||||||||
Always | 33 (12.8%) | 57 (22.9%) | 71 (31.3%) | 36 (48.6%) | 101 (68.2%) | 97 (69.3%) | 90 (48.4%) | 84 (45.9%) | 569 (38.9%) |
Sometimes | 66 (25.7%) | 109 (43.8%) | 143 (63.0%) | 29 (39.2%) | 43 (29.1%) | 36 (25.7%) | 67 (36.0%) | 89 (48.6%) | 582 (39.8%) |
Never | 158 (61.5%) | 83 (33.3%) | 13 (5.7%) | 9 (12.2%) | 4 (2.7%) | 7 (5.0%) | 29 (15.6%) | 10 (5.5%) | 313 (21.4%) |
Used family planning methods, n (%) |
169 (74.1%) | 194 (85.1%) | 199 (93.9%) | 53 (74.6%) | 127 (92.7%) | 115 (91.3%) | 138 (78.9%) | 174 (97.2%) | 1169 (86.2%) |
Family planning contraceptive method used (if woman reported sex during past 3 months at baseline)e | |||||||||
Injectables | 68 (40.5%) | 78 (40.2%) | 92 (46.2%) | 9 (17.0%) | 21 (16.5%) | 33 (28.7%) | 76 (55.5%) | 100 (57.5%) | 477 (40.9%) |
Condoms | 50 (29.8%) | 43 (22.2%) | 43 (21.6%) | 3 (5.7%) | 13 (10.2%) | 18 (15.7%) | 23 (16.8%) | 29 (16.7%) | 222 (19.0%) |
Implant | 20 (11.9%) | 37 (19.1%) | 40 (20.1%) | 10 (18.9%) | 39 (30.7%) | 12 (10.4%) | 3 (2.2%) | 22 (12.6%) | 183 (15.7%) |
Oral | 19 (11.3%) | 2 (1.0%) | 4 (2.0%) | 29 (54.7%) | 51 (40.2%) | 51 (44.3%) | 21 (15.3%) | 3 (1.7%) | 180 (15.4%) |
Tubal ligation | 4 (2.4%) | 25 (12.9%) | 15 (7.5%) | 0 | 1 (0.8%) | 0 | 10 (7.3%) | 18 (10.3%) | 73 (6.3%) |
Intrauterine contraceptive device | 5 (3.0%) | 5 (2.6%) | 3 (1.5%) | 2 (3.8%) | 2 (1.6%) | 1 (0.9%) | 3 (2.2%) | 1 (0.6%) | 22 (1.9%) |
Withdrawal, herbs or emergency pill |
2 (1.2%) | 4 (2.1%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (0.5%) |
Hysterectomy | 0 | 0 | 2 (1.0%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.7%) | 1 (0.6%) | 4 (0.3%) |
Currently breastfeeding, n (%)c | 30 (8.6%) |
41 (12.0%) | 49 (15.3%) | 15 (16.1%) | 26 (14.5%) | 26 (14.9%) | 5 (1.8%) |
3 (1.2%) |
195 (9.8%) |
Family size desired from the outset, median(IQR)[min-max] | 4 (4–6) [1–18] | 3 (3–4) [1–7] | 3 (3–4) [0–8] | 4 (3–4) [0–10] | 4 (3–4) [0–6] | 4 (3–4) [1–7] | 3 (2–4) [0–7] | 3 (2–4) [0–10] | 4 (2–4) [0–18] |
Want to have another child, n (%)d | |||||||||
Yes | 224 (63.6%) | 100 (29.2%) | 126 (39.1%) | 41 (43.6%) | 72 (40.2%) | 70 (40.0%) | 83 (30.5%) | 86 (34.5%) | 802 (40.4%) |
No | 111 (31.5%) | 223 (65.0%) | 184 (57.1%) | 44 (46.8%) | 99 (55.3%) | 89 (50.9%) | 180 (66.2%) | 136 (54.6%) | 1066 (53.7%) |
Not sure | 17 (4.8%) | 20 (5.8%) | 12 (3.7%) | 9 (9.6%) | 8 (4.5%) | 16 (9.1%) | 9 (3.3%) | 27 (10.8%) | 118 (5.9%) |
How many more children would like to have, median (IQR) | 1 (1–2) | 1 (1–2) | 1 (1–1) | 1 (1–2) | 1 (1–2) | 1 (1–2) | 1 (1–2) | 1 (1–2) | 1 (1–2) |
Was the last pregnancy planned?, n (%)e | |||||||||
Wanted to be pregnant | 251 (71.3%) | 167 (48.7%) | 137 (42.5%) | 66 (70.2%) | 104 (58.1%) | 104 (59.4%) | 120 (44.3%) | 45 (18.1%) | 994 (50.1%) |
Wanted to wait until sometime later | 66 (18.8%) | 58 (16.9%) | 62 (19.3%) | 12 (12.8%) | 40 (22.3%) | 25 (14.3%) | 72 (26.6%) | 74 (29.7%) | 409 (20.6%) |
Did not want to be pregnant | 35 (9.9%) |
118 (34.4%) | 123 (38.2%) | 16 (17.0%) | 35 (19.6%) | 46 (26.3%) | 79 (29.2%) | 130 (52.2%) | 582 (29.3%) |
Total pregnancies including current, median (IQR) | 4 (3–5) | 3 (3–4) | 4 (2–5) | 3 (2–4) | 3 (2–4) | 3 (2–4) | 3 (2–4) | 3 (2–3) | 3 (2–4) |
Number children alive today, median (IQR) |
3 (2–4) | 3 (2–4) | 3 (2–4) | 3 (2–3) | 3 (2–3 | 2 (2–3) | 2 (1–3) | 2 (2–3) | 3 (2–3) |
b1 with missing data,
c7 with missing data,
d1 with missing data,