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. 2018 Dec 13;13(12):e0208805. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0208805

Table 4. Maternal reproductive history by country and research site.

Uganda Malawi Zimbabwe South Africa
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,