Table 1.
Participant Characteristics and Household Decision-Making Power Among Married or Cohabitating Women Living with HIV in Mozambique (n = 600)
| Total |
Low (n = 74) |
Medium (n = 294) |
High (n-232) |
p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Age | <0.0001 | ||||
| 18–24 | 94 (16) | 22 (30) | 53 (18) | 19 (8) | |
| 25–39 | 388 (65) | 43 (58) | 193 (66) | 152 (66) | |
| 40+ | 118 (20) | 9 (12) | 48 (16) | 61 (26) | |
| Education | 0.60 | ||||
| None | 73 (12) | 10 (14) | 32 (11) | 31 (13) | |
| Primary | 358 (60) | 39 (53) | 183 (62) | 136 (59) | |
| Secondary or above | 169 (28) | 25 (34) | 79 (27) | 65 (28) | |
| Employment | 0.09 | ||||
| Employed | 342 (57) | 38 (51) | 159 (54) | 145 (63) | |
| Unemployed | 258 (43) | 36 (49) | 135 (46) | 87 (38) | |
| No. of living children | |||||
| 0 | 85 (14) | 20 (27) | 43 (15) | 22 (10) | 0.001 |
| 1–2 | 268 (45) | 30 (41) | 140 (48) | 98 (42) | |
| 3 or more | 247 (41) | 24 (32) | 111 (38) | 112 (48) | |
| Another household member has HIV | 0.47 | ||||
| No | 388 (65) | 45 (61) | 197 (67) | 146 (63) | |
| Yes | 212 (35) | 29 (39) | 97 (33) | 86 (37) | |
| No. of adults in household (besides respondent) | <0.0001 | ||||
| 0–1 | 110 (18) | 7 (10) | 36 (12) | 67 (29) | |
| 2–3 | 355 (59) | 31 (42) | 191 (65) | 133 (57) | |
| 4+ | 135 (23) | 36 (49) | 67 (23) | 32 (14) | |
| Frequency of household food insufficiency in prior 12 monthsa | 0.02 | ||||
| Never | 375 (63) | 49 (67) | 168 (57) | 158 (68) | |
| Sometimes/always | 222 (37) | 24 (33) | 125 (43) | 73 (32) | |
| Head of householda | <0.0001 | ||||
| Participant alone | 81 (14) | 2 (3) | 12 (4) | 67 (29) | |
| Spouse or partner alone | 359 (60) | 25 (34) | 227 (77) | 107 (46) | |
| Participant and spouse or partner together | 71 (12) | 0 | 17 (6) | 54 (23) | |
| Parent/other | 88 (15) | 47 (64) | 38 (13) | 3 (1) | |
| Region | 0.02 | ||||
| Inhambane | 278 (46) | 27 (37) | 128 (44) | 123 (53) | |
| Maputo | 322 (54) | 47 (64) | 166 (57) | 109 (47) | |
| Intervention arm | 0.21 | ||||
| SOC | 237 (40) | 34 (46) | 123 (42) | 80 (35) | |
| CIS | 223 (37) | 26 (35) | 109 (37) | 88 (38) | |
| CIS+ | 140 (23) | 14 (19) | 62 (21) | 64 (28) |
a
Missing by variable: household food insufficiency n = 3; head of household n = 1.
CIS, combination intervention strategy; SOC, standard of care.