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. 2020 Apr 21;34(4):173–183. doi: 10.1089/apc.2019.0268

Table 5.

Decision-Making and HIV Care Continuum Outcomes Among Married or Cohabitating Women Living with HIV in Mozambique

   
Big household decisions
Decisions to visit family
Total
Woman does not contribute to decision making
Woman makes decision together with her spouse or partner
Woman makes decision alone
p-Value Woman does not contribute to decision-making
Woman makes decision together with her spouse or partner
Woman makes decision alone
p-Value
n = 600
n = 343
n = 180
n = 77
n = 207
n = 286
n = 107
n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
Linked to care at diagnosing facility
 Same day as HIV test 371 (62) 206 (60) 114 (63) 51 (66) 0.53 109 (53) 192 (67) 70 (65) 0.003
 Within 1 week of HIV test 442 (74) 244 (71) 136 (76) 62 (81) 0.19 136 (66) 224 (78) 82 (77) 0.005
 Within 1 month of HIV test 494 (82) 280 (82) 149 (83) 65 (84) 0.83 159 (77) 245 (86) 90 (84) 0.03
 Ever linked to care 534 (89) 303 (88) 162 (90) 69 (90) 0.83 180 (87) 255 (89) 99 (93) 0.33
Initiated ART 370 (62) 212 (62) 110 (61) 48 (62) 0.98 122 (59) 177 (62) 71 (66) 0.44
Retained at diagnosing facility
 6 months after diagnosis 366 (61) 207 (60) 113 (63) 46 (60) 0.83 117 (57) 184 (64) 65 (61) 0.21
 12 months after diagnosis 332 (55) 187 (55) 105 (58) 40 (52) 0.58 103 (50) 168 (59) 61 (57) 0.13

ART, antiretroviral therapy.