Table 1.
Sociodemographic Characteristics of Participants
| Variable | Median (IQR) or |
|---|---|
| Number (%) | |
| Age | 28 (24, 31) |
| Months from HIV diagnosis to interview date | 7.5 (3, 47.5) |
| Length of relationship with father of current pregnancy (in years) | 3.5 (1.9, 5.8) |
| Still in relationship with father of current pregnancy | |
| No | 6 (3%) |
| Yes | 194 (97%) |
| Disclosure to partner | |
| No | 43 (22%) |
| Yes | 154 (77%) |
| Don’t know | 3 (2%) |
| Partners’ HIV status | |
| Positive | 70 (35%) |
| Negative | 30 (15%) |
| Don’t know | 100 (50%) |
| Fertility desire | |
| Did not want, did not care, do not know | 120 (60%) |
| Sooner, later, now | 80 (40%) |
| Fertility desire (disaggregated) | |
| Did not want | 112 (56%) |
| Did not care | 3 (2%) |
| Don’t know | 5 (3%) |
| Sooner | 28 (14%) |
| Later | 41 (21%) |
| Now | 11 (6%) |
| Education | |
| None/primary/secondary | 193 (97%) |
| Matric/post-secondary | 7 (4%) |
| Current employment | |
| Not employed | 145 (73%) |
| Full-time employed | 33 (17%) |
| Part-time employed | 20 (10%) |
| Self-employed | 2 (1%) |
| Mode of transportation | |
| Walking | 64 (32%) |
| Taxi | 133 (66%) |
| Car | 1 (1%) |
| Missing | 2 (1%) |
| Depression | |
| Median depression score | 1.375 (1.25, 1.75) |
| Dichotomous depression score | |
| ≤1.75 | 151 (76%) |
| >1.75 | 48 (24%) |
| Missing | 1 (1%) |
| Social support | |
| I get visits from friends and relatives | 4 (3, 4) |
| I get useful advice about important things in my life | 4 (4, 4) |
| I get chances to talk to someone about problems at work or with my housework | 4 (4, 4) |
| I get chances to talk to someone I trust about my personal and family problems | 4 (4, 4) |
| I have people who care what happens to me | 4 (4, 4) |
| I get love and affection | 4 (4, 4) |
| I get help around the house | 4 (4, 4) |
| I get help with money in an emergency | 4 (3, 4) |
| I get help when I need transportation | 3 (1, 4) |
| I get help when I am sick | 4 (4, 4) |
| Social Support score | 3.6 (3.15, 4) |
| Stigma | |
| Stigma score | 2 (1, 3) |
| Structural barriers | |
| Time spent traveling (min) | 30 (15, 30) |
| Monthly income | |
| 0–499 | 63 (32%) |
| 500–999 | 73 (37%) |
| 1,000–1,999 | 41 (21%) |
| ≥2,000 | 23 (12%) |
| Adherence | |
| Rate ability to take ARVs as prescribed in past 30 days | |
| Very poor | 1 (1%) |
| Poor | 3 (2%) |
| Fair | 2 (1%) |
| Good | 95 (48%) |
| Very good | 52 (26%) |
| Excellent | 46 (23%) |
| Missing | 1 (1%) |
| In the past 30 days did you take all your ARVs | |
| A little of the time | 2 (1%) |
| Some of the time | 1 (1%) |
| A good bit of the time | 4 (2%) |
| Most of the time | 39 (20%) |
| All of the time | 154 (77%) |
| Indicate how much you have taken your ARVs in last 3–4 weeks | |
| ≤80% | 21 (11%) |
| 85%–90% | 38 (19%) |
| 91%–99% | 41 (21%) |
| 100% | 100 (50%) |
| Last missed dose of ARVs | |
| Today | 1 (1%) |
| Yesterday | 6 (3%) |
| Earlier this week | 2 (1%) |
| Last week | 26 (13%) |
| Less than a month ago | 12 (6%) |
| More than a month ago | 5 (3%) |
| Never | 148 (74%) |
IQR, interquartile range; ARV, antiretroviral.