Table 1. Baseline characteristics of HIV positive pregnant women recruited into the study (N = 507).
| Characteristic | Health Facility | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luwero HC IV (n = 110, 21.7%) | Mityana GH (n = 213, 42.1%) | Masaka RRH (n = 184, 36.2%) | Total number (%) | |
| Age (years) | ||||
| Median (IQR) | 23 (20–28) | 25 (21–29) | 24 (20.5–28) | 24 (21–28) |
| 15–24 | 63 (57.3) | 97 (45.5) | 104 (56.5) | 264 (52.1) |
| 25–29 | 29 (26.4) | 63 (29.6) | 53 (24.8) | 145 (28.6) |
| 30–44 | 18 (16.4) | 53 (24.9) | 27 (14.7) | 98 (19.3) |
| Number (%) | Number (%) | Number (%) | ||
| Highest level of education completed | ||||
| Primary or below | 53 (48.2) | 123 (57.7) | 83 (45.1) | 259 (51.1) |
| Secondary or above | 57 (51.8) | 90 (42.3) | 101 (54.9) | 248 (48.9) |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married | 89 (80.9) | 172 (80.8) | 145 (78.8) | 406 (80.1) |
| Never married | 12 (10.9) | 19 (8.9) | 30 (16.3) | 61 (12.0) |
| Widowed/separated | 9 (8.2) | 22 (10.3) | 9 (4.9) | 40 (7.9) |
| Occupation | ||||
| Peasant farmer | 18 (9.8) | 24 (21.8) | 54 (25.4) | 96 (18.9) |
| Salaried | 10 (5.4) | 6 (5.5) | 13 (6.1) | 29 (5.7) |
| Business/commercial | 60 (32.6) | 24 (21.8) | 87 (40.9) | 171 (33.7) |
| Casual worker | 1 (0.5) | 10 (9.1) | 10 (4.7) | 21 (4.1) |
| Not employed | 34 (18.5) | 9 (8.2) | 0 (0.0) | 43 (8.5) |
| Housewife | 41 (22.3) | 28 (25.5) | 28 (22.5) | 117 (23.1) |
| Others | 20 (10.9) | 9 (8.2) | 1 (0.5) | 30 (5.9) |
| Religion | ||||
| Catholic | 39 (35.5) | 99 (46.5) | 105 (57.1) | 243 (47.9) |
| Protestant | 35 (31.8) | 53 (24.9) | 20 (10.7) | 108 (21.3) |
| Born again | 17 (15.5) | 23 (10.8) | 15 (8.2) | 55 (10.8) |
| Muslim | 15 (13.6) | 28 (13.1) | 43 (23.4) | 86 (17.0) |
| Other | 4 (3.6) | 10 (4.7) | 1 (0.5) | 15 (3.0) |
| Health Facility where the participant intends to deliver from | ||||
| Study site | 97 (88.2) | 209 (98.1) | 178 (96.7) | 484 (95.5) |
| Another facility | 13 (11.8) | 4 (1.9) | 6 (3.3) | 23 (4.5) |
| ART Initiation status | ||||
| Within past 4 weeks | 37 (33.6) | 66 (31.0) | 35 (19.0) | 138 (27.2) |
| ART naive | 73 (66.4) | 147 (69.0) | 149 (81.0) | 369 (72.8) |