Table 2.

Importance of characteristics of methods of multipurpose technology (MPT) for contraception and antiretroviral therapy (ART) and non-oral ART reported among women of reproductive potential living with HIV (N = 1,132).

Multipurpose	First choice	Second choice	Third choice
technology	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
Method effect	289 (25.5)	239 (21.1)	108 (9.5)
Effectiveness for pregnancy prevention
Effectiveness for HIV treatment	274 (24.2)	249 (22.0)	108 (9.5)
Safety	61 (5.4)	71 (6.3)	88 (7.8)
Lack of side effects	52 (4.6)	59 (5.2)	45 (4.0)
Mechanistic	218 (19.3)	129 (11.4)	153 (13.5)
Dosing less frequently than daily
Social/normative	101 (8.9)	116 (10.2)	129 (11.4)
Privacy/concealability
Practical	41 (3.6)	20 (1.8)	29 (2.6)
Save time accessing medication
Other*	26 (2.3)	7 (0.6)	9 (0.8)
Missing	70 (6.2)	242 (21.4)	463 (40.9)
Non-oral	First choice	Second choice	Third choice
ART	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
Mechanistic	532 (47.0)	198 (17.5)	88 (7.8)
Dosing less frequently than daily
Practical	177 (15.6)	46 (4.1)	24 (2.1)
Save time accessing medication
Method effect	173 (15.3)	178 (15.7)	158 (14.0)
Effectiveness for HIV treatment
Safety	57 (5.0)	115 (10.2)	123 (10.9)
Lack of side effects	71 (6.3)	75 (6.6)	91 (8.0)
Social/Normative	83 (7.3)	186 (16.4)	151 (13.3)
Privacy/concealability
Other*	39 (3.4)	13 (1.1)	7 (0.6)
Missing	0	321 (28.4)	490 (43.3)

^*Other characteristics include method effect (e.g., effectiveness of combined medication, other health benefits), mechanistic (e.g., ease of use, reduced frequency of use, reduced frequency of forgetting medication, smaller pill size, reduced pill burden, not having to carry medications, not being a foreign body or food-dependent), practical (e.g., reducing appointment frequency, reducing costs) & social-normative (e.g., previous experience, reduced stress).