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Table 1 Summary characteristics, including reproductive history and fertility desires of postpartum HIV positive and negative women attending child health services

From: Factors impacting knowledge and use of long acting and permanent contraceptive methods by postpartum HIV positive and negative women in Cape Town, South Africa: a cross-sectional study

Characteristic

HIV Positive n = 265

HIV Negative n = 273

P-value*

  

n

%

n

%

 

Age

Median (IQR)

27 (23-32)

25 (21-29)

0.144

Highest level of education†

     

0.332

 

No formal schooling

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

 
 

Grade 1-7

19

7.2%

16

5.9%

 
 

Grade 8-12 without matric

171

64.8%

173

63.4%

 
 

Grade 12 with matric

66

25.0%

66

24.2%

 
 

Tertiary qualification

8

3.1%

18

6.6%

 

Current relationship status‡

    

0.274

 

Married

88

33.3%

93

34.7%

 
 

Single, stable relationship

166

62.9%

160

59.7%

 
 

Single, casual relationship

2

0.8%

8

3.0%

 
 

Single, no relationship

8

3.0%

7

2.6%

 

Employment status

     

0.844

 

Paid Job (Yes)

66

24.9%

70

25.6%

 
 

Paid Job (No)

199

75.1%

203

74.4%

 

Number of living children

Median (IQR)

2(1-2)

2(1-2)

0.632

Time since delivery (months)

Median (IQR)

2.20 (1.28-3.43)

2.40 (1.48-3.38)

0.049

Last pregnancy intended§

     

0.696

 

Yes

101

38.4%

100

36.8%

 
 

No

162

61.6%

172

63.2%

 

Would like another child

     

< 0.001

 

Yes

30

11.3%

74

27.1

 
 

No

194

73.2%

168

61.5%

 
 

Unsure

41

15.5%

31

11.4%

 
  

n = 30

n = 74

 

Desired timing of next child ǁ

     

0.684

 

< 12 months

0

0%

0

0%

 
 

12-24 months

1

3.3%

3

4.2%

 
 

25-36 months

3

10%

6

8.3%

 
 

> 36 months

13

43.3%

40

55.6%

 
 

Unsure

13

43.3%

23

31.9%

 
  1. Missing values excluded from denominators in calculation of percentages.
  2. *P-values for comparisons using Wilcoxon sum-rank and chi-squared tests
  3. †One missing value in HIV+
  4. ‡Two missing values in HIV + and five missing values in HIV-,
  5. § Two missing values in HIV + and one missing value in HIV-
  6. ǁTwo missing values in HIV-