From: Association between fertility and HIV status: what implications for HIV estimates?
Characteristic | HIV positive N (%) | HIV negative N (%) | p-value |
---|---|---|---|
Mean age, years (SD) | 29.3 (7.6) | 28.9 (9.1) | 0.304 |
Median age at first intercourse (range) | 16(10–26) | 16 (8–33) | 0.167 |
Median parity (range) | 2 (0–12) | 2 (0–14) | <0.001 |
Median number of living children (range) | 2 (0–9) | 2 (0–12) | <0.001 |
Place of residence | |||
Urban | 228 (9.5) | 2183 (90.5) | <0.001 |
Rural | 108 (5.2) | 1973 (94.8) | |
Marital status | |||
Never married | 37 (6.5) | 529 (93.5) | <0.001 |
Currently married | 218 (6.2) | 3274 (93.8) | |
Formerly married | 80 (18.5) | 353 (81.5) | |
Education | |||
No school | 37 (3.5) | 1035 (96.5) | <0.001 |
Primary | 143 (8.1) | 1619 (91.9) | |
Secondary/higher | 155 (9.4) | 1502 (90.6) | |
Religion | |||
Christians | 276 (8.7) | 2896 (91.3) | <0.001 |
Muslims | 45 (5.5) | 778 (94.5) | |
Others | 15 (3.0) | 483 (97.0) | |
Wealth index | |||
low | 57 (3.8) | 1441 (96.2) | <0.001 |
middle | 132 (8.8) | 1368 (91.2) | |
high | 146 (9.8) | 1350 (90.2) |