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Table 2 Demographic characteristics for postpartum women participants

From: Lessons learned from the PMTCT program in Swaziland: challenges with accepting lifelong ART for pregnant and lactating women – a qualitative study

 

Individual interviews

Focus group discussions

Initiated ART

N = 50

n (%)

Did not initiate ART

N = 33

n (%)

Initiated ART

N = 16

n (%)

Did not initiate ART

N = 6

n (%)

Age (years)

 16–20

5 (10 %)

5 (15 %)

0

0

 21–25

19 (38 %)

10 (30 %)

5 (31 %)

1 (17 %)

 26–30

12 (24 %)

11 (33 %)

5 (31 %)

4 (67 %)

 31–35

10 (20 %)

6 (18 %)

5 (31 %)

1 (17 %)

 36–40

2 (4 %)

0

1 (6 %)

0

 41–44

2 (4 %)

1 (3 %)

0

0

Marital status

 Married/living with partner

23 (46 %)

18 (54 %)

11 (69 %)

4 (66 %)

 Single

27 (54 %)

15 (45 %)

5 (31 %)

2 (33 %)

Education

 None

2 (4 %)

1 (3 %)

0

0

 Primary

14 (28 %)

9 (27 %)

5 (31 %)

3 (50 %)

 Secondary

31 (62 %)

22 (67 %)

10 (63 %)

3 (50 %)

 Tertiary

3 (6 %)

1 (3 %)

1 (6 %)

0

Religion

 None

0

2 (6 %)

0

0

 Catholic

2 (4 %)

0

2 (13 %)

0

 Protestant

39 (78 %)

27 (83 %)

14 (87 %)

6 (100 %)

 Islam

0

0

0

0

 Other

9 (18 %)

4 (12 %)

0

0