Table 1 Characteristics of the sample of women living with HIV (n = 356)
Characteristic | Mean (SD) / Frequency (%) |
|---|---|
Demographics | Â |
Recruitment Location | Â |
Hospital clinic | 126 (35.4) |
Peri-urban clinics | 40 (11.2) |
Urban clinics | 190 (53.4) |
Age - Mean | 33.63 (5.6) |
Education | Â |
No formal education/ Pre-primary/ Primary | 65 (18.3) |
Secondary | 222 (62.4) |
Certificate/ Diploma/ Degree/ Post-grad | 69 (19.4) |
Main source of income | Â |
Wage work | 182 (51.9) |
Casual work | 37 (10.5) |
Spouse/partner/family | 22 (6.3) |
Small business owner | 71 (20.2) |
Other/ Student/ Nothing | 39 (11.1) |
Relationship Characteristics | Â |
Relationship status | Â |
Married | 38 (10.7) |
Cohabiting, not married | 124 (34.8) |
In relationship, not cohabiting | 117 (32.9) |
No partner | 76 (21.4) |
Disclosed HIV status to current partner (n = 280) | 268 (95.71) |
Know HIV status of partner | Â |
Yes | 251 (89.6) |
No | 29 (10.4) |
HIV-status of partner | Â |
HIV-positive | 132 (52.6) |
HIV-negative | 119 (47.4) |
Have children with current partner | 132/279 (47.3) |
Reproductive health and HIV care history | Â |
Total number of pregnancies | 2.43 (1.4) |
Number of years since HIV diagnosis | 8.54 (5.8) |
Currently taking ART | 351 (98.6) |
Told you are currently virally suppressed | 185 (53.2) |
Pregnancy since being diagnosed with HIV | 169 (47.5) |
Ever enrolled in PMTCT | 178 (57.4) |
Fertility intentions | Â |
Desire for children/ more children in future | Â |
Yes | 243 (68.3) |
No | 113 (31.7) |
Lifetime experiences of intimate partner violence | Â |
Any form of lifetime violence | 110 (30.90) |
Emotional violence | 108 (30.34) |
Physical violence | 69 (19.38) |
Sexual violence | 43 (12.08) |
Experiences of any intimate partner violence in the past 12 months (n = 110) | 36 (32.73) |
Reproductive autonomy scale [includes decision-making, freedom from coercion, communication] (mean (SD); scale range) | 39.02 (4.94) [12–45] |
SC information, motivation, behavioral skills | Â |
SC Information (mean (SD); scale range) | 11.21 (2.7) [1–17] |
SC Motivation (mean (SD); scale range) | 11.17 (1.6) [3–12] |
SC Behavioral skills (mean (SD); range) | 3.00 (1.7) [0-6] |
Self-efficacy for skills (mean (SD); range) | 21.79 (2.9) [6–24] |