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Table 3 Current use of FP among HIV-infected women (married or in consensual union and not pregnant)

From: Uptake of family planning methods and unplanned pregnancies among HIV-infected individuals: a cross-sectional survey among clients at HIV clinics in Uganda

Variable

Currently using any FP methods n = 242 (79.6%)

Currently using modern FP methods† n = 207 (68.1%)

Currently using effective FP methods n = 44 (14.5%)

 

Number (%

Number (%)

Number (%)

Age

   

15-24

37 (78.7)

30 (63.8)

12 (25.5)

25-34

119 (80.4)

101 (68.2)

16 (10.8)

35-49

86(78.9)

76 (69.7)

16 (14.7)

Education

   

None

42 (73.7)

36 (63.2)

11 (19.3)

Primary

123 (76.4)

104 (64.6)

22 (13.7)

Secondary+

77 (89.5)

67 (77.9)

11 (12.8)

District

   

Kampala

98 (83.8)

84 (71.8)

13 (11.1)

Gulu

69 (69.7)

57 (57.8)

21 (21.2)

Kabarole

75 (85.2)

66 (75.0)

10 (11.4)

Religion

   

Catholic

115 (77.2)

95 (63.8)

23 (15.4)

Protestant

71 (82.6)

60 (69.8)

12 (14.0)

Muslim

26 (92.9)

24 (85.7)

3 (10.7)

Other

28 (71.8)

26 (66.7)

6 (15.4)

Marital status

   

In relationship

78 (83.9)

63 (67.7)

13 (14.0)

Married

164 (77.7)

144 (68.3)

31 (14.7)

Occupation

   

Peasant farmer

90 (77.6)

76 (65.5)

21 (18.1)

Salaried

27 (93.1)

24 (82.8)

3 (10.3)

Business/commercial

63 (80.8)

52 (66.7)

10 (12.8)

Casual worker

20 (74.1)

18 (66.7)

3 (11.1)

Other

42 (77.8)

37 (68.5)

7 (13.0)

Expenditure

   

<30,000

62 (72.9)

53 (62.4)

13 (15.3)

31,000-100,000

85 (81.0)

72 (68.6)

15 (14.3)

110,000+

84 (83.2)

71 (70.3)

14 (13.9)

Unknown

11 (84.6)

11 (84.6)

2 (15.4)

Facility level

   

Hospital

130 (80.3)

112 (69.1)

22 (13.6)

HC IV

61 (80.3)

53 (69.7)

7 (9.2)

Other

51 (77.3)

42 (63.6)

15 (22.7)

Number of years since testing

   

<1 year

22 (73.3)

19 (63.3)

2 (6.7)

1-2

104 (77.0)

88 (65.2)

24 (17.8)

3-4

65 (83.3)

56 (71.8)

12 (15.4)

5+

50 (83.3)

43 (71.7)

5 (8.3)

Time since start on ARVs+

   

<1 year

28 (77.8)

26 (72.2)

2 (5.6)

1-4

113 (84.3)

100 (74.6)

15 (11.2)

5+

19 (76.0)

14 (56.0)

2 (8.0)

Health status

   

Poor/fair

28 (75.7)

24 (64.9)

4 (10.8)

Good

84 (80.0)

76 (72.4)

12 (11.4)

Very good

49 (90.7)

41 (75.9)

4 (7.4)

Number of biological children

   

None

19 (67.9)

18 (64.3)

3 (10.7)

1-2

92 (84.4)

79 (72.5)

16 (14.7)

3-4

89 (81.7)

74 (67.9)

17 (15.6)

5-10

42 (72.4)

36 (62.1)

8 (13.8)

Disclosed HIV status

   

Yes

210 (80.2)

180 (68.7)

41 (15.7)

No

32 (19.8)

25 (62.5)

3 (7.5)

Desire for children

   

None

132 (83.5)

110 (69.6)

23 (14.6)

Low

54 (73.0)

45 (60.8)

13 (17.6)

Medium/high

53 (76.8)

49 (71.0)

8 (11.6)

Partner desire for children

   

None

77 (87.5)

67 (76.1)

5 (5.7)

Low

33 (68.8)

29 (60.4)

8 (16.7)

Medium/high

132 (78.6)

111 (66.1)

31 (18.5)

Discussion on timing of children

   

Yes

190 (83.3)

163 (71.5)

32 (14.0)

No

48 (68.6)

40 (57.1)

11 (15.7)

  1. † Effective methods (excludes condoms, withdrawal, lactational amennorroea and rhythm)