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Table 3 Correlates of facility delivery and use of antiretroviral drugs

From: Uptake of prevention of mother to child transmission interventions in Kenya: health systems are more influential than stigma

 

Delivery (n = 336)

ARV drug use (n = 318)

 

Non Facility

N %

Mean (95% CI)

104 (31%)

Facility

N %

Mean (95% CI)

232 (69.1%)

P value

Did not use

N %

Mean (95% CI)

31 (9.8%)

Used

N %

Mean (95% CI)

287 (90.3%)

P value

Socio-demographic characteristics

      

Age

26.3 (25.2-27.4)

25.7 (25-26.3)

0.363

25.3 (23.6-27)

26 (25.3-26.6)

0.440

Lower than secondary education

95 (91.4%)

176 (75.9%)

0.001

24 (77.4%)

230 (80.1%)

0.720

Married

84 (86.6%)

194 (87.8%)

0.769

23 (79.3%)

240 (88.6%)

0.150

Unemployed

70 (67.3%)

154 (66.4%)

0.867

20 (64.5%)

191 (66.6%)

0.820

Primiparous

17 (16.4%)

59 (25.4%)

0.066

5 (16.1%)

67 (23.3%)

0.362

Home delivery

-

-

-

18 (58.1%)

75 (26.1%)

< 0.001

Distance to health facility

2.9 (2-3.8)

2.8 (2.3-3.3)

0.82

-

-

-

Economic

      

Monthly rent in US$ (n = 248)

13.0 (11.1-14.9)

23.7(21-26.3)

< 0.001

14.2 (11-17.4)

22(19.7-24.3)

< 0.001

Own TV

23 (22.1%)

95 (41.0%)

0.001

8 (25.8%)

106 (36.9%)

0.202

   Gas cooker

2 (1.9%)

21 (9.1%)

0.018*

0 (0%)

23 (8.0%)

0.102

Stigma measures

Fear of casual transmission

      

Not buy food from PLHIV not visibly sick

12 (11.5%)

15 (6.5%)

0.114

2 (6.5%)

23 (8.0%)

> 0.999*

Not buy food from PLHIV visibly sick

28 (26.9%)

56 (24.1%)

0.586

10 (32.3%)

69 (24.0%)

0.315

Internal stigma

      

HIV is punishment for bad behaviour

44 (46.3%)

82 (38.0%)

0.167

17 (58.6%)

101 (37.8%)

0.030

People with HIV should be ashamed

12 (11.7%)

13 (5.7%)

0.056

7 (22.6%)

15 (5.3%)

< 0.001

Enacted sigma

      

Abandoned by spouse/partner

47 (48.0%)

123 (54.2%)

0.302

13 (46.4%)

148 (53.1%)

0.504

Disclosure

      

Disclosed HIV status to partner

72 (81.8%)

159 (81.1%)

0.889

20 (87.0%)

196 (80.0%)

0.584

Region

      

Nyanza (western Kenya)

56 (53.9%)

112 (48.3%)

0.345

15 (48.4%)

142 (49.5%)

0.908

  1. * Fischer's exact test