| Urban | Rural | Total | ||||
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At the time of making the decision about taking ARVs (or in general*), I (people) believe(d) that... | Home-based care | On ART | Relative risk (95% CI) | Home-based care | On ART | Relative risk (95% CI) | Relative risk (95% CI) |
Benefits of ARVs | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   If I take ARVs... |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
   I will feel better/stop being sick | 154/199 (77.4%) | 164/197 (83.2%) | 0.93 (0.84 - 1.03) | 134/199 (67.3%) | 122/200 (61.0%) | 1.10 (0.95 - 1.28) | 1.00 (0.92 - 1.09) |
   I will be happier | 29/199 (14.6%) | 40/198 (20.2%) | 0.72 (0.47 - 1.12) | 21/198 (10.6%) | 17/200 (8.5%) | 1.25 (0.68 - 2.29) | 0.88 (0.62 - 1.25) |
   I will be able to take care of my family | 43/199 (21.6%) | 62/198 (31.3%) | 0.69 (0.49 - 0.97) | 44/199 (22.1%) | 40/199 (20.1%) | 1.10 (0.75 - 1.61) | 0.85 (0.66 - 1.09) |
   If I do not take ARV treatment I will die | 151/190 (79.5%) | 164/194 (84.5%) | 0.94 (0.86 - 1.03) | 157/187 (84.0%) | 155/198 (78.3%) | 1.07 (0.97 - 1.18) | 1.00 (0.94 - 1.07) |
Fear and stigma | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   I am afraid of stigma | 61/198 (30.8%) | 31/197 (15.7%) | 1.96 (1.33 - 2.88) | 88/199 (44.2%) | 50/198 (25.3%) | 1.75 (1.32 - 2.33) | 1.83 (1.45 - 2.31) |
   I am afraid of abuse | 37/198 (18.7%) | 18/198 (9.1%) | 2.06 (1.21 - 3.48) | 54/199 (27.1%) | 37/199 (18.6%) | 1.46 (1.01 - 2.11) | 1.65 (1.22 - 2.24) |
   If I go to the clinic people will not like me | 88/193 (45.6%) | 38/187 (20.3%) | 2.24 (1.62 - 3.10) | 86/188 (45.7%) | 38/193 (19.7%) | 2.32 (1.68 - 3.21) | 2.28 (1.82 - 2.87) |
   I am afraid to go to the ARV clinic | 100/185 (54.1%) | 32/195 (16.4%) | 3.29 (2.34 - 4.64) | 99/185 (53.5%) | 26/194 (13.4%) | 3.99 (2.72 - 5.85) | 3.61 (2.80 - 4.66) |
   My family doesn't want me to take ARVs | 2/197 (1.0%) | 0/198 (0%) |  | 19/198 (9.6%) | 5/200 (2.5%) | 3.84 (1.46 - 10.1) | 4.23 (1.61 - 11.1) |
Harms of/difficulties with ARVs | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   ARVs will make me sick | 47/197 (23.9%) | 25/198 (12.6%) | 1.89 (1.21 - 2.94) | 40/199 (20.1%) | 35/200 (17.5%) | 1.15 (0.76 - 1.73) | 1.46 (1.08 - 1.96) |
   I do not have enough food to take ARVs | 50/198 (25.3%) | 19/198 (9.6%) | 2.63 (1.61 - 4.30) | 57/198 (28.8%) | 34/200 (17.0%) | 1.69 (1.16 - 2.47) | 2.03 (1.51 - 2.73) |
   ARVs are bad | 28/174 (16.1%) | 21/189 (11.1%) | 1.45 (0.86 - 2.45) | 30/184 (16.3%) | 14/198 (7.1%) | 2.31 (1.26 - 4.21) | 1.79 (1.21 - 2.66) |
   If I take ARV treatment I will die | 62/187 (33.2%) | 20/185 (10.8%) | 3.07 (1.93 - 4.86) | 81/189 (42.9%) | 29/199 (14.6%) | 2.94 (2.02 - 4.28) | 2.98 (2.23 - 3.99) |
Need for ARVs | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   I do not want to take any medicine | 48/173 (27.7%) | 15/198 (7.6%) | 3.66 (2.13 - 6.30) | 29/181 (16.0%) | 9/197 (4.6%) | 3.51 (1.71 - 7.21) | 3.58 (2.32 - 5.53) |
   I do not need ARVs because I am not sick | 5/62 (8.1%) | 1/197 (0.5%) | 15.9 (1.89 - 133) | 1/52 (1.9%) | 0/200 (0%) |  | 20.89 (2.54 - 172) |
   I would rather take traditional medicines | 15/177 (8.5%) | 4/193 (2.1%) | 4.09 (1.38 - 12.1) | 21/176 (11.9%) | 5/191 (2.6%) | 4.56 (1.76 - 11.8) | 4.35 (2.13 - 8.90) |