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

Wanyenze, Rhoda K; Tumwesigye, Nazarius M; Kindyomunda, Rosemary; Beyeza-Kashesya, Jolly; Atuyambe, Lynn; Kansiime, Apolo; Neema, Stella; Ssali, Francis; Akol, Zainab; Mirembe, Florence

doi:10.1186/1758-2652-14-35

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study respondents

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

Characteristics	Men	(n = 441)	Women	(n = 659)	All	(n = 1100)	P value
	Freq	%	Freq	%	Freq	%
Age group
15-19	27	6.2	42	6.4	69	6.3	<0.001
20-24	23	5.2	67	10.2	90	8.2
25-29	48	10.9	141	21.4	189	17.2
30-34	99	22.5	164	24.9	263	23.9
35-39	109	24.7	134	20.3	243	22.1
40-44	79	17.9	89	13.5	168	15.3
45-49	56	12.7	22	3.3	78	7.1
Education level
None	46	10.5	130	19.7	176	16.0	<0.001
Primary	237	54.0	348	52.8	585	53.3
Secondary+	156	35.5	181	27.5	337	30.7
District
Kampala	135	30.6	239	36.3	374	34.0
Kabarole	138	31.3	222	33.7	360	32.7	0.02
Gulu	168	38.1	198	30.1	366	33.3
Residence
Urban	169	38.3	316	48.0	485	44.1	0.002
Rural	272	61.7	343	52.0	615	55.9
Marital status
Single	46	10.4	70	10.6	116	10.6	<0.001
In relationship	40	9.1	100	15.2	140	12.7
Married	261	59.2	244	37.0	505	45.9
Divorced/separated	60	13.6	111	16.8	171	15.6
Widowed	34	7.7	134	20.3	168	15.3
Religion
Catholic	228	51.7	324	49.2	552	50.2	0.155
Protestant	131	29.7	187	28.4	318	28.9
Muslim	36	8.2	48	7.3	84	7.6
Other	46	10.4	100	15.1	146	13.3
Occupation
Peasant farmer	143	32.4	240	36.4	383	34.8	0.001
Salaried	60	13.6	55	8.4	115	10.5
Business/commercial	95	21.5	162	24.6	257	23.4
Casual worker	71	16.1	61	9.3	132	12.0
Other	72	16.1	141	21.4	212 5	19.4
Expenditure
<30,000	118	26.8	215	32.6	333	30.3	0.024
31,000-100,000	136	30.8	210	31.9	346	31.5
110,000+	160	36.3	185	28.1	345	31.4
Don't know/missing/can't disclose	27	6.2	49	7.4	76	6.9
Health facility
Hospital	243	55.1	363	55.1	606	55.1	0.922
HC IV	108	24.5	156	23.7	264	24.0
Other	90	20.4	140	21.2	230	20.9
Number of years since testing HIV+ve
<1	64	14.7	61	9.3	125	11.4	0.02
1-2	198	45.3	283	43.1	481	44.0
3-4	113	25.9	198	30.1	311	28.4
5+	62	14.2	115	17.5	177	16.2
Time since started on ARVs (yrs)*
<1	81	24.9	84	18.8	165	21.4	0.115
1-4	197	60.6	297	66.4	494	64.0
5+	47	14.5	66	14.8	113	14.6
Health status
Poor/fair	70	21.3	84	18.6	154	19.7
Good	180	54.9	251	55.5	431	55.3
Very good	78	23.8	117	25.9	195	25.0	0.58
Number of children
0-2	115	32.1	166	34.5	281	33.4
3-4	117	32.7	187	38.7	304	36.2	0.03
5-15	126	35.2	130	26.9	256	30.4
Disclosure of HIV status
Yes	289	65.5	317	48.1	606	55.1
No	25	5.7	54	8.2	79	7.2	<0.001
No partner	127	28.8	288	43.7	415	37.7
Been pregnant since HIV diagnosis
Yes	123	27.9	216	32.8	339	30.8
No	318	72.1	443	67.2	761	69.2	0.09
Pregnant/partner pregnant**
Yes	33	11.3	44	13.1	77	12.2
No	260	88.7	292	86.9	552	87.8	0.48
Desire to have children rated as medium or high
Yes	93	24.4	112	19.0	205	21.1
No	288	75.6	477	81.0	765	78.9	0.04

*Only 772 were receiving ARVs
** Answered by respondents who had ever had children

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