HIV-free survival among nine- to 24-month-old children born to HIV-positive mothers in the Rwandan national PMTCT programme: a community-based household survey

Ruton, Hinda; Mugwaneza, Placidie; Shema, Nadine; Lyambabaje, Alexandre; Bizimana, Jean de Dieu; Tsague, Landry; Nyankesha, Elevanie; Wagner, Claire M; Mutabazi, Vincent; Nyemazi, Jean Pierre; Nsanzimana, Sabin; Karema, Corine; Binagwaho, Agnes

doi:10.1186/1758-2652-15-4

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Table 6 Prevalence of HIV infection among HIV exposed children according to socio-demographic characteristics (mothers and children), Rwanda PMTCT programme, 2009

From: HIV-free survival among nine- to 24-month-old children born to HIV-positive mothers in the Rwandan national PMTCT programme: a community-based household survey

Characteristics	HIV-positive children	HIV-negative children	Univariate analysis (p)	Multivariate analysis
				OR	95%CI
Mothers characteristics
Mother's age (years), % n = (1337)			0.01*
15-24 (reference)	6.8	93.2		1
25-29	4.8	95.2		0.7	0.3-1.8
30-34	4.7	95.3		0.6	0.2-1.5
35-39	1.5	98.5		0.2	0.1-0.8
40-49	3.1	96.9		0.4	0.1-1.4
Marital status,% n = (1336)			0.76
Single/never married (reference)	6.1	93.9		1
Married/cohabiting	3.4	96.6		0.7	0.3-2.1
Separated/divorced/widowed	4.3	95.7		1.3	0.4-4.2
Literacy,% n = 1338)			0.77
can't or have difficult reading and/or writing (reference)	3.7	96.3		1
can read but can't or have difficult writing	4.6	95.4		1.2	0.4-4.6
can read and write easily	4.1	95.9		0.9	0.5-1.8
Decision-making power in health and nutrition issues index ^# , mean (SE) (n = 1336)	89.4(2.8)	90.2 (0.5)	0.78	1.0	0.98-1.02
Decision-making power in short- and long-term investment strategies index ^# , mean (SE) (n = 1336)	82.1(3.8)	84.3(07)	0.54	0.9	0.98-1.01
Membership to a PLHIVassociation, % (n = 1323)			0.13
Yes	3.3	96.7		0.6	0.3-1.1
No (reference)	4.9	95.1		1
Household characteristics
Household size, mean (SE) (n = 1311)	5.0(0.36)	5.1(0.05)	0.57	1.0	0.8-1.1
Housing index ^@ , mean (SE) (n = 1313)	1.5(0.12)	1.4(0.02)	0.14	1.4	0.9-2.0
Household assets index ^$ , mean (SE) (n = 1329)	1.0(0.13)	0.9(0.03)	0.71	1.2	0.9-1.6
Access to clean water, % (n = 1323)			0.40
Yes	4.2	95.8		1.6	0.6-4.2
No (reference)	3.0	97.0		1
Location, % (n = 1340)			0.19
Rural	4.3	95.7		1
Urban	2.55	97.45		0.3	0.2-1.05
Children characteristics
Child's sex (n = 1338)			0.89
Female (reference)	4.0	96.0		1
Male	3.9	96.1		0.8	0.5-1.7
Child's age (months),% (n = 1340)			0.23
< = 12	3.8	96.2		1
13-17	2.8	97.2		0.6	0.3-1.4
> 18	5.1	94.9		1.2	0.6-2.5

* Significant p < 0.05
^# Decision-making power about health and nutrition index is defined as a composite index created to measure the extent to which the respondent is involved in making household decisions related to health and nutrition issues. Scores ranged from 0 to 100 and a higher score indicates greater decision-making power. Decision-making power about short- and long-term investment strategies index is defined as a composite index created to measure the extent to which the respondent is involved in making household decisions related to short and long-term investment issues.
^@Housing material index is defined as a composite index indicating whether roof, walls, and floors of the respondent's house are built in durable materials. The index ranged from 0 to 3: 0 means that none of the housing materials are durable while 3 means that materials for roof, walls and floors are durable.
^$ Household asset index is defined as a composite index indicating the number of valuable equipments owned (refrigerators, mobile telephone, radio, TV, car, etc.).

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