Table 2 The association between family planning information, reproductive history, knowledge of HIV positive status and current practice of family planning method(s) among HIV-infected fecund women
Characteristics | Total number (Column %) | Current practice of any FP | P-value* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes (Row %) | No (Row %) | ||||
FP information from radio | |||||
Yes | 318 (65.0) | 170 (53.5) | 148 (46.5) | 0.21 | |
No | 171 (35.0) | 81 (47.4) | 90 (52.6) | ||
FP information from Television | |||||
Yes | 69 (14.1) | 35 (50.7) | 34 (49.3) | 1.00 | |
No | 420 (85.9) | 216(51.4) | 204 (48.6) | ||
FP information from newspaper | |||||
Yes | 81 (16.6) | 44 (54.3) | 37 (45.7) | 0.62 | |
No | 408 (83.4) | 207 (50.7) | 201 (49.3) | ||
Visited by FP worker past 12 months | |||||
Yes | 80 (16.4) | 45 (56.3) | 35 (43.8) | 0.39 | |
No | 409 (83.6) | 206 (50.4) | 203 (49.6) | ||
Visited health facility past 12 months | |||||
Yes | 374 (76.5) | 207 (55.3) | 167 (44.7) | 0.00 | |
No | 115 (23.5) | 44 (38.3) | 71 (61.7) | ||
Births in past 5 years | |||||
0 | 218 (44.6) | 87 (39.9) | 131 (60.1) | 0.00 | |
1 | 190 (38.9) | 113 (59.5) | 77 (40.5) | ||
2 & more | 81 (16.6) | 51 (63.0) | 30 (37.0) | ||
Number of under- 5 children | |||||
0 | 185 (37.8) | 75 (40.5) | 110 (59.5) | 0.00 | |
1 | 197 (40.3) | 115 (58.4) | 82 (41.6) | ||
2 & more | 107 (21.9) | 61 (57.0) | 46 (43.0) | ||
No of children ever born | |||||
0 | 32 (6.5) | 5 (15.6) | 27 (84.4) | 0.00 | |
1–2 | 135 (27.6) | 69 (51.1) | 66 (48.9) | ||
3–4 | 164 (33.5) | 85 (51.8) | 79 (48.2) | ||
5 & more | 158 (32.3) | 92 (58.2) | 66 (41.8) | ||
No of living children | |||||
0 | 46 (9.4) | 9 (19.6) | 37 (80.4) | 0.00 | |
1–2 | 193 (39.5) | 103 (53.4) | 90 (46.6) | ||
3–4 | 158 (32.3) | 85 (53.8) | 73 (46.2) | ||
5 & more | 92 (18.8) | 54 (58.7) | 38 (41.3) | ||
Knows HIV positive status | |||||
Yes | 184 (37.6) | 119 (64.7) | 65 (35.3) | 0.00 | |
No | 305 (62.4) | 132 (43.3) | 173 (56.7) | ||