Table 4 The association between socio-demographic characteristics and knowledge of HIV positive status among HIV-infected fecund women
Characteristics | Total number | Knows HIV positive status | P-value* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes (Row %) | No (Row %) | ||||
Age group in years | |||||
15–24 | 77 | 13 (16.9) | 64 (83.1) | 0.00 | |
25–34 | 220 | 86 (39.1) | 134 (60.9) | ||
35–49 | 192 | 85 (44.3) | 107 (55.7) | ||
Education | |||||
No education | 73 | 29 (39.7) | 44 (60.3) | 0.75 | |
Primary | 312 | 119 (38.1) | 193 (61.9) | ||
Secondary & above | 104 | 36 (34.6) | 68 (65.4) | ||
Marital status | |||||
Married/Cohabiting | 351 | 132 (37.6) | 219 (62.4) | 1.00 | |
Others | 138 | 52 (37.7) | 86 (62.3) | ||
Region | |||||
Northern | 67 | 25 (37.3) | 42 (62.7) | 0.77 | |
Central | 109 | 38 (34.9) | 71 (65.1) | ||
Southern | 313 | 121 (38.7) | 192 (61.3) | ||
Residence | |||||
Urban | 127 | 45 (35.4) | 82 (64.6) | 0.59 | |
Rural | 362 | 139 (38.4) | 223 (61.6) | ||
Currently working | |||||
Yes | 329 | 56 (35.0) | 104 (65.0) | 0.42 | |
No | 160 | 128 (38.9) | 201 (61.1) | ||
Wealth index | |||||
Poorest | 64 | 27 (42.2) | 37 (57.8) | 0.44 | |
Poorer | 77 | 30 (39.0) | 47 (61.0) | ||
Middle | 82 | 24 (29.3) | 58 (70.7) | ||
Richer | 109 | 45 (41.3) | 64 (58.7) | ||
Richest | 157 | 58 (36.9) | 99 (63.1) | ||
Births in past 5 years | |||||
0 | 218 | 84 (38.5) | 134 (61.5) | 0.89 | |
1 | 190 (38.9) | 69 (36.3) | 121 (63.7) | ||
2 & more | 81 (16.6) | 31 (38.3) | 50 (61.7) | ||