Table 5 Use of safer conception methods
Percent distribution of women, in HIV care, aged 15–49 who report that they have ever used any safer conception method (TUI, MSI and PrEP) to reduce HIV transmission by selected background characteristics | ||
|---|---|---|
Background characteristic | Percent, % | Number of women |
Age | ||
 15–19 | 14.0 | 43 |
 20–24 | 12.4 | 355 |
 25–29 | 11.5 | 529 |
 30–39 | 23.6 | 744 |
 40–49 | 19.5 | 125 |
Region | ||
 Kampala | 8.2 | 355 |
 Central | 13.8 | 290 |
 Eastern | 4.6 | 395 |
 Western | 13.7 | 424 |
 Northern | 19.3 | 332 |
Religion | ||
 Catholic | 11.2 | 723 |
 Anglican / Protestant | 14.1 | 560 |
 Moslem | 9.0 | 256 |
 Pentecostal / Born Again / Evangelical | 11.2 | 215 |
 Others | 19.5 | 42 |
Marital status | ||
 Never married | 5.0 | 20 |
 In relationship but not married | 10.6 | 396 |
 Married | 12.2 | 1246 |
 Divorced/separated | 12.1 | 99 |
 Widowed | 5.7 | 35 |
Education | ||
 No education | 11.6 | 224 |
 Primary | 12.3 | 1028 |
 Secondary | 10.2 | 491 |
 More than secondary | 14.0 | 50 |
 Missing | 0.0 | 3 |
General awareness of Safer Conception | ||
 No | 7.0 | 371 |
 Yes | 12.9 | 1425 |
Knowledge of any one Safer Conception method | ||
 No | 11.8 | 601 |
 Yes | 11.5 | 1195 |
Knowledge Categories of Safer Conception | ||
 Knew only one method (low knowledge) | 11.8 | 1394 |
 Knew two methods (moderate knowledge) | 13.2 | 243 |
 Knew 3–4 methods (high knowledge) | 8.6 | 159 |
Total 15–49 | 11.6 | 1796 |