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Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics of participants

From: Trends and predictors of unmet need for family planning among women living with HIV in Zambia: implications for elimination of vertical transmission of HIV

Variable

Women Living with HIV

(N = 4,113)

Women Living with HIV with met need for FP

(N = 2,178)

Women Living with HIV with unmet need for FP

(N = 569)

n

Per cent (column %)

n

Per cent

(Row %)

n

Percent

(Row %)

Residence

      

Urban

2,648

64.4%

1,402

80.4%

341

19.6%

Rural

1,465

35.6%

776

77.3%

228

22.7%

Age

      

15–19

186

4.5%

50

67.6%

24

32.4%

20–24

572

13.9%

325

80.9%

77

19.2%

25–29

761

18.5%

481

82.1%

105

17.9%

30–34

840

20.4%

531

81.2%

123

18.8%

35–39

782

19.0%

424

79.6%

109

20.5%

40–44

622

15.1%

277

74.7%

94

25.3%

45–49

350

8.5%

90

70.9%

37

29.1%

Education

      

No Education

251

6.1%

113

72.9%

42

27.1%

Primary

1,784

43.4%

933

76.1%

292

23.9%

Secondary

1,806

43.9%

981

82.3%

211

17.7%

Higher

272

6.6%

151

86.3%

151

13.7%

Wealth Index

      

Poorest

393

9.6%

188

76.1%

59

23.9%

Poorer

515

12.5%

260

73.5%

94

26.5%

Middle

856

20.8%

451

77.0%

135

23.0%

Richer

1,212

29.5%

674

80.9%

159

19.0%

Richest

1,137

27.6%

605

83.2%

122

16.7%

Marital Status

      

Single

606

14.7%

178

78.4%

49

21.6%

Married

2,258

54.9%

1,609

77.8%

459

22.2%

Living with partner

33

0.8%

26

81.2%

6

18.7%

Separated

171

4.2%

70

87.5%

10

12.5%

Widow

459

11.2%

91

87.5%

13

12.5%

Divorced

586

14.3%

32

86.4%

32

13.6%

Religion

      

Catholic

699

17.0%

392

81.3%

90

18.7%

Protestant

3,357

81.7%

1,757

79.0%

466

21.0%

Muslim

21

0.5%

12

70.6%

5

29.4%

Other

34

0.8%

17

70.8%

7

29.2%

Year

      

2007

451

11.0%

240

79.2%

63

20.8%

2013

2,071

50.4%

1,124

79.5%

289

20.5%

2018

1,591

38.7%

814

79.0%

217

21.1%

Currently Working

      

No

1,697

41.3%

899

77.3%

264

22.7%

Yes

2,410

58.7%

1,275

80.6%

304

19.3%

 

Mean

SE

Mean

SE

Mean

SE

Partners Age

39.9

0.19

36.6

0.08

38.6

0.13

Children Ever Born

3.2

0.04

3.5

0.02

3.7

0.03

  1. Note: Data for overall demographic characteristics for women living with HIV is presented in column percentages and data on met and unmet need for family planning among women living with HIV are presented in row percentages