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Table 2 Pregnancy status and fertility desires among HIV infected clients receiving care Mulago and Nsambya HIV clinics in Kampala, Uganda

From: Fertility desires and unmet need for family planning among HIV infected individuals in two HIV clinics with differing models of family planning service delivery

Variable

Mulago (N = 408)

Nsambya home care (N = 389)

Total (N = 797)

P-value a

Males (156)

Females (252)

Males (129)

Females (260)

Pregnant/partner pregnant since HIV diagnosis

     

0.64

  No/Not sure

111 (71.2)

139 (55.2)

83 (64.3)

149 (57.3)

482 (60.5)

  Yes

45 (28.8)

113 (44.8)

46 (35.7)

111 (42.7)

315 (39.5)

Number of times pregnant/partner pregnant a

     

0.37

  Once

31 (68.9)

67 (59.3)

33 (71.7)

72 (64.9)

203 (64.4)

  2+ times

14 (31.1)

46 (40.7)

13 (28.3)

39 (35.1)

112 (35.6)

Desired/partner desired last pregnancy b

     

<0.0001

  Yes, then

30 (66.7)

52 (46.0)

37 (80.4)

64 (57.7)

183 (58.1)

  Yes, but later

09 (20.0)

32 (28.3)

04 (8.7)

07 (6.3)

52 (16.5)

  Not at all

06 (13.3)

29 (25.7)

05 (10.9)

39 (36.0)

80 (25.4)

Currently pregnant/partner currently pregnant

     

0.91

  No

149 (95.5)

233 (92.5)

124 (96.1)

241 (92.7)

747 (93.7)

  Yes

07 (4.5)

19 (7.5)

05 (3.9)

19 (7.3)

50 (6.3)

Desire/partner desires future pregnancy c

     

0.17

  Yes, now

18 (12.1)

37 (15.9)

24 (19.3)

38 (15.8)

117 (15.7)

  Yes, but later

48 (32.2)

99 (42.5)

35 (28.3)

82 (34.0)

264 (35.3)

  Not at all/Don’t know

83 (55.7)

97 (41.6)

65 (52.4)

121 (50.2)

366 (49.0)

Partner desire for more children

     

0.005

  Yes, now

25 (16.0)

103 (40.9)

36 (27.9)

99 (38.1)

263 (33.0)

  Yes, but later

39 (25.0)

41 (16.3)

24 (18.6)

44 (16.9)

148 (18.6)

  Not at all

45 (28.9)

46 (18.2)

51 (39.5)

66 (25.4)

208 (26.1)

  Don’t know

47 (30.1)

62 (24.6)

18 (14.0)

51 (19.6)

178 (22.3)

Discussed with partner about number of children to have

     

0.002

  No

63 (40.4)

115 (45.6)

31 (24.0)

98 (37.7)

307 (38.5)

  Yes

93 (59.6)

137 (54.4)

98 (76.0)

162 (62.3)

490 (61.5)

Discussed with partner about when to have children

     

0.03

  No

77 (49.4)

139 (55.2)

45 (34.9)

131 (50.4)

392 (49.2)

  Yes

79 (50.6)

113 (44.8)

84 (65.1)

129 (49.6)

405 (50.8)

  1. aPearson Chi Square.
  2. bExpressed out of women who have ever been pregnant/men whose partners have ever been pregnant since HIV-positive diagnosis.
  3. cExpressed out of women who were not currently pregnant/men whose partners were not currently pregnant.