Table 2 Partner related characteristics and condom use among males and females PLHIV in public health facilities of Debre Zeit town, Ethiopia, October - December, 2011
Characteristics | Male | Female | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | ||
Number of partner in the last one year | One | 238 | 95.6% | 410 | 98.1% |
More than one | 11 | 4.4% | 8 | 1.9% | |
Length of stay with current partner | ≤12 months | 76 | 32.8% | 183 | 45.5% |
13-48 months | 60 | 25.9% | 87 | 21.6% | |
≥49 months | 92 | 41.4% | 132 | 32.6% | |
Partner serostatus for those having one partner | Negative | 65 | 27.3% | 97 | 23.7% |
Positive | 154 | 64.3% | 251 | 61.2% | |
Unknown | 19 | 8.0% | 62 | 15.1% | |
Partner sero-status for those having more than one partner and use condom | Negative | - | - | - | - |
Positive | 3 | 30% | 2 | 28.6% | |
Unknown | 7 | 70% | 5 | 71.4% | |
Partner sero-status for those having more than one partners and don’t use condom | Negative | - | - | - | - |
Positive | - | - | 1 | 100% | |
Unknown | 1 | 100% | - | - | |
Condom use | Yes | 223 | 89.6% | 353 | 84.4% |
No | 26 | 10.4% | 65 | 15.6% | |
Consistency of condom use | Always | 208 | 93.3% | 310 | 87.8% |
Almost always (more than half) | 10 | 4.5% | 17 | 4.8% | |
Sometimes | 1 | 0.4% | 5 | 1.4% | |
Almost never | 4 | 1.8% | 21 | 5.9% | |