Impact of antiretroviral therapy on fertility desires among HIV-infected persons in rural Uganda

Table 1 Demographic characteristics and antiretroviral treatment status of survey respondents (n = 199)

Variable	N	% Want More Children	p-value^a
Sex			0.131
Female	122	10.7
Male	77	18.2
Marital status			0.870
Married	109	12.8
Cohabiting	76	13.6
Occupation			0.430
Farmer/peasant	132	11.4
Businessperson	26	19.2
Other	41	17.1
Education			0.583
None	36	16.7
Lower Primary	61	11.5
Upper Primary	74	16.2
Secondary and above	28	7.1
Dwelling quality^b			0.366
Low	17	23.5
Medium	158	13.3
High	24	8.3
Ownership of Radio			0.918
No	50	14.0
Yes	149	13.4
Ownership of Bicycle			0.718
No	134	14.2
Yes	65	12.3
Ownership of Animals			0.182
No	87	17.2
Yes	112	10.7
Religious affiliation			0.911
Catholic	92	12.0
Protestant	76	15.6
Muslim	8	12.5
Other	23	13.0
Ethnic group			0.043
Mutooro	112	8.9
Mukiga	56	16.1
Other	31	25.8
ARV treatment			0.131
No	122	10.7
Yes	77	18.2
	Desire for More Children
	Yes (n = 27)	No (n = 172)
Age in years^c, Mean ± SD	29.0 ± 5.8	35.0 ± 5.6	<0.001^d
Number of pregnancies, Mean ± SD	3.0 ± 1.8	5.2 ± 2.7	< 0.001^d
Number of living children, Mean ± SD	1.9 ± 1.3	4.3 ± 2.5	< 0.001^d
Number of non-bio children, Mean ± SD	1.0 ± 1.1	1.3 ± 1.2	0.163^d

^a The p-values are based on chi-square test unless otherwise specified.
^b Dwelling quality variable was divided into three categories as low, medium and high based on the house floor, wall and roof structure (low: mud floor, mud/thatched walls and grass/thatched roof; medium: mud floor, mud/thatched walls and metal roof; high: cement/concrete/wood floor, walls of permanent materials and metal roof or any two out of three (i.e., floor, walls and roof) of this structure).
^c The percentage who wants more children for age group 18-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39 and 40-44 years is 42, 30, 18, 4 and 4, respectively.
^d Two independent sample t-test p-value.

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