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Table 3 Sexual and reproductive health needs

From: Sexual and reproductive health behavior and unmet needs among a sample of adolescents living with HIV in Zambia: a cross-sectional study

 

Total

Boys

Girls

 

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

p

Have concerns about marriage (n  =  168)

 Yes

82

(48.8)

31

(45.6)

51

(51.0)

0.49

 No

86

(51.2)

37

(54.4)

49

(49.0)

 

Desire to have children (n  =  175)

 Yes

153

(87.4)

65

(90.3)

88

(85.4)

0.34

 No

22

(12.6)

7

(9.7)

15

(14.6)

 

Ever disclosed HIV status to an intimate partner (n  =  172)

 Yes

35

(20.4)

14

(19.7)

21

(20.8)

0.48

 No

71

(41.3)

33

(46.5)

38

(37.6)

 

 Never had an intimate partner

66

(38.4)

24

(33.8)

42

(41.6)

 

Person to talk about SRH issues

 Friend

32

(18.3)

8

(11.1)

24

(23.3)

0.31

 Mother

29

(16.6)

12

(16.7)

17

(16.5)

 

 Peers living with HIV

17

(9.7)

7

(9.7)

10

(9.7)

 

 Health care worker

7

(4.0)

2

(2.8)

5

(4.9)

 

 Other

64

(36.6)

32

(44.4)

32

(31.1)

 

 Nobody

26

(14.9)

11

(15.3)

15

(14.6)

 

Education topics on HIV and SRH ever learned

Preventing HIV transmission to partner

 Yes

145

(82.9)

60

(83.3)

85

(82.5)

0.89

 No

30

(17.1)

12

(16.7)

18

(17.5)

 

Risk of HIV transmission to partner

 Yes

130

(74.3)

52

(72.2)

78

(75.7)

0.60

 No

45

(25.7)

20

(27.8)

25

(24.3)

 

How to disclose HIV status to others

 Yes

103

(58.9)

40

(55.6)

63

(61.2)

0.46

 No

72

(41.1)

32

(44.4)

40

(38.8)

 

How to develop intimate relationships

 Yes

87

(49.7)

42

(58.3)

45

(43.7)

0.06

 No

88

(50.3)

30

(41.7)

58

(56.3)

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