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Table 2 Relationship between demographic characteristics and uptake of immediate postpartum contraception

From: Provision of immediate postpartum contraception to women living with HIV in the Eastern Cape, South Africa; a cross-sectional analysis

Variable

Yes

No

P-value

Age

   

 20 and below

98 (88.3)

13 (11.7)

0.365

 21–25

324 (93.1)

24 (6.9)

 

 26–30

410 (94.0)

26 (6.0)

 

 31–35

387 (93.3)

28 (6.7)

 

 36–40

233 (94.3)

14 (5.7)

 

 Above 40 years above

55 (91.7)

5 (8.3)

 

Marital status

   

 Married

273 (91.3)

26 (8.7)

0.011

 Single

1054 (94.3)

64 (5.7)

 

 Cohabiting

157 (88.7)

20 (11.3)

 

 Divorced/separated

23 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

 

Area

   

 Rural

494 (93.7)

33 (6.3)

0.646

 Semi-Urban

706 (93.6)

48 (6.4)

 

 Urban

284 (92.2)

24 (7.8)

 

Educational level

   

 No formal education

4 (80.0)

1 (20.0)

0.628

 Grade 1–6

71 (94.7)

4 (5.3)

 

 Grade 7–12

1310 (93.2)

96 (6.8)

 

 Tertiary

96 (92.3)

8 (7.7)

 

Employment

   

 Unemployed

1126 (93.5)

78 (6.5)

0.218

 Employed

368 (92.2)

31 (7.8)

 

Alcohol use

   

 Drank during pregnancy

193 (91.0)

19 (9.0)

0.045

 Stopped drinking during pregnancy

380 (91.3)

36 (8.7)

 

 Never drank alcohol

934 (94.4)

55 (5.6)

 

HIV status at first antenatal booking

   

 Positive

1233 (94.6)

70 (5.4)

< 0.001

 Negative

69 (84.1)

13 (15.9)

 

 Unknown

190 (87.6)

27 (12.4)

 

Abortion history

   

 Never had abortion

1217 (92.9)

93 (7.1)

0.199

 Ever terminated a pregnancy

290 (94.5)

17 (5.5)

 

Parity

   

 1

448 (92.4)

37 (7.6)

0.216

 2 and 3

862 (94.1)

54 (5.9)

 

 4 and more

197 (91.2)

19 (8.8)

 
  1. P-values estimated using Pearson chi-square test