Dual Protection and Dual Methods in Women Living with HIV: The Brazilian Context

Table 2

Distribution of sociodemographic, sexual and reproductive, and HIV-related variables by consistent condom use among women living with HIV/AIDS of reproductive age in Brazil, 2003-2004.

	Consistent condom use
	(𝑁=834)
	No	Yes
Total 𝑁 (%)	192 (23%)	642 (77%)
SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES
Age (mean (std. dev))	𝑃=0.020
	31.1 (6.94)	32.2 (6.83)
Education	𝑃=0.020
Elementary school or less	58 (25%)	172 (75%)
Junior high school	82 (27%)	226 (73%)
Some high school or more	52 (18%)	244 (82%)
SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE VARIABLES
Method of contraception	𝑃=0.001
No method	77 (18%)	347 (82%)
Irreversible method	73 (26%)	212 (74%)
Reversible method	42 (34%)	83 (66%)
Desire to have children	𝑃=0.042
No	99 (21%)	384 (80%)
Yes/don't know	93 (27%)	258 (74%)
Number of live children; (mean (std. dev))	𝑃=0.544
	2.17 (1.71)	2.09 (1.55)
Stable partner	𝑃=0.148
No	20 (18%)	93 (82%)
Yes	172 (24%)	549 (76%)
History STD in last 6 months	𝑃=0.357
No	151 (22%)	524 (78%)
Yes	41 (26%)	118 (74%)
Lifetime history sexual violence	𝑃=0.031
No	138 (21%)	509 (79%)
Yes	54 (29%)	133 (71%)
HIV-RELATED VARIABLES
HIV status of partner	𝑃<0.001
HIV positive	103 (32%)	221 (68%)
Does not know	35 (29%)	84 (71%)
HIV negative	54 (14%)	337 (86%)
Woman on ART	𝑃<0.001
Yes	119 (20%)	484 (80%)
No	73 (32%)	158 (68%)

STD: sexually transmitted disease.
ART: antiretroviral therapy.