Childbearing Decision Making: A Qualitative Study of Women Living with HIV/AIDS in Southwest Nigeria

Table 1

Characteristics of the study population.

Characteristic	Number
Mean age (range)	30 y (20–43 y)
Interquartile range	6
20–25	8
26–30	23
31–35	20
36–40	6
41–45	3
Education
None	2
Primary	4
Secondary	26
Higher	28
Employment status
None	24
Self-employed	17
Employed	15
Volunteer	4
Ethnicity
Yoruba	22
Ibo	14
Hausa	2
Ishan	6
Delta Ibo	3
Other	13
Relationship status
Married	30
Widowed	5
Engaged	5
Single	20
Mean no. of years since diagnosis (range)	5 y (1 wk–10 y)
Currently on ARVs
Yes	48
No	12
Partner status
Negative	24
Positive	16
Unknown	20
Disclosure to partner
Yes	38
No	22
Currently living children
0	26
1	16
2	8
≥3	10
Future childbearing desire
Yes	48
No	12