Research Article

Overcoming Barriers to Family Planning through Integration: Perspectives of HIV-Positive Men in Nyanza Province, Kenya

Table 1

Participant characteristics ( ).

(%)

Age, mean (range)33.5 (27–42)
 18–3412 (40%)
 35–4212 (40%)
 Missing*6 (20%)
Marital status
 Married 29 (97%)
 Unmarried1 (3%)
Education
 Primary school or less19 (63%)
 Secondary school or higher7 (23%)
 Missing*4 (13%)
Literacy
 Reads with difficulty or not at all13 (43%)
 Reads easily14 (47%)
 Missing*3 (10%)
Disclosure of HIV status to wife or main partner
 Disclosed24 (80%)
 Did not disclose 3 (10%)
 Not applicable (no wife or partner)1 (3%)
 Missing*2 (7%)
HIV status of wife or main partner
 HIV-positive21 (70%)
 HIV-negative3 (10%)
 Unknown to male participant 4 (13%)
 Not applicable (no wife or partner)1 (3%)
 Missing*1 (3%)
Number of living children, , median (range)*4 (0–11)
Time since HIV diagnosis (years), , mean (range)*2.0 (<1–7)
Currently on ART ( )*16 (59%)
Current contraceptive use—self or partner ( )
 Injectable contraceptives 8 (27%)
 Combined oral contraceptives2 (6%)
 Female sterilization 1 (3%)
 Condoms 21 (70%)
  Condoms only 13 (43%)
  Condoms + other method 8 (27%)
 No modern method 3 (10%)
 Abstinence3 (10%)

Data were missing for some participants.