Risk-Taking Behavior for HIV Acquisition during Pregnancy in Porto Alegre, Brazil
Table 3
Factors associated with participant’s partners HIV status and endorsing comfort in speaking to partner about HIV testing**.
Knowledge of partner’s HIV status?
Comfortable speaking to partner about HIV?
Yes 1046 (42%)
No 1419 (58%)
value*
Yes 2366 (96%)
No 99 (4%)
value*
Age
26.6 (±6.2)
26.7 (±6.3)
0.55
26.7 (±6.3)
27 (±6.2)
0.22
Race
0.94
0.31
White
767 (73%)
997 (70%)
1702 (72%)
64 (64%)
Black/AA
168 (16%)
263 (19%)
412 (17%)
19 (19%)
Mulatto/Pardo
101 (10%)
143 (10%)
229 (10%)
14 (14%)
Native Indian
9 (1%)
16 (1%)
23 (1%)
2 (2%)
Marital status
0.577
<0.001
Married/living together
978 (94%)
1319 (93%)
2220 (94%)
79 (80%)
Single/divorced
67 (6%)
99 (7%)
146 (6%)
20 (20%)
Time in relationship
0.024
0.021
3 months to 1 year
69 (7%)
125 (9%)
177 (7%)
17 (17%)
>1 year
977 (93%)
1295 (91%)
2188 (93%)
82 (83%)
Employment
0.59
0.28
Yes
389 (38%)
549 (39%)
911 (39%)
28 (29%)
No
641 (62%)
864 (61%)
1436 (61%)
70 (71%)
Education (years)
9.3 (±3)
8.7 (±3)
<0.005
9 (±3)
9 (±3.5)
0.9
Income (Brazilian Reais)
1327 (±1083)
1190 (±955)
0.1
1257 (±1020)
1046 (±824)
0.1
Knowledge of own status
<0.000
1
Yes
960 (92%)
1228 (87%)
2102 (89%)
88 (89%)
No
83 (8%)
191 (13%)
263 (11%)
11 (11%)
Condom use (pregnancy)
0.18
0.47
Yes
197 (19%)
235 (17%)
416 (18%)
16 (17%)
No
843 (81%)
1177 (83%)
1943 (82%)
79 (83%)
*Adjusted for age, race, marital status, employment, incomes, condom use, and knowledge of women’s own HIV status. **Missing responses discarded if less than 1% of total number of participants.
