Research Article
Dual Method Use among Postpartum HIV-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Malawian Women: A Prospective Cohort Study
Table 1
Characteristics of women responding to follow-up surveys by HIV status (
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| | | HIV-infected () | HIV-uninfected () |
| | Age (years) (%) | | | | 18–24 | 59 (33.0) | 189 (52.5) | | 25–34 | 95 (53.1) | 151 (41.9) | | ≥35 | 25 (14.0) | 20 (5.6) | | Relationship status (%) | | | | Married | 167 (93.3) | 342 (95.0) | | Unmarried | 12 (6.7) | 18 (5.0) | | Education (%) | | | | None or some primary | 59 (33.0) | 82 (22.8) | | Primary/some secondary | 78 (43.6) | 165 (45.8) | | Secondary and beyond | 42 (23.5) | 113 (31.4) | | Trouble with food, clothing, or medications (%) | | | | Yes | 106 (59.2) | 186 (51.7) | | No | 72 (40.2) | 173 (48.1) | | Missing | 1 (0.6) | 1 (0.3) | | Living children (%) | | | | 1 | 44 (24.6) | 158 (43.9) | | 2-3 | 93 (52.0) | 151 (41.9) | | ≥4 | 42 (23.5) | 51 (14.2) | | Desiring any more children (%) | | | | Yes | 73 (40.8) | 261 (72.5) | | No | 101 (56.4) | 91 (25.3) | | Do not know | 4 (2.2) | 6 (1.6) | | Missing | 1 (0.6) | 2 (0.6) | | Most recent pregnancy intention (%) | | | | Intended | 91 (50.8) | 231 (64.2) | | Unintended/do not know | 88 (49.2) | 129 (35.8) | | Intending to use dual method | | | | Yes | 95 (53.1) | 124 (34.4) | | No | 84 (46.9) | 236 (65.6) |
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