Estimating HIV Incidence during Pregnancy and Knowledge of Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission with an Ad Hoc Analysis of Potential Cofactors

Table 5

Association between sociodemographic factors and HIV seroconversion in pregnancy.

Variable	Category	Negative; (%)	Positive; (%)	values
Age group (in years)	<26	227 (97.8%)	5 (2.2%)	⁢1.00
	26–35	208 (97.7%)	5 (2.4%)
	>35	27 (100%)	0 (0.0%)
Marital status	Unmarried	109 (97.3%)	3 (2.7%)	⁢0.71
	Married	353 (98.1%)	7 (1.9%)
Gestational age	13–28 (2nd trimester)	87 (100%)	0 (0.0%)	⁢0.22
	29–40 (3rd trimester)	375 (97.4%)	10 (2.6%)
Parity	0–2	381 (97.4%)	10 (2.6%)	⁢0.58
	3-4	60 (100%)	0 (0.0%)
	>4	18 (100%)	0 (0.0%)
Level of education	Primary and below	138 (97.2%)	4 (2.8%)	⁢0.50
	Secondary and above	323 (98.2%)	6 (1.8%)
Employment status	Unemployed	208 (99.1%)	2 (1.0%)	⁢0.2
	Employed	254 (97.0%)	8 (3.1%)
Interval between HIV tests	≤4 months	372 (97.6%)	9 (2.4%)	⁢0.70
	>4 months	90 (98.9%)	1 (1.1%)

values are based on Fisher’s exact test.