Dual Protection and Dual Methods in Women Living with HIV: The Brazilian Context

Table 1

Sociodemographic, sexual and reproductive, and HIV-related characteristics of women living with HIV/AIDS of reproductive age in Brazil, 2003-2004.

Total 𝑁 (%)	834 (100%)^†
SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES
Age (mean (std. dev))	32.0 (6.86)
Education
Elementary school or less	230 (28%)
Junior high school	308 (37%)
Some high school or more	296 (36%)
SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE VARIABLES
Method of contraception
No method	424 (51%)
Irreversible method	285 (34%)
Reversible method	125 (15%)
Desire to have children
No	483 (58%)
Yes/don't know	351 (42%)
Number of live children (mean (std. dev))	2.11 (1.63)
Stable partner
No	113 (14%)
Yes	721 (87%)
History STD in last 6 months
No	675 (81%)
Yes	159 (19%)
Lifetime history sexual violence
No	647 (78%)
Yes	187 (22%)
HIV-RELATED VARIABLES
HIV status of partner
HIV positive	324 (39%)
Does not know	119 (14%)
HIV negative	391 (47%)
Woman on ART
Yes	603 (72%)
No	231 (28%)

STD: sexually transmitted disease.
ART: antiretroviral therapy.
†Column percentages may not sum to 100% due to rounding.