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Table 4 Postpartum and postnatal service use among postpartum women by HIV status

From: Family planning practices and pregnancy intentions among HIV-positive and HIV-negative postpartum women in Swaziland: a cross sectional survey

Providers gave information on:

HIV-positive

HIV-negative

Total

P value*

213 (%)

304 (%)

517 (%)

 

Waiting before getting pregnant

92 (43.2)

127 (41.8)

219 (42.4)

0.748

 

383

482

865

 

Return to menstruation

71 (18.4)

81 (16.8)

152 (17.5)

0.506

 

386

483

869

 

Return to sexual activity

52 (13.4)

54 (11.8)

106 (12.2)

0.305

Infant feeding practices

345 (89.4)

408 (84.5)

753 (86.7)

0.035

 

385

478

863

 

Return to fertility

75 (19.5)

79 (16.5)

154 (17.8)

0.260

 

386

479

862

 

Danger signs in babies

59 (15.4)

92 (19.2)

151 (17.5)

0.145

 

360

429

789

 

FP after birth

273 (75.8)

281 (65.5)

554 (70.2)

0.002

Infant feeding practices

386

483

869

 

Exclusive breast feeding

339 (87.8)

451 (93.4)

790 (90.9)

<0.001

Replacement feeding

46 (11.9)

8 (1.7)

54 (6.2)

Mixed feeding

1 (0.3)

24 (6.2)

25 (2.9)

Resumed sexual activity

78(20.2)

91(18.8)

169(19.5)

0.613

% sexually active

78

91

169

 

Breastfeeding and not using FP ***

49 (62.8)

62 (68.1)

111 (65.6)

0.468

Breastfeeding and using a FP method

24 (30.7)

24 (26.4)

48 (28.4)

0.528

Not breastfeeding and not using FP

4 (5.1)

1 (1.1)

5 (2.9)

0.123

Percent of women who

386

483

869

 

Received FP method during visit

69 (17.9)

97 (20.1)

166 (19.1)

0.411

Methods received during current visit†

69

97

166

 

Hormonal pills only

10 (14.5)

29 (29.9)

39 (23.5)

0.021

Injectables only

45 (65.2)

58(59.8)

103 (62.0)

0.478

Male condoms only

11(15.9)

6 (6.1)

17 (10.2)

0.041

Female condoms

5 (7.2)

3 (3.1)

8 (4.8)

0.218

Condoms with another method

11 (15.9)

8 (8.3)

19 (11.5)

0.125

Intra uterine device

1 (1.5)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.6)

0.234

Female sterilization

0 (0.0)

1 (1.0)

1 (0.6)

0.398

Implants only

0(0.0)

1 (1.0)

1 (0.6)

0.398

Reasons for not receiving method

316

385

701

 

Already using FP

63 (19.9)

58 (15.1)

121 (17.3)

0.089

Not ready for a method

166 (52.5)

213 (55.3)

379 (54.1)

0460

Health system factors

16 (5.1)

34 (8.8)

50 (7.1)

0.054

Personal factors

9 (2.8)

7 (1.8)

16 (2.3)

0.364

Others

62 (19.6)

73 (19.0)

135 (15.5)

0.826

  1. *** Breastfeeding cases include only those that are exclusively breastfeeding while FP users is derived from those already in a method and those who received a method during the current visit.
  2. † Multiple responses.