From: Sexual HIV risk behaviour and associated factors among pregnant women in Mpumalanga, South Africa
Variables | n or M | % or SD |
---|---|---|
Socio-economic factors | Â | Â |
Age (years), M (s.d.) | 26.6 | 6.1 |
Education (years or Grades) | Â | Â |
 Grade 7 or less, n (%) | 134 | 9.0 |
 Grade 8–11, n (%) | 698 | 46.6 |
 Grade 12 or more, n (%) | 665 | 44.4 |
Marital status | Â | Â |
 Single, n (%) | 1025 | 69.8 |
 Married or cohabitating, n (%) | 444 | 30.2 |
Obstetrics | Â | Â |
Number of own children, M (s.d) | 1.2 | 1.2 |
Number of antenatal care visits, M (s.d.) | 3.4 | 1.5 |
Current pregnancy not planned, n (%) | 824 | 55.2 |
Father accompany to antenatal clinic, n (%) | 435 | 29.4 |
HIV related variables | Â | Â |
HIV knowledge scores, M (s.d.) | 2.5 | 1.1 |
Belief ARVs can cure HIV, n (%) | 231 | 16.3 |
Belief in someone treated with ARVs cannot transmit the HIV virus, n (%) | 318 | 22.4 |
HIV status | Â | Â |
 HIV positive, n (%) | 278 | 19.8 |
 HIV negative, n (%) | 1123 | 80.2 |
 HIV status unknown, n (%) | 101 | [6.7] |
Psychosocial distress and alcohol use | Â | Â |
Past month (any) alcohol use, n (%) | 93 | 6.5 |
Physical partner violence in the past 6Â months, n (%) | 123 | 8.5 |
Psychological distress (Kessler 10 ≥28 scores), n (%) | 267 | 17.8 |
Sexual HIV risk factors | Â | Â |
Two or more sexual partners in the past 12Â months, n (%) | 155 | 19.9 |
Casual sexual partner in the past 3Â months, n (%) | 107 | 7.6 |
History of STI (other than HIV) in the past 12Â months, n (%) | 254 | 17.3 |
Condom use with primary partner in the past 3Â months | Â | Â |
 Never, n (%) | 899 | 63.3 |
 Less than half of the time, n (%) | 114 | 8.0 |
 Half of the time, n (%) | 81 | 5.7 |
 More than half of the time, n (%) | 99 | 7.0 |
 Every time, n (%) | 228 | 16.0 |
Knows partner’s HIV status |  |  |
 HIV positive, n (%) | 77 | 12.6 |
 HIV negative, n (%) | 532 | 87.4 |
 Do not know/refused to answer, n (%) | 893 | [59.5] |