Fertility desire and associated factors among people living with HIV attending antiretroviral therapy clinic in Ethiopia

Table 2 Reproductive history and Fertility desire of PLHIV attending ART clinic in Ethiopia 2013

Variables	Frequency(n)	Percent (%)
Number of living children	n = 340)
No living child	50	14.7
1 to 3 children	202	59.4
≥ 4 children	88	25.9
Child died related HIV before	n = 290
Yes	24	8.3
No	266	91.7
Pregnant or partner pregnancy since HIV-Dx	n = 340
Yes	83	24.4
No	257	75.6
Did you have fertility desire	N = 340
Yes	133	39.1
No	207	60.9
When do you desire to have a child?	n = 133
Within next 12 months	24	18.0
Within one to three years	18	13.5
After three years	33	24.8
Not decided when to have a child	58	43.6
Take action to become pregnant/your partner's?	n = 340
Yes	35	10.3%
No	305	89.7%
What kinds of action did you take?	35
stop take contraceptive methods	17	48.6%
discussed fertility intentions with caregivers	11	31.4%)
approach to their partner	7	20.0%
Number of children desire to have in the future?	n = 133
One child	77	57.9
≥ 2 children	56	42.1
Reason for their current fertility desire	n = 133
Want at least one child	49	36.8
I did not have desired number	51	38.3
To strengthen marriage	4	3.0
Perceived efficacy of ART/PMTCT	27	20.3
To replace died baby before	2	1.5
Preference of sex for future fertility desire?	n = 133
Male	41	30.8
Female	23	17.3
No preference(God knows)	69	51.9
Desire of a partner to have child?	n = 203
Yes	104	51.2
No	99	48.8
Disscuss fertility intention with health profession	n = 340
Yes	137	40.3
No	203	59.7
Did you face partners or your family pressure for child birth?	n = 340
Yes	99	29.1
No	241	70.9
Did you faced community pressure for child birth?	n = 340
Yes	82	24.1
No	258	74.9

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