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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics (N=343)

From: Socio-demographic associations of HIV among women attending antenatal care in selected rural primary care facilities in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province

Demographics and Medical characteristics

HIV infected

HIV uninfected

p-value

N=131

N=212

HIV status; n (%)

131

(38.2)

212

(61.8)

< 0.0001

Age, years; median (IQRa)

30

(10)

25

(9)

< 0.0001

Duration of HIV diagnosis (N=127), days; median (IQR)

77

(99)

 

cGestational age at booking, weeks (N=339); median (IQR)

15.1

(11) d

16

(8) e

0.419

Age, years; n (%)

 15–19

8

(22.9)

27

(77.1)

< 0.0001

 20–29

53

(28.8)

131

(71.2)

 30–39

60

(53.6)

52

(46.4)

 40–43

10

(83.3)

2

(16.7)

Facility; n (%)

 Ngangelizwe CHC

61

(36.3)

107

(63.7)

0.672

 Mhlakulo CHC

44

(37.9)

72

(62.1)

 Ngcobo CHC

14

(48.3)

15

(51.7)

 All Saints Gateway clinic

12

(40.0)

18

(60.0)

First Pregnancy; n (%)

 No

100

(45.7)

119

(54.3)

< 0.0001

 Yes

31

(25.0)

93

(75.0)

Marital Status; n (%)

 Married

35

(44.9)

43

(55.1)

0.037b

 Never Married

84

(34.3)

161

(65.7)

 Cohabiting

9

(60.0)

6

(40.0)

 Divorced

1

(33.3)

2

(66.7)

 Widowed

2

(100.0)

0

(0)

Current Education; n (%)

 High School Learner

8

(24.2)

25

(75.8)

< 0.0001

 Tertiary Student

3

(9.4)

29

(90.6)

 Not currently studying

120

(43.2)

158

(56.8)

Employment; n (%)

 Employed

33

(47.8)

36

(52.2)

0.662

 Unemployed

83

(41.7)

116

(58.3)

 Self-employed

4

(40.0)

6

(60.0)

Spouse in high school; n (%)

 Yes

2

(6.1)

31

(93.9)

< 0.0001

 No

129

(41.6)

181

(58.4)

Spousal occupation; n (%)

 Locally Employed

64

(41.8)

89

(58.2)

0.210

 Employed in another town

42

(38.2)

68

(61.8)

 Unemployed

22

(53.7)

19

(46.3)

 Self-employed

1

(16.7)

5

(83.3)

  1. aIQR = Interquartile Range = 75th percentile – 25th percentile
  2. bFisher’s Exact test was used
  3. cThis is the estimated gestational age at first antenatal care reading based on clinical records
  4. dn = 209; en=130