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Table 3 Characteristics of study participants in Southern Province, Zambia, 2016–2018

From: Acceptability and feasibility of testing for HIV infection at birth and linkage to care in rural and urban Zambia: a cross-sectional study

 

Livingstone City

Choma Town

Macha Area

p-value

Hospital (n = 485)

Urban Health Centers (n = 305)

Hospital (n = 63)

Urban Health Center (n = 38)

Hospital (n = 190)

Rural Health Centers (n = 209)

Mother’s age in years – median (IQR)

30 (24, 34)

28 (24, 32)

26 (22, 33)

27 (23, 33)

32 (23, 37)

29 (24, 35)

0.0006

Mother’s education, n (%)

      

< 0.0001

 None/primary

105 (21.7)

77 (25.3)

21 (33.3)

16 (42.1)

110 (57.9)

119 (56.9)

 

 Secondary

309 (63.7)

208 (68.2)

39 (61.9)

19 (50.0)

68 (35.8)

85 (40.7)

 

 More than high school

70 (14.4)

18 (5.9)

3 (4.8)

1 (2.6)

7 (3.7)

4 (1.9)

 

 Unknown

1 (0.2)

2 (0.7)

0

2 (5.3)

5 (2.6)

1 (0.5)

 

Father’s education, n (%)

      

< 0.0001

 None/primary

16 (3.3)

16 (5.3)

14 (22.2)

3 (7.9)

62 (32.6)

68 (32.5)

 

 Secondary

294 (60.6)

208 (68.2)

39 (61.9)

26 (68.4)

73 (38.4)

102 (48.8)

 

 More than high school

111 (22.9)

49 (16.1)

5 (7.9)

5 (13.2)

13 (6.8)

8 (3.8)

 

 Unknown

64 (13.2)

32 (10.5)

5 (7.9)

4 (10.5)

42 (22.1)

31 (14.8)

 

Mother received drugs for PMTCT, n (%)

445 (91.8)

265 (86.9)

46 (73.0)

29 (76.3)

169 (89.0)

195 (93.3)

< 0.0001

Child’s age in hours – median (IQR)

11 (5, 21)

5 (2, 10)

20 (12, 68)

5 (3, 10)

17 (9, 25)

10 (5, 15)

< 0.0001

Child sex – female, n (%)

230 (47.4)

164 (53.8)

29 (46.0)

13 (34.2)

109 (57.4)

107 (51.2)

0.05

Returning to study location for post-natal care, n (%)

22 (4.5)

168 (55.1)

2 (3.2)

35 (92.1)

74 (39.0)

187 (89.5)

< 0.0001

Mother has access to a cell phone, n (%)

373 (76.9)

234 (76.7)

48 (76.2)

26 (68.4)

115 (60.5)

135 (64.9)

< 0.0001