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Table 2 Study population characteristics and association with provider-initiated HIV testing and counseling (PITC) at 15-month follow-up

From: Use of HIV counseling and testing and family planning services among postpartum women in Kenya: a multicentre, non-randomised trial

 

Offered PITC

Variable

Intervention

Comparison

N (%)

p-values

N (%)

p-values

Facility type

    

   Hospital

118 (48.9)

0.166

82 (31.3)

0.219

   Health center/dispensary

39 (40.6)

 

22 (24.4)

Respondent’s HIV status

    

   HIV-negative

157 (48.6)

*

97 (30.4)

0.629

   HIV-positive

0 (0.0)

 

5 (23.8)

 

Partner tested for HIV

    

   No

54(36.2)

***

38 (22.0)

**

   Yes

74 (60.2)

52 (38.0)

Went to clinic for ANC services at last pregnancy

    

   No

2 (33.3)

0.689

4 (36.4)

0.738

   Yes

155 (46.8)

 

100 (29.3)

 

Education

    

   Primary and below

94 (44.6)

0.528

64 (28.1)

0.705

   Secondary

45 (51.7)

30 (31.9)

   College

18 (46.2)

10 (33.3)

Age of respondents

    

   15–24 years

88 (48.6)

0.674

55 (30.4)

0.791

   25–34 years

58 (43.6)

42 (29.6)

   35+ years

11 (47.8)

7 (24.1)

Marital status

    

   Single

21 (42.0)

0.696

15 (32.6)

0.880

   Married

129 (47.1)

86 (29.2)

   Divorced/separated/widowed

7 (53.9)

3 (27.3)

Household SES

    

   Poor

96 (48.0)

0.530

58 (29.4)

0.962

   Non-poor

61 (44.5)

 

46 (29.9)

  1. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001; X2test and Fisher’s Exact test were used to test the association between provider-initiated HIV testing and counseling and explanatory variables