Research Article
Overcoming Barriers to Family Planning through Integration: Perspectives of HIV-Positive Men in Nyanza Province, Kenya
Table 1
Participant characteristics (
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| | Age, mean (range) | 33.5 (27–42) | | 18–34 | 12 (40%) | | 35–42 | 12 (40%) | | Missing* | 6 (20%) | | Marital status | | | Married | 29 (97%) | | Unmarried | 1 (3%) | | Education | | | Primary school or less | 19 (63%) | | Secondary school or higher | 7 (23%) | | Missing* | 4 (13%) | | Literacy | | | Reads with difficulty or not at all | 13 (43%) | | Reads easily | 14 (47%) | | Missing* | 3 (10%) | | Disclosure of HIV status to wife or main partner | | | Disclosed | 24 (80%) | | Did not disclose | 3 (10%) | | Not applicable (no wife or partner) | 1 (3%) | | Missing* | 2 (7%) | | HIV status of wife or main partner | | | HIV-positive | 21 (70%) | | HIV-negative | 3 (10%) | | Unknown to male participant | 4 (13%) | | Not applicable (no wife or partner) | 1 (3%) | | Missing* | 1 (3%) | | Number of living children, , median (range)* | 4 (0–11) | | Time since HIV diagnosis (years), , mean (range)* | 2.0 (<1–7) | | Currently on ART ()* | 16 (59%) | | Current contraceptive use—self or partner () | | | Injectable contraceptives | 8 (27%) | | Combined oral contraceptives | 2 (6%) | | Female sterilization | 1 (3%) | | Condoms | 21 (70%) | | Condoms only | 13 (43%) | | Condoms + other method | 8 (27%) | | No modern method | 3 (10%) | | Abstinence | 3 (10%) |
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Data were missing for some participants.
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