Table 1

Characteristics of pregnancies (n=756) to HIV-positive women in Kisesa and proportions accessing HIV care/ARVs by factor

Factor	Category	Total number (%) of pregnancies		Number (%) in ‘HIV care’		Number (%) accessed ARVs
Age	<20	36	4.8	0	0.0	0	0.0
	20–29	339	44.8	73	21.5	29	8.6
	30–39	347	45.9	97	28.0	53	15.3
	40+	34	4.5	10	29.4	6	17.6
Year	2005–6	167	22.1	3	1.8	2	1.2
of pregnancy	2007–8	209	27.6	21	10.0	11	5.3
	2009–10	183	24.2	66	36.1	23	12.6
	2011–2012	197	26.1	90	45.7	52	26.4
Residence area	Rural	371	49.1	70	18.9	44	11.9
	Roadside	202	26.7	61	30.2	23	11.4
	Trading Centre	183	24.2	49	26.8	21	11.5
Marital status	Married now	529	70.0	138	26.1	67	12.7
	Never married	69	9.1	10	14.5	3	4.3
	Married before	158	20.9	32	20.3	18	11.4
Education	At least P5	472	62.5	119	25.2	60	12.7
	P1–4	80	10.6	13	16.3	8	10.0
	No education	203	26.9	48	23.6	20	9.9
Religion	Catholic	311	41.9	80	25.7	37	11.9
	Other Christian	386	52.0	84	21.8	38	9.8
	Muslim	21	2.8	7	33.3	5	23.8
	Traditional	25	3.4	4	16.0	4	16.0
Ethnicity	Sukuma	688	91.1	167	24.3	83	12.1
	Other	67	8.9	13	19.4	5	7.5
(Personal) income	Farming or manual work	438	58.2	102	23.3	51	11.6
	Some business	208	27.6	48	23.1	28	13.5
	None	107	14.2	30	28.0	9	8.4
Gravidity	1	86	11.4	10	11.6	4	4.7
(pregnancy number)	2	125	16.5	24	19.2	10	8.0
	3	150	19.8	24	16.0	11	7.3
	4	130	17.2	36	27.7	15	11.5
	≥5	265	35.1	86	32.5	48	18.1
Any children died	No	401	54.3	86	21.4	39	9.7
	Yes	338	45.7	89	26.3	46	13.6
Duration of HIV	≤2 years	219	29.0	25	11.4	12	5.5
infection	>2–4 years	209	27.6	39	18.7	12	5.7
	>4 years	328	43.4	116	35.4	64	19.5
Prior VCT	No	512	67.7	86	16.8	36	7.0
	Yes	244	32.3	94	38.5	52	21.3
Knowledge of HIV	None	96	12.7	11	11.5	6	6.3
transmission	MTCT	35	4.6	12	34.3	6	17.1
	Other modes	314	41.5	87	27.7	46	14.6
	No prior report*	311	41.1	70	22.5	30	9.6
ART knowledge†	≤2 correct statements	119	15.7	36	30.3	17	14.3
	3 correct statements	88	11.6	26	29.5	11	12.5
	4–5 correct statements	87	11.5	42	48.3	26	29.9
	No prior report*	462	61.1	76	16.5	34	7.4
Relatives with or	No	493	66.7	107	21.7	47	9.5
died from HIV	Yes	246	33.3	68	27.6	39	15.9
Know someone	No	515	71.7	113	21.9	53	10.3
taking ART	Yes	203	28.3	64	31.5	34	16.7
Partner HIV status	Unknown‡	450	59.5	135	30.0	66	14.7
	Positive (had VCT)	10	1.3	0	0.0	0	0.0
	Positive (no VCT)	34	4.5	4	11.8	3	8.8
	Negative	50	6.6	3	6.0	3	6.0
	No spousal link	212	28.0	38	17.9	16	7.5

Missing values: education (1); religion (13); ethnicity (1); income (3); children died (17); relatives died (17); know someone on ART (38).
*No prior report: knowledge data point after pregnancy, or from an earlier serosurvey questionnaire lacking the same question.
†Statements: “Drugs can only slow down HIV illness not stop it”; “ART drugs are very dangerous and can kill people”; “ART drugs have to be used for life”; “ART drugs are available free of charge in Tanzania”; “Everyone who is infected with HIV needs drugs”.
‡Unknown to the study investigators.
ART, antiretroviral treatment; ARV, antiretroviral; MTCT, mother-to-child transmission; P1–4, primary level 1–4 years; P5, primary level 5 years; VCT, voluntary counselling and testing.