Prevalence and factors influencing modern contraceptive use among HIV-positive women in Kilimanjaro region, northern Tanzania

Table 3 Factors influencing current modern contraceptive use (N = 672)

Characteristics	Modern contraceptive use (%)	COR¥ (95% CI)	AOR^a (95% CI)
Education level
Never attended to school	31.8	1	1
Primary education	52.6	2.38 (0.95–5.93)	23.83 (2.84–331.45)^*
Secondary/higher education	62.4	3.56 (1.36–9.32)	13.35 (1.50–187.80)^*
Marital status
Never in union	53.5	1
Currently in union	71.8	2.21 (1.44–3.39)^*
Formerly union	31.3	0.39 (0.25–0.61)^*
Level of daily income (n = 511)
≤ $1	49.5	1
> $1	58.6	1.45 (1.01–2.07)^*
Current on ARV
Yes	52.3	1	1
No	67.1	1.87 (1.12–3.12)^*	19.21 (2.60–141.75)^**
Intend to have more children
No	59.4	1
Yes	68.1	2.18 (1.50–3.18)^*
Currently sexually active
No	19.2	1	1
Yes	76.6	13.80 (9.42–20.22)^**	12.29 (5.62–26.89)^**
Ever discussed with partner on modern contraceptive use
No	39.1	1	1
Yes	71.6	3.93 (2.84–5.43) ^**	5.26 (1.94–14.26)^*
Ever discussed with partner on number of children
No	45.6	1
Yes	65.1	2.23 (1.63–3.05) ^**
Received counseling on contraceptives at CTC
No	36.8	1
Yes	67.6	3.58 (2.60–4.93) ^**
Counseled on dual contraceptives at CTC (n = 373)
No	50.4	1	1
Yes	76.9	3.27 (2.08–5.15) ^**	2.72 (1.29–5.76)^**
Disclosed HIV status to partner
No	40.8	1
Yes	62.8	2.44 (1.78–3.35) ^**

¥COR Crude odds ratio, AOR Adjusted Odds Ratio
*Indicates p-value < 0.05, **Indicates p-value < 0.001
^aThe results are adjusted for marital status, income, intention to have more children, ever discussed with partner on the number of children, ever received counseling on modern contraceptive in CTC and disclosure of HIV status to partner

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