Research Article
Prevalence of and Barriers to Dual-Contraceptive Methods Use among Married Men and Women Living with HIV in India
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of study participants.
| | Quantitative survey | Qualitative component | Characteristic | Men () | Women () | In-depth Interviews () | Focus group discussions () |
| Sex | | | | | Male | 93 (100%) | — | 14 (56%) | 15 (35%) | Female | — | 97 (100%) | 11 (44%) | 28 (65%) | Age (years) | | | | | 18–29 | 21 (23%) | 58 (60%) | 7 (28%) | 16 (37%) | 30–39 | 57 (61%) | 38 (39%) | 17 (68%) | 23 (53%) | 40–49 | 15 (16%) | 1 (1%) | 1 (4%) | 4 (9%) | Education | | | | | <primary | 17 (18%) | 31 (32%) | 1 (4%) | 4 (9%) | Primary (5th STD) | 19 (20%) | 19 (20%) | 6 (24%) | 9 (21%) | Elementary (8th STD) | 22 (24%) | 19 (20%) | 6 (24%) | 12 (28%) | High school (10th STD) | 21 (23%) | 20 (21%) | 7 (28%) | 11 (26%) | Higher secondary (12th STD) | 9 (10%) | 6 (6%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (12%) | College or higher | 5 (5%) | 2 (2%) | 5 (20%) | 2 (5%) | Occupation | | | | | Daily wage laborer | 40 (43%) | 25 (26%) | 2 (8%) | 2 (5%) | Private company staff | 10 (11%) | 7 (7%) | 1 (4%) | 3 (7%) | Peer educator/outreach worker for PLHIV network | 12 (13%) | 10 (10%) | 13 (52%) | 16 (37%) | Self-employed | 18 (19%) | 3 (3%) | 2 (8%) | 3 (7%) | Homemaker | 0 (0%) | 34 (35%) | 3 (12%) | 12 (28%) | Unemployed | 10 (11%) | 15 (15%) | 2 (8%) | 2 (5%) | Other | 3 (3%) | 3 (3%) | 2 (8%) | 5 (12%) |
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