Estimating levels of HIV testing coverage and use in prevention of mother-to-child transmission among women of reproductive age in Zambia

Table 2 Social background Characteristics of 15,388 women aged 15–49 years in Zambia with data on HIV testing

N = 15,388	Ever Tested for HIV					95% CI	P-Value
Characteristics	No			Yes
Characteristics	n	(%)	95% CI	n	(%)
Age group (in Years)							< 0.001 ^b
15–19	1723	50.6	[48.1, 53.1]	1681	49.4	[46.9, 51.8]
20–24	318	11.2	[9.7, 12.8]	2530	88.8	[87.2, 90.3]
25–34	334	6.8	[5.9, 7.9]	4561	93.2	[92.1, 94.1]
35–49	582	14	[12.7, 15.5]	3560	86	[84.5, 87.3]
Residence							0.023
urban	1258	18.1	[16.7, 19.6]	5694	81.9	[80.4, 83.3]
rural	1699	20.4	[19.1, 21.7]	6639	79.6	[78.3, 80.9]
Marital Status							< 0.001
Not Married	1941	45.7	[43.4, 47.9]	2310	54.3	[52.1, 56.6]
Married/Living together	817	8.9	[7.9, 9.9]	8406	91.1	[90.1, 92.1]
Widowed	174	11.7	[10.0, 13.7]	1316	88.3	[86.3, 90.0]
Divorced	25	7.6	[4.7, 12.0]	301	92.4	[88.0, 95.3]
Socio-economic Status							0.022
Lower	1115	20.7	[19.1, 22.3]	4279	79.3	[77.7, 80.9]
Medium	504	17.3	[15.7, 18.9]	2409	82.7	[81.0, 84.3]
Higher	1338	19.2	[17.8, 20.6]	5645	80.8	[79.4, 82.2]
Place of Delivery							< 0.001
Home	296	12.4	[10.4, 14.7]	2091	87.6	[85.3, 89.6]
Government Facility	187	3.2	[2.6, 3.9]	5656	96.8	[96.1, 97.4]
Other	16	3.3	[−]	498	96.7	[−]^q
ANC Included PMTCT							< 0.001
No	91	22.8	[17.8, 28.7]	310	77.2	[71.3, 82.2]
Yes	156	2.6	[2.0, 3.2]	5922	97.4	[96.8, 98.0]
HIV test Offered in ANC							< 0.001
No	203	63.8	[−]	115	36.2	[−]
Yes	44	0.7	[0.5, 1.0]	6095	99.3	[98.9, 99.5]

Note:
*The total sample size reduced (from n = 15,388 to 9104), because some variables had missing values and were excluded in the analysis and also non-participation due to skip patterns on some questions
b. Pearson Chi-squared test was used to obtain p-values. This applies for all p values
q. Missing Confidence intervals because of missing standard errors due to stratum with single sampling unit

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