Trajectories of Childbearing among HIV Infected Indian Women: A Sequence Analysis Approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

HIV infection closely relates to and deeply affects the reproductive career of those infected. However, little is known about the reproductive career trajectories, specifically the interaction of the timing of HIV diagnosis with the timing and sequencing of reproductive events among HIV infected women. This is the first study to describe and typify this interaction.

Methods

Retrospective calendar data of ever married HIV infected women aged 15-45 attending a HIV clinic in Pune, Maharashtra, Western India (N=622) on reproductive events such as marriage, cohabitation with the partner, use of contraception, pregnancy, childbirth and HIV diagnosis were analyzed using sequence analysis and multinomial logistic regression.

Results

Optimal matching revealed three

SUBMITTER: Darak S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4408012 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature