Perception and practice of breastfeeding among HIV positive mothers receiving care for prevention of mother to child transmission in South-East, Nigeria

Table 6 Relationship between practice of breastfeeding and perceptions of HIV positive status

Perception of HIV status	Breastfed last child
Perception of HIV status	Private n (%)	χ2(p value)	Public n (%)	χ2(p value)
Self-perception of HIV status
Feels inferior to HIV negative peers	100 (76.3)	2.57 (0.11)	115 (55.6)	1.76 (0.19)
Feels equal to peers who are HIV negative	121 (84.0)	2.57 (0.11)	92 (79.3)	1.76 (0.19)
Family members’ perception of status
Family member treats self differently because of HIV status	164 (78.5)	1.98 (0.16)	174 (84.1)	2.01(0.40)
Family member associates with self regardless of HIV positive status	57 (86.4)	1.98 (0.16)	60 (90.9)	2.01(0.40)
Community perception of HIV status
Community excludes/isolates HIV positive people	188 (79.7)	0.52 (0.47)	179 (73.9)	5.2 (0.70)
Community accepts HIV positive people	33 (84.6)	0.52 (0.47)	18 (85.7)	5.2 (0.70)

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