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. 2007 Dec 11;7:349. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-349

Table 1.

Contextual characteristics of CVCT invitations given by INAs in four categories in Rwanda and Zambia

Rwanda Zambia


CBO/NGO Religious Health Private Total CBO/NGO Religious Health Private Total



N INAs 5 5 8 10 28 6 10 8 9 33
N invitations 472 174 944 1090 2680 1337 2184 1757 1942 7220
Relationship to INA % % % % % % % % % %
 Family 1 5 1 2 2 7 4 5 5 5
 Friends 11 10 20 18 17 14 5 15 7 10
 Professional 10 30 9 24 16 22 9 36 24 22
 Social 24 24 19 20 21 12 31 21 7 19
 Just met 44 25 50 30 39 45 50 23 56 44
 Other 11 7 1 6 5 0 1 0 1 1

Person(s) invited
 Couple 29 25 40 31 33 23 28 19 29 25
 Man 36 26 32 39 35 44 26 37 43 37
 Woman 35 49 29 30 32 33 47 44 28 39

Place of invitation**
 Couple home 42 30 59 72 60 51 81 40 61 60
 INA home 26 18 4 5 9 11 6 3 4 6
 Community 19 18 19 9 15 23 8 12 20 15
 Work place 13 34 18 15 17 14 5 46 16 19

Person inviting
 INA 100 100 98 91 95 74 79 93 76 81
 +Spouse 0 0 0.5 8.5 4 14 7 3 23 12
 +INA 0 0 1.5 0.5 1 12 14 4 1 8

Public endorsement
 Yes 5 24 19 5 11 7 2 14 2 6
 No 95 76 80 95 89 93 98 86 98 94

*Rounding results in some totals of 99% or 101%

**Community = Church, Market, Social Gathering, and Other