Table 1.
Enrollment characteristics of HIV-negative women by their husband’s study arm
| Control | Intervention | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | |
| All | 803 | 100 | 835 | 100 |
| Age | ||||
| 15–17 | 22 | 2.7% | 29 | 3.5% |
| 18–19 | 95 | 11.8% | 109 | 13.1% |
| 20–24 | 290 | 36.1% | 274 | 32.8% |
| 25–29 | 212 | 26.4% | 233 | 27.9% |
| 30–39 | 155 | 19.3% | 167 | 20.0% |
| 40–49 | 29 | 3.6% | 23 | 2.8% |
| Marital status | ||||
| Monogamous | 687 | 85.6% | 690 | 82.6% |
| Polygamous | 116 | 14.4% | 143 | 17.1% |
| Religion | ||||
| Catholic | 494 | 61.5% | 516 | 61.8% |
| Protestant | 218 | 27.1% | 230 | 27.5% |
| Saved | 68 | 8.5% | 66 | 7.9% |
| Muslim | 23 | 2.9% | 22 | 2.6% |
| Education | ||||
| None | 108 | 13.4% | 118 | 14.1% |
| Primary | 581 | 72.4% | 604 | 72.3% |
| Secondary | 98 | 12.2% | 96 | 11.5% |
| Tertiary | 16 | 2.0% | 16 | 1.9% |
| Sex partners past year | ||||
| 0 | 3 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.1% |
| 1 | 763 | 95.0% | 810 | 97.0% |
| 2 | 34 | 4.2% | 20 | 2.4% |
| 3+ | 3 | 0.4% | 4 | 0.5% |
| Condom use | ||||
| Consistent | 4 | 0.5% | 4 | 0.5% |
| Inconsistent | 143 | 17.8% | 127 | 15.2% |
| No use | 656 | 81.7% | 704 | 84.3% |
| Drank alcohol with sex | ||||
| Never | 543 | 67.6% | 565 | 67.7% |
| Sometimes | 260 | 32.4% | 269 | 32.2% |
| Always | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% |
| STD past year | ||||
| GUD | 105 | 13.1% | 113 | 13.5% |
| Discharge | 360 | 44.8% | 386 | 46.2% |
| Dysuria | 164 | 20.4% | 160 | 19.2% |
| Vaginal Infections | ||||
| Trichomonas | 1/1 | 100% | 0/1 | 0% |
| Any BV | 300/783 | 38.3% | 252/825 | 30.5%* |
| Severe BV | 20/783 | 2.6% | 15/825 | 1.8% |
*
p = 0.001