Table 1.
Summary statistics for respondents participating in the 2006 MDICP expectations module
| Percentage of Respondents |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Total | |
| N | 1,433 | 1,739 | 3,172 |
| Age | |||
| < 20 | 11.82 | 11.18 | 11.46 |
| 20–29 | 25.48 | 28.98 | 27.46 |
| 30–39 | 22.38 | 26.67 | 24.81 |
| 40–49 | 18.52 | 20.50 | 19.64 |
| 50+ | 21.79 | 12.66 | 16.62 |
| Education | |||
| low education (no schooling) | 12.38 | 26.38 | 20.06 |
| medium education (primary schooling) | 66.99 | 64.00 | 65.35 |
| high education (secondary schooling or higher) | 20.63 | 9.62 | 14.59 |
| Marital status | |||
| married | 79.05 | 82.04 | 80.69 |
| divorced/separated/widowed | 2.30 | 11.74 | 7.48 |
| never married | 18.65 | 6.22 | 11.83 |
| Land ownership | |||
| ≤2 acres | 36.24 | 47.17 | 42.25 |
| 2–4 acres | 32.51 | 32.27 | 32.38 |
| > 4 acres | 31.25 | 20.55 | 25.37 |
| Lifetime number of sexual partners | |||
| 0 | 4.33 | 3.23 | 3.73 |
| 1 | 17.26 | 42.57 | 31.13 |
| 2 | 22.08 | 31.11 | 27.03 |
| 3 | 17.54 | 13.82 | 15.50 |
| 4+ | 38.78 | 9.27 | 22.61 |
| Ever tested for HIV (prior to 2006 MDICP survey) | |||
| no | 37.67 | 37.86 | 37.77 |
| yes, learned result | 58.61 | 55.78 | 57.06 |
| yes, did not learn result | 3.72 | 6.36 | 5.17 |
| 2006 HIV status (determined after 2006 MDICP survey) | |||
| negative | 88.38 | 86.33 | 87.24 |
| positive | 3.60 | 6.15 | 5.02 |
| no test | 8.02 | 7.52 | 7.74 |
| Region | |||
| North (Rumphi) | 31.96 | 31.69 | 31.81 |
| Center (Mchinji) | 33.29 | 34.24 | 33.81 |
| South (Balaka) | 34.76 | 34.07 | 34.38 |
Note: The expectation module included in the 2006 wave of the MDICP was administered to 3,237 respondents in three regions of rural Malawi. For 65 respondents, the gender variable is missing, and our analyses focus on the 3,172 respondents with known gender who answered the expectation module.