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. 2010 Aug;47(3):651–665. doi: 10.1353/dem.0.0115

Table 2.

Comparison of Participants in Both HIV Testing Programs With Nonparticipants in 2006 Who Were Tested in 2004, by Selected Background Characteristics, MDICP 2004–2006

Tested in 2004 but Not in 2006 (%)
Significance Tests of Differencesa
Characteristics % Tested in Both Surveys (1) Refused (2) Temporarily Away/Out- Migrated (3) Other Outcomes/Missing (4) (1) vs. (2) (1) vs. (3) (1) vs. (4)
Age Group
 15–24 23.9 23.6 52.1 35.4 ns ** **
 25–34 25.2 28.2 20.0 20.1 ns * *
 35–44 24.4 20.0 13.7 17.4 ns ** **
 45+ 26.6 28.2 14.3 26.2 ns ** ns
 Missing 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 ns ns **
Sex
 Male 44.5 46.4 50.4 49.9 ns * *
 Female 55.5 53.6 49.6 50.1 ns * *
Study Site
 South 33.4 60.0 43.6 35.6 ** ** ns
 Center 30.2 32.7 25.2 33.3 ns ns ns
 North 36.4 7.3 31.2 31.0 ** ns *
Highest Educational Level
 No schooling 25.6 35.5 11.8 20.3 * ** *
 Primary schooling 60.5 50.9 67.4 57.4 * * ns
 Secondary and higher 13.9 13.6 19.2 16.1 ns ** ns
 Missing 0.1 0.0 1.6 6.1 ns ** **
Current Marital Status
 Never married 12.3 10.9 32.3 14.5 ns ** ns
 Currently married 82.1 81.8 57.3 73.0 ns ** **
 Formerly marriedb 5.6 7.3 4.7 6.7 ns ns ns
 Missing 0.0 0.0 5.8 5.9 ns ** **
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Number of Respondents 2,031 110 365 477

Note: Percentages may not add up to exactly 100 in some cases because of rounding error.

Source: From the author’s calculations of data from the Malawi Diffusion and Ideational Change Project.

a

Significance tests of proportions; ns = not statistically significant.

b

Formerly married refers to separated, divorced, and widowed respondents.

*

p < .05;

**

p < .01