. 2009 Mar 10;2:47–58. doi: 10.2147/prbm.s4910

Table 2.

Gender-level reporting and couple agreement of partnership demographics, sexual behavior within the couple, and sexual beliefs (N = 779 couples)

	Women %	Men %	Couple agree+ %	Couple agree− %	Total % couple agree (CP+, CP−)	Kappa	n
Demographics
Civil marriage (vs common law)	57	58	53	39	92 (93, 91)	0.84^***	778
Monogamous (vs polygamous)	92	94	91	5	96 (96, 87)	0.69^***	778
Sexual behavior within the couple
Condoms ever used with partner	45	36	31	50	81 (76, 84)	0.61^***	779
Condoms used in the last month with partner	27	29	19	63	82 (68, 88)	0.55^***	774
Of couples who never used condoms, husband ever suggested use^a	3	7	0	90	90 (0.0, 95)	−0.05	386
Of couples who never used condoms, wife ever suggested use^a	46	17	10	47	57 (31,68)	0.07	386
Husband is sole initiator of sex	81	86	72	5	77 (86, 28)	0.15^***	773
Wife refuses sex at times	57	37	25	30	55 (52, 57)	0.12^**	774
When wife refuses sex, husband understands	26	68	19	25	44 (41, 48)	0.06	190
When wife refuses, husband insists on sex	35	34	14	45	59 (41, 69)	0.09	190
Sexual beliefs
Faithful relationship	69	96	67	3	70 (82, 15)	0.09^***	769
Husband has fewer sexual partners due to the presence of HIV in the community^a
Yes	13	68	10	29	39 (25, 49)	0.05^*	629
No	7	20	1	74	75 (5, 86)	−0.06
Not applicable	80	12	10	18	28 (23, 33)	0.02
Husband uses condoms with other partners^a
Yes	5	4	0	94	94 (6, 97)	0.04	519
No	9	4	1	88	89 (9, 94)	0.04
Not applicable	86	93	82	1	83 (90, 10)	0.03
Most married men are not faithful	51	20	11	39	50 (30, 61)	0.02	764
Most married women are not faithful	12	17	3	74	77 (19, 87)	0.07	759
Male condoms are dangerous for women	1	18	0	81	81 (4, 89)	0.03	697
Male condoms are dangerous for men	1	11	0	88	88 (4, 93)	0.03	726
The exchange of fluids during sex is important for the health of the man	89	82	74	3	77 (86, 21)	0.08	448
The exchange of fluids during sex is important for the health of the woman	58	84	50	8	58 (70, 28)	0.06	670
The exchange of fluids during sex is important for the health of the fetus	57	70	42	14	56 (65, 38)	0.06	654

P-value key:

< 0.05;

^**

< 0.01;

^***

< 0.0001.

CP+ = positive conditional probability index; CP− = negative conditional probability index.

Kappa key: low = 0.0 to 0.39; fair = 0.40 to 0.74; excellent = 0.75 and greater.

Includes partner perceptions: results are of the partner’s perception of the spouse’s behavior versus the spouse’s self-report.