Table 3.

Accuracy of individual reports of one’s spouse’s HIV status and one’s own HIV status

	Husband’s actual HIV status
	HIV+ (%)	HIV− (%)	N	X2 test	Kappa
Wife’s survey report of husband’s HIV status				7.13 [0.01]b	0.11 [0.00]b
High likelihood (medium or high)	11	89	72
Low likelihood (none or low)	4	96	361
Don’t knowa	12	88	179
Total sample			612
Husband’s survey report of own HIV status				0.14 [0.71]b	−0.02 [0.65]b
High likelihood (medium or high)	4	96	43
Low likelihood (none or low)	6	94	460
Don’t knowa	12	88	119
Total sample			622

	Wife’s actual HIV status
	HIV+ (%)	HIV− (%)	N	X2 test	Kappa
Husband’s survey report of wife’s HIV status				1.51 [0.22]b	0.06 [0.10]b
High likelihood (medium or high)	9	91	31
Low likelihood (none or low)	5	95	462
Don’t knowa	8	92	149
Total sample			642
Wife’s survey report of own HIV status				0.01 [0.95]b	−0.00 [0.53]b
High likelihood (medium or high)	5	95	100
Low likelihood (none or low)	5	95	445
Don’t knowa	8	92	115
Total sample			660

^a‘Don’t know’ responses are excluded when calculating chi-squared statistics

^bP-values (P > z) in brackets for X² tests