TABLE 2.

Comparison of Baseline Characteristics for Women Whose Partners Did Not Come to the Antenatal Clinic for VCT, Women Whose Partners Came for VCT, and Women Whose Partners Participated in VCT as a Couple

	Women Whose Partners Did Not Come for VCT* (n = 1796)	Women Whose Partners Came for VCT* (n = 308)	P Value†§	Women Counseled as a Couple* (n = 116)	P Value‡§
Sociodemographic
Age [mean (SD)] (y)	23.7 (4.4) years	24.1 (4.6) 6 years	0.13	23.8 (4.4) years	0.79
Duration of education [mean (SD)] (y)	8.7 (2.5) years	9.0 (2.7) years	0.10	9.1 (2.8) years	0.09
Employed [n (%)]	541 (30.1%)	84 (27.4%)	0.18	30 (25.8%)	0.19
Live with partner [n (%)]	1588 (88.5%)	303 (98.4%)	<0.001∥	115 (99.1%)	<0.001¶
Married [n (%)]	1609 (89.6%)	302 (98.4%)	<0.001#	114 (98.3%)	<0.001#
Formalized marriage‡‡ [n (%)]	979 (60.7%)	197 (65.2%)	0.08	69 (59.5%)	0.523
Polygamous marriage [n (%)]	125 (7.8%)	11 (3.6%)	0.005#	2 (1.7%)	0.013#
Duration of relationship [mean (SD)]	3.7 (3.8) years	3.7 (4.0) years	0.88	3.4 (3.9) years	0.31
Monthly rent in $US [mean (SD)]	23 (12)	23 (12)	0.79	24 (12)	0.77
Number of rooms in house [mean (SD)]	1.1 (0.3)	1.1 (0.4)	0.64	1.1 (0.3)	0.20
Reproductive/sexual
Lifetime sexual partners [mean (SD)]	2.3 (1.8)	2.2 (1.7)	0.55	2.0 (1.3)	0.10
Age at sexual debut [mean (SD)]	17.6 (2.7) years	18.2 (2.9) years	0.04††	18.5 3.1) years	0.003**
Number of pregnancies [mean (SD)]	1.1 (1.2)	1.2 (1.3)	0.90	1 (1.4)	0.25
Ever used a condom [mean (SD)]	364 (20.1%)	66 (21.4%)	0.35	26 (22.4%)	0.32
Ever used a condom with current partner [mean (SD)]	235 (13.1%)	36 (11.7%)	0.28	14 (12.1%)	0.44
Used a condom during last sex [mean (SD)]	19 (1.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0.19	0 (0.0%)	0.30
History of STI [mean (SD)]	179 (10.0%)	28 (9.1%)	0.34	9 (7.8%)	0.28
Prior HIV testing [mean (SD)]	145 (8.1%)	25 (8.1%)	0.55	11 (9.5%)	0.34

^*Among 2104 women who returned to the study clinic for VCT.

^†Comparison between women whose partners came and women whose partners did not come to clinic.

^‡Comparison between women who were counseled together with their partners and women whose partners did not come to clinic.

^§Variables significant in univariate analyses (P < 0.05) were included in the multivariate model.

^∥Variable significant in multivariate analysis: OR = 5.0; 95% CI 1.3–19.7; P = 0.02.

^¶Variable significant in multivariate analysis: OR = 20; 95% CI 1.5–257; P = 0.02.

^#Variable not significant in multivariate analysis: P > 0.05.

^**Variable significant in multivariate analysis: OR = 1.1; 95% CI 1.0–1.2; P = 0.001.

^††Variable significant in multivariate analysis: OR = 1.1; 95% CI 1.0–1.1; P = 0.004.

^‡‡Formalized marriage included women married in church, civil, or traditional ceremonies. STI, sexually transmitted infection.