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. 2012 Dec 12;7(12):e51492. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051492

Table 1. Socio-demographic and HIV-related characteristics of MAMAS study participants (N = 1777).

Variable Mean (median, range) or N (%)
Mean age (median, range) 23.58 (22, 18–49)
Mean number of pregnancies (median, range) 3.22 (3, 1–16)
Education, n (%)
Primary school (elementary) or less 1483 (83.5)
Secondary school (high school) or more 294 (16.5)
Religion, n (%)
Roman Catholic 331 (18.6)
Seventh Day Adventist 582 (32.8)
Other 862 (48.5)
Luo Ethnicity, n (%) 1641 (92.3)
Currently married, n (%) 1554 (87.5)
Currently living with male partner, n (%) 1546 (87.0)
Male partner has other wives, n (%) (n = 1546) 439 (28.4)
Occupation, n (%)
Housework 402 (22.7)
Selling things/fish monger 355 (20.0)
Farming/agricultural work/manual labor 742 (41.8)
Male partner’s occupation, n (%) (n = 1545)
Selling things 172 (11.1)
Farming/agricultural work 586 (37.9)
Fishing 188 (12.2)
Manual labor 243 (15.7)
Household goods, n (%)
Television 187 (10.5)
Mobile phone 839 (47.2)
Radio 1330 (74.0)
HIV status1, n (%)
Positive 259 (14.7)
Negative 1205 (68.2)
Refused testing 99 (5.6)
Service not available 203 (11.5)
Anticipated male partner stigma related to HIV 627 (35.3)
Anticipated family stigma related to HIV 621 (34.9)
Anticipated stigma from others related to HIV 1051 (59.1)
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obtained from medical chart after the interview, based on offer of HIV testing during the first ANC visit.