Table 1.

Demographics, fertility, health, and contraceptive characteristics of discordant couples eligible for LARC in Kigali, Rwanda (August 6, 2009 to December 15, 2010) and Lusaka, Zambia (July 9, 2009 to December 18, 2010)

	Kigali, Rwanda									Lusaka, Zambia
	Total (N=365)		IUD (N=30)		Implant (N=100)		No LARC (N=235)		p- value	Total (N=528)		IUD (N=38)		Implant (N=139)		No LARC (N=351)		p- value
Questionnaire administered to:	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	0.63	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	0.38
Woman alone	111	30.4	7	6.3	30	27.0	74	66.7		333	63.1	21	6.3	93	27.9	219	65.8
Couple	254	69.6	23	9.1	70	27.6	161	63.4		195	36.9	17	8.7	46	23.6	132	67.7
Couple’s HIV serostatus at baseline									0.05*									0.79
Discordant (man is HIV  positive)	166	45.5	17	10.2	36	21.7	113	68.1		242	45.8	18	7.4	67	27.7	157	64.9
Discordant (woman is HIV positive)	199	54.5	13	6.5	64	32.2	122	61.3		286	54.2	20	7.0	72	25.2	194	67.8
HIV-positive partner on antiretroviral therapy									0.25									0.77
Yes	79	21.6	3	3.8	21	26.6	55	69.6		86	16.3	6	7.0	20	23.3	60	69.8
No	286	78.4	27	9.4	79	27.6	180	62.9		442	83.7	32	7.2	119	26.9	291	65.8
Reproductive intentions									0.68									0.52
Want a child in ≥3 years	25	6.8	2	8.0	5	20.0	18	72.0		83	15.7	4	4.8	25	30.1	54	65.1
Do not want more  children	340	93.2	28	8.2	95	27.9	217	63.8		445	84.3	34	7.6	114	25.6	297	66.7
Current contraceptive method									0.41									0.60
Condoms only	289	79.2	25	8.7	72	24.9	192	66.4		414	78.4	33	8.0	114	27.5	267	64.5
Injectables	65	17.8	5	7.7	23	35.4	37	56.9		51	9.7	2	3.9	10	19.6	39	76.5
Oral contraceptives	11	3.0	0	0.0	5	45.5	6	54.5		63	11.9	3	4.8	15	23.8	45	71.4
Women age, mean (SD)	29.2	6.1	29.6	5.8	27.5	5.4	30.0	6.3	0.003*	29.7	6.3	29.6	6.7	28.6	6.0	30.1	6.4	0.06
Men age, mean (SD)	34.8	7.9	34.8	8.1	34.0	8.3	35.1	7.7	0.49	36.0	7.5	35.3	8.2	35.2	7.7	36.4	7.3	0.24
Number of previous pregnancies, mean (SD)	3.0	2.0	2.8	2.0	2.7	1.8	3.2	2.1	0.10	3.7	2.1	3.8	2.2	3.5	2.1	3.8	2.1	0.48

^*Statistically significant (p<0.05) with “No LARC” as the reference group.