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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 25.
Published in final edited form as: Afr J Reprod Health. 2012 Sep;16(3):57–67.

Table 1. Background information about the sample, reported as percentages.

Men Women

Individual Characteristics Total Not In a Group In a Group Total Not In a Group In a Group

Percent (N) (N=656) (N=446) (N=210) (N=930) (N=634) (N=296)
Outcomes
 Intend to Use 38.3 (251) 39.9 (178) 34.8 (73) 25.5 (237) 22.4 (142)* 32.1 (95)*
 Modern Method 11.6 (76) 9.9 (44)* 15.2 (32)* 11.6 (108) 10.7 (68) 13.5 (40)
 Want HIV Test 78.4 (514) 77.8 (347) 79.5 (167) 62.0 (577) 56.2 (359)*** 73.7 (218)***
 Had HIV Test 11.0 (72) 8.5 (38)*** 16.2 (34)*** 6.5 (60) 4.6 (29)*** 10.5 (31)***
Age
 15-19 a -- -- -- 22.6 (210) 22.2 (141) 23.2 (69)
 20-24 b 34.0 (223) 30.0 (134)* 42.4 (89)* 28.5 (265) 29.2 (185) 27.0 (80)
 25-29 26.4 (173) 28.5 (127)* 21.9 (46)* 29.6 (275) 28.4 (180) 32.1 (95)
 30-34 15.4 (101) 15.3 (68) 15.7 (33) 19.4 (180) 20.2 (128) 17.6 (52)
 35-39 14.0 (92) 15.9 (71)* 10.0 (21)* -- -- --
 40-44 10.2 (67) 10.3 (46) 10.0 (21) -- -- --
Education
 None c 28.2 (185) 34.1 (152)* 15.7 (33)* 48.0 (446) 55.4 (351)* 32.1 (95)*
 Primary 57.9 (380) 56.7 (253) 60.5 (127) 48.1 (447) 41.8 (265)* 61.5 (182)*
 Secondary 13.3 (87) 8.3 (37)* 23.8 (50)* 4.0 (37) 2.8 (18)* 6.4 (19)*
Number of Children
 0 c 42.1 (276) 41.7 (186) 42.9 (90) 22.4 (208) 23.0 (146) 21.0 (62)
 1-2 32.2 (212) 32.3 (144) 32.4 (68) 46.5 (432) 45.9 (291) 47.6 (141)
 3 or more 25.6 (168) 26.0 (116) 24.8 (52) 31.2 (290) 31.1 (197) 31.4 (93)
Has partnerd 69.2 (454) 69.3 (309) 69.1 (145) 77.9 (724) 79.8 (506)* 73.7 (218)*
Household Assets 2.49 2.55* 2.37* 2.5 2.57* 2.31*
*

P < .10;

**

P < .05;

***

P < .01

-- by study design, men ages 15-19 were not sampled and women 35-44 were not sampled

a

Reference group for women's multivariate models.

b

Reference group for men's multivariate models.

c

Reference group for men's and women's multivariate models.

d

Reference group for men's and women's multivariate models is having no partner.