Table 1.

Selected Characteristics of the Tsogolo La Thanzi (TLT) Wave 3 Couples Sample.

	Total (N = 932)		Women (n = 466)		Men (n = 466)
Variable	%	M (SD)	%	M (SD)	%	M (SD)	p
Demographic characteristics
Age (16–57)		24.8 (4.8)		22.1 (2.7)		27.6 (4.9)	0.000
Years of education (0–13)		7.3 (3.0)		6.6 (2.6)		7.9 (3.1)	0.000
Monthly income							0.000
None	31.2		58.4		4.1
< median income	17.5		19.7		15.2
≥ median income	51.3		21.9		80.7
Couple characteristics
Married	91.4		90.8		92.1
Relationship duration (1–14)		5.2 (2.9)		5.2 (2.9)		5.2 (3.0)
At least one living child with partner	73.5		72.3		74.7
Unity (total score)		3.77 (0.41)		3.77 (0.45)		3.77 (0.37)	0.137
Cares about me (1–4)		3.87 (0.40)		3.86 (0.44)		3.88 (0.35)	0.460
Helps me (1–4)		3.63 (0.69)		3.65 (0.67)		3.60 (0.70)	0.253
Discuss together (1–4)		3.80 (0.47)		3.78 (0.51)		3.82 (0.43)	0.214
Relationship dominance
Male dominated	85.0		81.5		88.4		0.003
Female dominated/egalitarian	15.0		18.5		11.6
Intimate partner violence
Sexual coercion	16.5		21.5		11.6		0.000
Physical abuse	4.0		6.0		1.9		0.001

Note. Couple-level variables were not compared. ANOVA was used to test for gender differences in continuous variables. Chi-square tests were used to test for gender differences in categorical variables. Unity scores were created by taking the mean across all three unity items. Unity: 1 = strongly disagree; 2 = disagree; 3 = agree; 4 = strongly agree. Higher scores indicate more unity.