Table 2.

Percentage distribution of couples, by outcome variables and household and joint characteristics, Liberia, Madagascar, and Namibia, 2006–09

Characteristic	Liberia (N = 1,673)	Madagascar (N = 4,138)	Namibia (N = 588)
Outcome variable
Time since last coitus
Concordancea	56.7	71.7	29.3
Discordance	43.3	28.3	70.7
Condom use at last coitus
Both said yes	1.4	0.8	12.0
Both said no	92.8	96.8	71.0
Only husband said yes	4.1	1.3	10.8
Only wife said yes	1.7	1.1	6.2
Current contraceptive use
Both said yes	3.9	25.8	36.8
Both said no	80.6	55.8	29.8
Only husband said yes	6.1	3.6	13.5
Only wife said yes	9.4	14.8	19.9
Household characteristic
Residence
Urban	37.2	13.1	53.3
Wealth quintile
Poorest	19.6	18.3	16.0
Lower-middle	20.4	19.9	11.4
Middle	19.1	20.2	19.9
Upper-middle	19.9	20.8	24.5
Wealthiest	21.0	20.8	28.1
Joint characteristic
Age
Same age	22.2	29.5	29.3
Wife 3+ years older	7.1	5.0	11.9
Husband 3+ years older	70.7	65.5	58.8
Education
Both uneducated	17.4	9.7	7.2
Wife has primary, husband has none	4.2	7.4	7.1
Husband has primary, wife has none	32.6	11.4	5.5
Both have at least primary educationb	27.1	54.4	30.7
Both have secondary or more education	18.6	17.1	49.5
Fertility preference
Both want no more children	30.2	41.1	54.2
Both want another child	50.5	44.9	22.1
Only wife wants another child	8.7	5.9	6.5
Only husband wants another child	10.6	8.1	17.1

^aCouples whose interspousal difference was −1, 0, or 1 day.

^bBoth have primary education, or one has primary and the other has higher schooling.