Table 1.
Characteristics of the Couples Sample, Tsogolo La Thanzi Wave 3
| Variable | Total (N= 932)
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Women (N= 466)
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Men (N= 466)
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| % | Mean (SD) | % | Mean (SD) | % | Mean (SD) | |
| Individual characteristics | ||||||
| Age (16–57) | 24.8 (4.8)* | 22.1 (2.7) | 27.6 (4.9) | |||
| Years of education (0–13) | 7.3 (3.0)* | 6.6 (2.6) | 7.9 (3.1) | |||
| Household goods (0–7) | 3.0 (1.4) | 3.0 (1.4) | 3.0 (1.4) | |||
| Couple characteristics | ||||||
| Married | 91.6 | 91.6 | 91.6 | |||
| Relationship duration, years (0.5–12.9) | 5.0 (2.7) | 5.0 (2.7) | 5.0 (2.7) | |||
| At least one living child with partner | 73.5 | 74.7 | 72.3 | |||
| Age difference (age inequality) | ||||||
| 0–5 years | 58.6 | |||||
| 6 + years | 41.4 | |||||
| Education inequality | ||||||
| Similar education | 70.2 | |||||
| Man has 4 + more years of education | 22.7 | |||||
| Woman has 4 + more years of education | 7.1 | |||||
| Employment inequality | ||||||
| Both unemployed | 8.4 | |||||
| Woman employed, man unemployed | 2.4 | |||||
| Man employed, woman unemployed | 54.7 | |||||
| Both employed | 34.6 | |||||
| Relationship unity (total score) | 3.77 (0.41) | 3.77 (0.45) | 3.77 (0.37) | |||
| My partner shows that they care about me | 3.87 (0.40) | 3.86 (0.44) | 3.88 (0.35) | |||
| When I need my partner’s assistance, he or she is there to help me | 3.63 (0.69) | 3.65 (0.67) | 3.60 (0.70) | |||
| My partner and I discuss important matters together | 3.80 (0.47) | 3.78 (0.51) | 3.82 (0.43) | |||
| Relationship dominance | ||||||
| Male-dominated | 85.0* | 81.5 | 88.4 | |||
| Female-dominated/egalitarian | 15.0 | 18.5 | 11.6 | |||
| Relationship violence | ||||||
| Ever experienced forced sex by partner | 16.5* | 21.5 | 11.6 | |||
| Ever been physically abused by partner | 4.0* | 6.0 | 1.9 | |||
| Perceived risk of self for HIV (0–10) | 1.73 (2.43) | 1.63 (2.48) | 1.82 (2.39) | |||
| Perceived risk of partner for HIV | ||||||
| No or low likelihood of infection | 93.8* | 91.3 | 96.3 | |||
| Medium likelihood of infection | 2.6 | 3.9 | 1.3 | |||
| High or certain likelihood of infection | 3.6 | 4.8 | 2.4 | |||
| Perceptions that partner is having affair | ||||||
| Strongly disagree/disagree | 85.7* | 81.8 | 89.7 | |||
| Strongly agree/agree | 14.3 | 18.2 | 10.3 | |||
Note. Unity: 1 = Strongly disagree; 2 = Disagree; 3 = Agree; 4 = Strongly agree. Higher scores indicate more unity. Unity scores were created by taking the mean across all unity items.
*
Chi-square and ANOVA differences for gender were significant at p <0.05.