Table 4.

Characteristics of men in Mbeya, Tanzania by their relationship combination

	3 GFs	2 GFs & 1 Wife	2 GFs & 1 Casual	2 GFs & 1 CSW	2 GFs & 1 Live-in GF	3 Casual	2 Casual & 1 GF	1 GF, 1 Wife, & 1 Casual	1GF & 2CSW	1 GF, 1 Wife, & 1 CSW
# of men	281	93	75	69	60	36	31	20	15	14
% of all men	34.8	11.5	9.3	8.6	7.4	4.5	3.8	2.5	1.9	1.7

Age^a,b,c
Mean Age SD	27.9 (6.1)	34.7 (6.2)	28.0 (5.3)	28.4 (4.5)	29.5 (4.7)	26.4 (3.5)	27.4 (6.7)	36.0 (5.2)	27.1 (5.0)	33.9 (5.8)

STI in last month^a,b,c
Yes (%)	18.9	21.7	13.3	29.0	33.9	5.6	13.3	20.0	46.7	46.2

Salary^a,b,c
Mean SD	164.4 (128.6)	269.6 (165.0)	203.8 (162.7)	191.6 (129.7)	173.6 (118.0)	150.7 (96.4)	128.7 (90.8)	314.8 (141.8)	174.3 (127.1)	255.7 (124.7)

Education^a,b,c
None (%)	1.1	2.2	0.0	1.5	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Primary(%)	30.6	18.3	14.7	32.4	30.0	22.2	22.6	5.0	46.7	35.7
MidSch (%)	42.0	32.3	36.0	48.5	36.7	19.4	32.3	40.0	40.0	7.1
Secondary(%)	13.9	22.6	26.7	8.8	16.7	19.4	16.1	20.0	13.3	28.6
Post-sec (%)	12.5	24.7	22.7	8.8	15.0	38.9	29.0	35.0	0.0	28.6

GEM Score Tertiles^a,b,c
Equitable (%)	29.9	53.8	40.0	15.9	38.3	36.1	35.5	45.0	0.0	7.1
Average (%)	29.5	31.2	30.7	36.2	18.3	44.4	51.6	45.0	40.0	35.7
Inequitable(%)	40.6	15.1%	29.3	47.8	43.3	19.4	12.9	10.0	60.0	57.1

GF=girlfriend; CSW=commercial sex worker; USD=United States Dollars; MidSch=Middle School; Post-Sec=post-secondary

* USD rate for Tanzania Shilling calculated for February 1, 2009. 1 TZS = 0.00076 USD. The following converting website was used: http://www.oanda.com/currencv/converter/

Chi-squared test for difference between all 34 combination is significant, p<.0001

Chi-squared test for difference between top 10 combination (those presented in this table) is significant, p<.0001

Chi-squared test for difference between the 5 combinations with at least 2 'girlfriends' is significant, p<.0001