Table 1.
Means and percentages of background characteristics of study couples by sex and intervention accepted
| Characteristic | Intervention accepted and sex (%) a | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All study couples n = 167 | CHCT and CFP n = 48 | CHCT only n = 97 | None n = 18 | |||||
| Means | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male |
| Age (years) | 28.3 | 34.8 | 27.5 | 33.6 | 29.0 | 35.7 | 25.3 | 31.3 |
| Duration of union (years) | 8.9 | 9.1 | 9.4 | 9.8 | 8.9 | 9.3 | 6.8 | 7.6 |
| Number of live births | 3.4* | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 2.3 |
| Emotional closeness to partner scoreb | 8.3* | 8.6 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 8.4 | 8.6 | 6.7 | 8.1 |
| Percentages | ||||||||
| In first union | 77 | 72 | 81 | 73 | 71 | 71 | 94 | 78 |
| With any schooling | 88 | 90 | 90 | 94 | 87 | 90 | 94 | 89 |
| Unhappy if discovered pregnant now | 71 | 71 | 79 | 81 | 71 | 70 | 53 | 60 |
| Using contraception | 66 | 65 | 60 | 60 | 70 | 68 | 56 | 56 |
| Reporting condom used at last coitus with partner | 15 | 15 | 23 | 21 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 6 |
| Reporting ever had HIV test | 81* | 55 | 88 | 46 | 80 | 56 | 61 | 67 |
| Reporting other sex partner in last week | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Reporting ever any violence from partner | 20 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 24 | 10 | 17 | 0 |
a4 couples accepting CFP only are not shown separately; b1 = no emotional closeness … 10 = very strong emotional closeness.
*p < 0.05 for test of hypotheses of equal percentages in each intervention group for a given sex.