Table 3.

Sex-stratified bivariate regressions of association between respondent and relationship characteristics, and absolute difference in years between actual and reported relationship age disparity

	Male respondent		Female respondent
N	3819		10 012
Respondent characteristics
Age of respondent* (years)
15–24	Reference		Reference
25–34	0.00	−0.55 to 0.56	−0.55	−0.83 to −0.27
35–49	0.45	−0.08 to 0.98	−0.59	−0.86 to −0.33
>49	1.03	0.46 to 1.61	−0.36	−0.74 to 0.02
	Z=1.60, p=0.109		Z=−1.94, p=0.052
Number of partners in past 12 months	0.30	0.01 to 0.59	−0.13	−0.32 to 0.06
Relationship characteristics
Time sexually involved (years)	−0.02	−0.03 to 0.00	−0.03	−0.04 to −0.03
Partner member of household	−0.66	−0.95 to −0.37	−0.89	−1.06 to −0.71
Relationship type†
Current partner	Reference		Reference
Current spouse	−0.48	−0.74 to −0.21	−0.56	−0.71 to −0.41
Former partner/spouse	0.25	−0.20 to 0.69	0.26	0.03 to 0.48
	F(2)=8.12, p<0.001		F(2)=38.45, p<0.001

All figures are point estimates and 95% CIs unless otherwise noted.

*Z tests are non-parametric tests for trend across ordered groups, an extension of the Wilcoxon rank-sum test.

†F_(k-1) tests are Wald-type tests for difference among all regression coefficients for the independent variable.