Table 1.
Descriptive characteristics of the sample of pregnant women attending the mobile medical clinics in rural Mysore, India.
| Characteristic | HSV-2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seronegative | Seropositive | |||
| No. | (%) | No. | (%) | |
| Age | 446 | 32 | ||
| ≤17 | 15 | 28.6% | 0 | 0% |
| 18–20 | 228 | 60.0% | 15 | 46.8% |
| 21–23 | 142 | 32.1% | 11 | 34.4% |
| ≥24 | 61 | 13.9% | 6 | 18.8% |
| Education completed, years | 445 | 32 | ||
| None | 60 | 13.5% | 4 | 12.5% |
| 1–7 | 144 | 32.4% | 14 | 43.8% |
| 8–10 | 165 | 37.1% | 6 | 18.8% |
| >10 | 76 | 17.1% | 8 | 15.0% |
| Length of marriage, years | 446 | 32 | ||
| ≤1 | 151 | 33.9% | 10 | 31.3% |
| 1–3 | 181 | 40.6% | 11 | 34.4% |
| >3 | 114 | 25.6% | 11 | 34.4% |
| Have children | 446 | 32 | ||
| No | 248 | 55.6% | 19 | 59.4% |
| Yes | 198 | 44.4% | 13 | 40.6% |
| Household income, INR/month | 445 | 32 | ||
| <4000 ($87 USD) | 232 | 52.1% | 18 | 56.3% |
| ≥4000 ($87 USD) | 213 | 47.9% | 14 | 43.8% |
| Sex while you or partner was under influence of alcohol | 441 | 32 | ||
| Never | 386 | 87.5% | 26 | 81.3% |
| Ever | 55 | 12.5% | 6 | 18.8% |
| Main partner smokes cigarettes | 439 | 32 | ||
| Never | 288 | 65.6% | 23 | 71.9% |
| Ever | 151 | 34.4% | 9 | 28.1% |
| Main partner education completed, years | 443 | 32 | ||
| None | 119 | 26.9% | 10 | 31.3% |
| 1–7 | 115 | 26.0% | 9 | 28.1% |
| 8–10 | 130 | 29.4% | 6 | 18.8% |
| >10 | 79 | 17.8% | 7 | 21.9% |
| Main partner travels | 444 | 32 | ||
| Never | 402 | 90.5% | 25 | 78.1% |
| Ever | 42 | 9.5% | 7 | 21.9% |
| Main partner had other sex partners | 444 | 32 | ||
| Never | 374 | 84.2% | 25 | 78.1% |
| Ever | 48 | 10.8% | 3 | 9.4% |
| Do not know/refused | 22 | 5.0% | 4 | 12.5% |