Table 1.

Summary statistics for the MLSFH Round 6 (2010) study population

	Females	Males	Total
	mean (SD)	mean (SD)	mean (SD)
Number of observations	2,234	1,564	3,798
Respondent’s age in 2010(years)	41.43	43.42	42.25
	(16.83)	(16.63)	(16.78)
Age group in 2010 (years)
<20	0.022	< .01	0.013
20–29	0.279	0.281	0.280
30–39	0.221	0.186	0.207
40–49	0.184	0.190	0.186
50–59	0.136	0.149	0.141
60–69	0.077	0.110	0.090
70+	0.081	0.084	0.082
Marital status
Married/living together	0.770	0.870	0.811
Separated	0.019	0.008	0.015
Divorced	0.079	0.028	0.058
Widowed	0.120	0.018	0.078
Never married	0.012	0.076	0.038
Children ever born	5.66	5.96	5.79
	(3.36)	(4.59)	(3.91)
Schooling attainment
No formal schooling	0.273	0.125	0.212
Primary schooling	0.631	0.641	0.635
Secondary or higher	0.096	0.233	0.153
Wealth indicator:house has metal roof	0.213	0.207	0.211
Region of residence
Central (Mchinji)	0.317	0.339	0.326
South (Balaka)	0.351	0.323	0.339
North (Rumphi)	0.332	0.338	0.335
Religion
Christian	0.687	0.687	0.687
Muslim	0.262	0.248	0.256
Other/none	0.051	0.065	0.057
Subjective health
Poor	0.022	0.013	0.018
Fair	0.055	0.038	0.048
Good	0.237	0.181	0.214
Very good	0.437	0.404	0.424
Excellent	0.249	0.365	0.297
Subjective likelihood of being infected with HIV
No likelihood	0.570	0.656	0.605
Low	0.300	0.269	0.287
Medium	0.091	0.055	0.076
High	0.040	0.020	0.032
At least one MLSFH HIV test result	0.796	0.809	0.801
HIV-positivea	0.064	0.040	0.054

^aHIV+ = at least one MLSFH HTC had a HIV-positive test result.