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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Behav. 2016 Nov;20(11):2503–2513. doi: 10.1007/s10461-015-1079-x

Table 2.

Means/frequencies of women's acceptance variables at baseline and post-intervention

Variable Baseline M(SD)/n(%) Post-intervention Mean/percent difference (Post minus Baseline)
Perceived cultural acceptability of VMMC
1 = very unacceptable, 5 = very acceptable
 Experimental 4.14 (1.23) 4.25 (1.14) 0.11
 Control 4.07 (1.22) 4.00 (1.28) −0.07
Degree to which women would advise a partner to undergo
VMMC 1 = definitely NOT, 5 = definitely YES
 Experimental 4.21 (1.24) 4.51 (0.97) 0.30
 Control 4.19 (1.24) 4.30 (1.11) 0.11
Preference for a circumcised partner
1 = definitely NOT prefer a circumcised partner, 5 = definitely prefer a circumcised partner
 Experimental 3.44 (1.28) 3.92 (1.08) 0.48
 Control 3.22 (1.44) 3.41 (1.29) 0.19
Would like their current partner to undergo VMMC
Experimental
 Yes 274 (81 %) 317 (94 %) 13 %
 No 66 (19 %) 19 (6 %)
Control
 Yes 227 (69 %) 246 (77 %) 8 %
 No 101 (31 %) 75 (23 %)
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