Table 2.
HIV prevalence of sero-discordance and concordance couples by socio-demographic characteristics 2005-2007
| Characteristics | Couple HIV sero-status | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sero-discordant couples | Concordant + | Concordant - | χ2 | P-value | ||
| M+F-+ | M-F+++ | M+F+ | M-F- | |||
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |||
| Men(years) | ||||||
| <19 | 0(0) | 0(0) | 0(0) | 4(0.4) | 57.64 | <0.001 |
| 20-24 | 0(0) | 13(8) | 0(0) | 153(15) | ||
| 25-29 | 11(18) | 35(22) | 7(11) | 284(27) | ||
| 30-34 | 12(19) | 31(20) | 12(19) | 204(19) | ||
| 35-39 | 16(25) | 36(23) | 13(21) | 148(14) | ||
| ≥40 | 24(38) | 42(27) | 31(49) | 257(25) | ||
| Total | 63(100) | 157(100) | 63(100) | 1050(100) | ||
| Women(years) | ||||||
| <19 | 2(3) | 3(2) | 1(2) | 112(11) | 86.45 | <0.001 |
| 20-24 | 10(16) | 24(15) | 6(10) | 311(30) | ||
| 25-29 | 14(22) | 45(29) | 13(21) | 270(26) | ||
| 30-34 | 17(27) | 42(27) | 15(24) | 152(15) | ||
| 35-39 | 9(14) | 24(15) | 10(16) | 82(8) | ||
| ≥40 | 11(18) | 19(12) | 18(49) | 123(12) | ||
| Total | 63(100) | 157(100) | 63(100) | 1050(100) | ||
| When women partner is older (in years) | ||||||
| 1 to 4 | 3(75) | 20(77) | 1(20) | 57(75) | 29.64 | <0.001 |
| 5 to 9 | 1(25) | 6(23) | 2(40) | 18(24) | ||
| ≥10 | 0(0) | 0(0) | 2(40) | 1(1) | ||
| Total | 4(100) | 26(100) | 5(100) | 81(100) | ||
| By Socio-economic status | ||||||
| Low status | 18(29) | 42(8) | 30(48) | 350(33) | 11.57 | 0.072 |
| Medium status | 38(60) | 103(66) | 31(49) | 631(60) | ||
| High status | 7(11) | 12(27) | 2(3) | 69(7) | ||
| Total | 63(100) | 157(100) | 63(100) | 1,050(100) | ||
| By town of residence | ||||||
| Arusha | 43(68) | 103(65) | 35(56) | 509(48) | 32.58 | <0.001 |
| Moshi | 18(29) | 53(34) | 28(44) | 532(51) | ||
| Others | 2(3) | 1(0.6) | 0(0) | 9(1) | ||
| Total | 63(100.0) | 157(100.0) | 63(100) | 1,050(100) | ||
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HIV sero-discordant couple when men partner is HIV positive and women is negative
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HIV sero-discordant couple when women partner is HIV positive and men is negative