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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Biosoc Sci. 2014 Jan 9;47(3):311–328. doi: 10.1017/S0021932013000709

Table 2. Summary statistics for variables included in final model, by low and high Gini coefficient and wealth ratio.

Gini coefficient Wealth ratio
Total Low High Low High
Count 43,032a 21,520 21,512 21,522 21,509
Dependent variable
HIV positive, n (%) 7,444 (17.3) 3,395 (15.8) 4,048 (18.8)*** 3,347 (15.6) 4,097 (19.0)***
Independent variables
Gini coefficient, mean (SE) 0.42 (0.004) 0.28 (0.003) 0.56 (0.003)*** 0.34 (0.006) 0.50 (0.004)***
Wealth ratio, mean (SE) 1.49 (0.008) 1.35 (0.009) 1.62 (0.012)*** 1.23 (0.003) 1.74 (0.011)***
Demographic variables
Age in years, mean (SE) 30.8 (0.06) 31.1 (0.09) 30.5 (0.08)*** 31.1 (0.09) 30.5 (0.08)***
Male, n (%) 20,403 (47.4) 10,337 (48.0) 10,066 (46.8)* 10,421 (48.4) 9,982 (46.4)***
Urban residence 12,273 (28.5) 7,808 (36.3) 4,465 (20.8)*** 8,540 (40.0) 3,733 (17.4)***
Working 30,916 (71.8) 15,893 (73.8) 15,023 (69.8)*** 15,954 (74.1) 14,962 (69.6)***
Education
 None 3,348 (7.8) 1,993 (9.3) 1,355 (6.3)*** 1,591 (7.4) 1,757 (8.2)
 Primary 20,418 (47.4) 10,105 (47.0) 10,313 (47.9) 9,611 (44.6) 10,807 (50.2)***
 Secondary+ 16,650 (38.7) 7,699 (35.8) 8,951 (41.6)*** 8,651 (40.2) 7,998 (37.2)**
Wealth quintile
 Lowest 7,380 (17.2) 4,819 (22.4) 2,561 (11.9)*** 3,504 (16.3) 3,876 (18.0)
 Second 7,940 (18.4) 3,953 (18.4) 3,988 (18.5) 3,739 (17.4) 4,201 (19.5)*
 Middle 8,386 (19.5) 2,892 (13.4) 5,494 (25.5)*** 3,826 (17.8) 4,560 (21.2)***
 Fourth 9,284 (21.6) 3,429 (15.9) 5,855 (27.2)*** 4,352 (20.2) 4,932 (22.9)*
 Highest 10,041 (23.3) 6,428 (29.9) 3,613 (16.8)*** 6,101(28.4) 3,940 (18.3)***
Marital status
 Unmarried 8,363 (19.4) 3,935 (18.3) 4,428 (20.6)** 3,624 (16.8) 4,739 (22.0)***
 Married/living together 31,888 (74.1) 16,260 (75.6) 15,628 (72.6)*** 16,504 (76.7) 15,384 (71.5)***
 Not living together 2,780 (6.5) 1,325 (6.2) 1,455 (6.8)* 1,394 (6.5) 1,386 (6.4)
Religion
 Roman Catholic 8,369 (19.4) 4,452 (20.7) 3,917 (18.2)** 4,149 (19.3) 4,220 (19.6)
 Protestant/other Christian 27,131 (63.0) 13,961 (64.9) 13,170 (61.2)*** 14,578 (67.7) 12,553 (58.4)***
 Muslim 1,793 (4.2) 947 (4.4) 846 (3.9) 818 (3.8) 975 (4.5)
 None/other 5,739 (13.3) 2,160 (10.0) 3,579 (16.6)*** 1,978 (9.2) 3,762 (17.5)***
Sexual behavior variables
# extramarital sex partners past year
 0 30,684 (71.3) 15,661 (72.8) 15,023 (69.8)** 15,979 (74.2) 14,705 (68.4)***
 1 10,463 (24.3) 5,007 (23.3) 5,456 (25.4)** 4,722 (21.9) 5,741 (26.7)***
 2 1,531 (3.6) 669 (3.1) 862 (4.0)*** 645 (3.0) 886 (4.1)***
 3+ 354 (0.8) 183 (0.9) 171 (0.8) 177 (0.8) 177 (0.8)
# lifetime sex partners
 1 13,653 (31.7) 6,809 (31.6) 6,844 (31.8) 6,918 (32.1) 6,735 (31.3)
 2 9,946 (23.1) 4,960 (23.0) 4,986 (23.2) 4,888 (22.7) 5,058 (23.5)
 3 - 5 12,339 (28.7) 6,083 (28.3) 6,256 (29.1) 6,018 (28.0) 6,321 (29.4)*
 6 - 10 3,864 (9.0) 2,027 (9.4) 1,837 (8.5)* 2,028 (9.4) 1,836 (8.5)*
 11+ 3,229 (7.5) 1,641 (7.6) 1,588 (7.4) 1,670 (7.8) 1,559 (7.2)
Condom use last sex 9,697 (22.5) 4,477 (20.8) 5,220 (24.3)*** 4,315 (20.0) 5,382 (25.0)***
STD past year 1,624 (3.8) 738 (3.4) 887 (4.1)** 717 (3.3) 907 (4.2)***
*

p < 0.05

**

p < 0.01

***

p < 0.001

a

estimated population size adjusted for survey sampling frame