Table 2.

Primary and secondary outcomes for the trial

	Typical item	Response categories	Number of items	Women’s cronbach alpha	Men’s cronbach alpha	Method of scaling	Hypothesised direction
Primary outcomes
Physical IPV at 24 months	In the last 12 months how many times did you push or shove your current or previous girlfriend or wife?	Never, once, few many	5			Binary - never compared to once or more	Decrease
Sexual IPV at 24 months	In the last 12 months, how many times have you ever forced your current or previous girlfriend or wife to do something sexual that she did not want to do?	Never, once, few many	3			Binary - never compared to once or more	Decrease
Severe IPV at 24 months	As above	Never, once, few many	8			Binary: never or once, compared to more than once	Decrease
Controlling Behaviours at 24 months	I want to know where my partner is all of the time.	Four point Likert: Strongly disagree, disagree, agree, strongly agree	8	0.75	0.68	Mean	Decrease
Earnings in the past month at 24 months	Considering all the money you earned from jobs or selling things, how much did you earn in the last 4 weeks (not including grants)?	Number	1			Mean	Increase
Secondary outcomes
Gender attitudes at 24 months	I think that a woman needs her husband’s permission to do paid work	Four point Likert: Strongly disagree, disagree, agree, strongly agree	20	0.86	0.86	Mean	Decrease
Depressive symptomology (CESD) at 24 months	During the past week I thought my life had been a failure	Rarely or none of the time; some or a little of the time; moderate amount of time; most or all of the time	20	0.88	0.87	Mean	Decrease
Suicidal Ideation at 24 months	In the past four weeks, has the thought of ending your life been in your mind?	Binary: Yes/No	1			Binary	Decrease
Life circumstances at 24 months	The conditions of my life are excellent	Five point Likert: Strongly disagree, disagree, neither disagree or agree, agree, strongly agree	4	0.67	0.68	Mean	Increase
Problem alcohol use – AUDIT at 24 months	How often in the past year have you had a feeling of guilt or remorse after drinking?	Variety	10	0.81	0.79	Binary: score of 7/8 cut	Decrease
Quarrelling about alcohol at 24 months	In the past 12 months have you quarreled with any of your female sexual partners about your drinking?	Binary: Yes/No	1			Binary	Decrease
Last sexual partner at 24 months	The last time you had sex was it with a main partner, another partner (khwapeni) or one off partner or ex-partner?	Main partner, casual partner, once-off, ex-partner	1			Binary - main partner versus others	Increase
Transactional sex at 24 months	In the past 12 months, please think about any woman you had sex with just once or any casual partner or khwapheni. Do you think any of them may have become involved with you because they expected you to give or you gave cash or money to be looked after?	Binary: Yes/No	5			Binary: never, compared to once ore more	Decrease
Work shame at 24 months	I am ashamed to see my girlfriend because I don’t have money	Four point Likert: Strongly disagree, disagree, agree, strongly agree	4	0.60	0.57	Mean	Decrease
Work stress at 24 months	I am frequently stressed or depressed because of not having enough work	Four point Likert: Strongly disagree, disagree, agree, strongly agree	4	0.75	0.78	Mean	Decrease
Stealing because of hunger at 24 months	How often in the past 4 weeks have you taken something that was not yours because you did not have enough food or money?	Never, once, two or three times, more often	1			Binary: never stolen versus once or more	Decrease
Mobilisation of cash in emergency at 24 months	If you had an emergency at home and needed R200, how easy would you say it would be to find the money?	Very difficult, somewhat difficult, fairly easy, easy	1			Binary - very difficult and somewhat difficult compared to others	Increase