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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 13.
Published in final edited form as: Stat Methods Med Res. 2016 Jul 20;27(1):208–220. doi: 10.1177/0962280215626608

Table 2.

Weighted distribution of census enumeration area level sample characteristics for Ethiopia (ET), Kenya (KE) and Rwanda (RW) from DHS 2008–2011.

Characteristic All countries (%) Country
2 sided
p value
ET (%) KE (%) RW (%)
HIV prevalence  2.6  1.5  6.3  3.0 <0.001
Gender
 Male 45.8 46.1 45.7 45.1 0.179
Residence
 Rural 78.6 76.8 75.3 84.2 <0.001
Use of media
 At least 1 h/day 75.3 93.0 95.6  0.3 <0.001
STI burden
 Have STI burden  3.9  2.8  3.8  6.3 <0.001
HIV knowledge <0.001
 <20%  3.7  5.8  1.9  3.4 <0.001
 20%–<40%  7.7  7.2 21.9  1.1 <0.001
 40%–<60% 21.0 15.4 72.7  5.5 <0.001
 >=60% 67.6 71.6  3.4 93.1 <0.001
Number of partners <0.001
 0 38.3 37.7 29.1 44.3 <0.001
 1 59.4 60.4 65.9 53.6 <0.001
 >=2  2.4  1.9  5.0  2.1 <0.001
Marital status
 Single 37.7 34.4 38.8 44.5 <0.001
 Married 55.3 58.6 53.6 48.8 <0.001
 Divorced  7.0  7.0  7.6  6.7 0.064
HIV acceptance <0.001
 No positive response (no acceptance)  5.3  7.9  2.7  1.1 <0.001
 Positive response to 1 question 12.9 18.2  7.7  4.1 <0.001
 Positive response to 2 questions 23.3 30.0 19.2 11.1 <0.001
 Positive response to 3 questions 44.3 34.1 51.6 62.7 <0.001
 Positive response to 4 questions 14.1  9.8 18.9 21.0 <0.001
Age group <0.001
 15–19 23.6 23.9 22.6 23.7 0.097
 20–24 18.8 18.0 19.6 20.1 <0.001
 25–29 18.1 18.5 16.3 18.3 <0.001
 30–34 12.5 12.1 14.2 12.6 <0.001
 35–39 11.2 12.3  9.7  9.6 <0.001
 40–44  8.3  8.1  9.5  8.3 0.001
 45–49  7.4  7.2  8.1  7.5 0.047
Education level <0.001
 No education 28.4 41.0  6.2 13.0 <0.001
 Primary 53.0 45.2 54.8 68.7 <0.001
 Secondary 13.7  8.3 30.5 16.5 <0.001
 More than secondary  4.9  5.5  8.5  1.7 <0.001