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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2018 May 18;209:95–103. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.05.024

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of sample of couples included in Western Cape Couples Health CoOp Study by time and study arm, Cape Town, South Africa, 2010–2012

Characteristic Baseline Full Couples Sample (n=299) Follow-up Couples Sample (n=267) Follow-up Sample
Comparison (n=84) WHC/MHC (n=85) CHC (n=98)
Baseline mean age (Women) 24.21 24.39 25.12 24.78 23.43
Baseline mean age (Men) 26.14 26.15 26.46 27.06 25.08†
Couple age
 Man 5+ years older than woman 24.41 23.22 21.43 28.24 20.41
 Man within 4 years of woman (+/− 4 years) 68.56 68.91 69.05 64.71 72.45
 Man 5+ years less than woman 7.02 7.87 9.52 7.06 7.14
Couple education
 Both no high school 8.03 7.87 11.90 9.41 3.06
 Both some high school 23.08 24.34 14.29 25.88 31.63
 Man less education than woman 32.78 32.96 36.90 31.76 30.61
 Man more education than woman 27.76 27.72 28.57 23.53 30.61
 Both more than high school 8.36 7.12 8.33+ 9.41 4.08
Relationship to main partner (as reported by woman)
 Not living together 72.74 70.04 70.24 70.59 69.39
 Married/cohabiting 27.26 29.96 29.76 29.41 30.61
% with running water (reported by woman) 45.15 47.19 47.62 52.94 41.84

Note: Women in the comparison and WHC/MHC arms had the Women’s Health CoOp (WHC); Men’s Health CoOp (MHC); Couples Health CoOp (CHC). Significance testing controls for clustering using svy commands in Stata.

†

Indicates significant difference between WHC/MHC and CHC groups (p ≤ 0.05).

+

Indicates significant difference between Comparison and CHC groups (p ≤ 0.05).