Table 2.

Sociodemographic characteristics of pregnant/postpartum women and male partners in Malawi and Zambia (N = 108)a

	HIV‐positive women (N = 41)	Male partners of HIV‐positive womenb (N = 14)	HIV‐negative women (N = 39)	Male partners of HIV‐negative women (N = 14)
	N (%) or mean
Age in years (mean)	29	37	26	31
Highest education level completed
None	16 (39)	4 (31)	9 (23)	0 (0)
Primary school	17 (41)	5 (38)	13 (33)	6 (43)
Secondary school	6 (15)	2 (15)	8 (21)	2 (14)
Tertiary education	2 (5)	2 (15)	9 (23)	6 (43)
Marital status
Married	40 (98)	13 (100)	36 (92)	14 (100)
Single	0 (0)	0 (0)	3 (8)	0 (0)
Separated/divorced	1 (2)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Employment status
Employed (full‐ or part‐time)	20 (49)	12 (92)	15 (38)	13 (93)
Homemaker	16 (39)	0 (0)	18 (46)	0 (0)
Student	0 (0)	0 (0)	2 (5)	0 (0)
Unemployed/other	5 (12)	1 (8)	4 (10)	1 (7)
Male partner's HIV testing history
Has ever tested	34 (83)	14 (100)	37 (95)	14 (100)
Never tested	3 (7)	0 (0)	2 (5)	0 (0)
Don't know	4 (10)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)
HIV status
Negative	0 (0)	2 (15)	39 (100)	13 (93)
Positive	41 (100)	9 (69)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Unknown	0 (0)	2 (15)	0 (0)	1 (7)

^aPercentages may not sum to 100 due to rounding; ^bMissing data (except for male partner's HIV testing history): Male partners of HIV‐positive women: N = 1.