Table 1.
Characteristics of women attending antenatal care at baseline and characteristics of male partners at month 3 in Central Kenya
| Characteristic | Women(n = 1410), n (%) | Male partners(n = 1130), n (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years), mean ± SD* | 26.4 ± 5.4 | 31.4 ± 5.6 | ||
| Missing | 0 | 18 | ||
| Age categories* | ||||
| 18-22 (women), 18-28 (men) | 382 (27.1) | 349 (31.4) | ||
| 23-26 (women), 29-31 (men) | 409 (29.1) | 278 (25.0) | ||
| 27-30 (women), 32-35 (men) | 320 (22.7) | 260 (23.4) | ||
| 31-15 (women), 36-64 (men) | 299 (21.2) | 225 (20.2) | ||
| Age discrepancy between partners | ||||
| Same age or woman is older | 170 (15.3) | – | ||
| Man is 1 -5 years older | 448 (40.3) | – | ||
| Man is 6-10 years older | 336 (30.2) | – | ||
| Man is 11+ years older | 158 (14.2) | – | ||
| Missing | 298 | |||
| Level of education* | ||||
| Primary or lower | 791 (56.1) | 449 (39.9) | ||
| Secondary or higher | 619 (43.9) | 677 (60.1) | ||
| Missing | 4 | |||
| Religion* | ||||
| Catholic | 293 (20.78) | 334 (29.6) | ||
| Protestant/other Christian | 1096 (77.7) | 757 (67.0) | ||
| Other | 21 (1.5) | 38 (3.4) | ||
| Missing | 1 | |||
| Employment status* | ||||
| Employed for wages | 227 (16.1) | 495 (43.8) | ||
| Self-employed | 719 (51.0) | 551 (48.8) | ||
| Not employed | 464 (32.9) | 83 (7.4) | ||
| Missing | 1 | |||
| Marital status | ||||
| Currently married | 1227 (87.0) | 1002 (88.8) | ||
| Not married | 183 (12.98) | 126 (11.2) | ||
| Missing | 0 | 2 | ||
| Proportion of expenses met by woman's earnings | ||||
| None | 575 (40.8) | – | ||
| Less than a third | 334 (23.7) | – | ||
| A third to a half | 359 (25.5) | – | ||
| More than a half | 141 (10.0) | – | ||
| Missing | 1 | |||
| Wealth status | – | |||
| Lowest | 300 (24.7) | – | ||
| Second lowest | 306 (25.2) | – | ||
| Second highest | 304 (25.0) | – | ||
| Highest | 305 (25.1) | – | ||
| Missing | 195 | |||
| HIV status | ||||
| Positive | 9 (0.68) | 6 (0.6) | ||
| Negative | 1277 (96.2) | 966 (98.5) | ||
| Indeterminate | 14(1.1) | – | ||
| I did not receive result | 28 (2.1) | – | ||
| Do not remember/do not wish to say | – | 9 (0.9) | ||
| Missing | 82 | 149 | ||
| Intervention arm | ||||
| Standard of care | 471 (33.4) | 374 (33.1) | ||
| Improved invitation letter | 467 (33.1) | 361 (31.9) | ||
| HIV self-testing kits | 472 (33.5) | 395 (35.0) | ||
| Health facility | ||||
| Embu PGH | 168 (11.9) | 82 (7.3) | ||
| Githunguri Health Center | 108 (7.7) | 96 (8.5) | ||
| Kangeta Health Center | 84 (6.0) | 82 (7.3) | ||
| Kanyakini District Hospital | 51 (3.6) | 50 (4.4) | ||
| Kihara Sub-District Hospital | 126 (8.9) | 106 (9.4) | ||
| Kiritiri Health Center | 63 (4.5) | 58 (5.1) | ||
| Lari Health Center | 91 (6.5) | 71 (6.3) | ||
| Maragua District Hospital | 96 (6.8) | 89 (7.9) | ||
| Mbeere District Hospital | 84 (6.0) | 65 (5.8) | ||
| Meru Level 5 Hospital | 207 (14.7) | 188 (16.6) | ||
| Muthale Mission Hospital | 70 (5.0) | 62 (5.5) | ||
| Nyambene District Hospital | 121 (8.6) | 110 (9.7) | ||
| Tigoni District Hospital | 75 (5.3) | 25 (2.2) | ||
| Uthiru Health Center | 66 (4.7) | 46 (4.1) |
SD, standard deviation
Columns may not total to 100 due to missing values
*
p value for comparisons between female and male partners is < 0.05