Table 2.

Background characteristics, autonomy in household decision-making, and safer sex negotiation among women in SSA

Variable	Weighted N	Weighted %	Can refuse sex		Can ask for condom use		SSN
			Yesa	p-value	Yesa	p-value	Yesa	p-value
Autonomy in household decision-making				<0.001		<0.001		<0.001
Low	88,286	66.1	64.5		58.9		74.3
Medium	38,795	29.0	71.9		67.3		82.4
High	6597	4.9	74.0		70.2		83.4
Maternal age				<0.001		<0.001		<0.001
15–19	7855	5.9	61.8		58.3		72.1
20–24	23,904	17.9	67.7		64.4		78.4
25–29	30,009	22.5	68.2		64.2		78.6
30–34	25,999	19.4	68.1		63.3		78.3
35–39	21,312	15.9	67.4		61.1		76.8
40–44	14,405	10.8	66.0		58.9		75.5
45–49	10,194	7.6	64.8		54.3		73.2
Partner's age				<0.001		<0.001		<0.001
15–19	520	0.4	65.1		64.1		75.7
20–24	7521	5.6	70.3		68.9		81.1
25–29	19,078	14.3	70.2		67.5		80.9
30–34	24,768	18.5	69.3		66.6		80.3
35–39	23,878	17.9	68.4		64.2		78.6
40–44	20,215	15.1	67.4		61.7		77.4
45+	37,698	28.2	62.5		53.1		71.2
Marital status				<0.001		<0.001		<0.001
Married	107,212	80.2	64.3		58.8		74.5
Cohabiting	26,466	19.8	78.6		74.2		87.7
Maternal educational level				<0.001		<0.001		<0.001
No education	43,888	32.8	53.8		41.0		61.8
Primary	47,068	35.2	70.1		67.9		81.5
Secondary or higher	42,722	32.0	77.5		76.7		87.9
Partner's educational level				<0.001		<0.001		<0.001
No education	37,744	28.2	52.1		40.3		60.4
Primary	40,664	30.4	69.8		67.0		80.8
Secondary or higher	55,270	41.4	75.3		72.8		85.8
Wealth status				<0.001		<0.001		<0.001
Poorest	23,093	17.3	62.7		52.2		71.7
Poorer	25,786	19.3	64.4		56.5		73.5
Middle	26,392	19.7	65.2		59.9		75.1
Richer	27,992	20.9	67.3		64.4		78.5
Richest	30,415	22.8	74.1		73.2		84.8
Employment status				<0.001		<0.001		<0.001
Not working	34,679	25.9	61.8		57.6		71.4
Working	98,999	74.1	69		63.4		79.1
Religion				<0.001		<0.001		<0.001
Christianity	89,205	66.7	73.8		70.6		84.3
Islam	39,663	29.7	52.1		43.6		61.2
Traditionalist	1995	1.5	62.8		36.5		68.9
No religion	2024	1.5	65.2		54.9		74.5
Other religion	791	0.6	77.9		75.4		85.6
Comprehensive HIV/AIDS knowledge				<0.001		<0.001		<0.001
No	73,886	55.3	62.2		55.2		72.3
Yes	59,792	44.7	73.1		70.2		83.1
HIV testing				<0.001		<0.001		<0.001
No	40,258	30.1	54.9		41.7		63.2
Yes	93,420	69.9	72.4		70.6		83.1
Reads newspaper/magazine				<0.001		<0.001		<0.001
No	107,954	80.8	64.5		57.5		74.1
Yes	25,724	19.2	78.2		80.1		89.5
Listens to radio				<0.001		<0.001		<0.001
No	49,664	37.2	63.3		55.5		72.8
Yes	84,014	62.8	69.4		65.7		79.6
Watches television				<0.001		<0.001		<0.001
No	78,821	59.0	65.4		57.4		74.7
Yes	54,857	41.0	69.6		68.3		80.5
Place of residence				<0.001		<0.001		<0.001
Urban	47,509	35.5	72.8		69.6		83.1
Rural	86,169	64.5	64.0		57.6		73.8

Note.

^a= Reported row percentages.