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. 2021 Sep 23;24:100850. doi: 10.1016/j.conctc.2021.100850

Table 5.

Baseline sociodemographic and reproductive health characteristics by study arm.

Total (N = 1686)
Intervention Arm (N = 813)
Comparison Arm (N = 873)
p-valuea

95% CI

Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD cOR LL UL p-value
Man age (mean, years)b 31.9 7.8 32.1 7.8 31.7 7.8 0.39 1.01 0.99 1.02 0.39
Woman age (mean, years)b 26.2 6.7 26.4 6.8 26.0 6.5 0.21 1.01 0.99 1.02 0.21
N % N % N %
Man's Income
 Yes 1662 99% 793 98% 869 100% 0.001
 No 24 1% 20 2% 4 0%
Man's income (IQR, ZMW)c 800 800 700 800 900 1000 0.0001 0.99 0.98 0.99 0.002
Woman's Income
 Yes 1132 67% 492 61% 640 73% <0.0001 Ref
 No 553 33% 320 39% 233 27% 1.79 1.45 2.19 <0.0001
Woman's income (IQR, ZMW)c 250 650 200 500 350 900 <0.0001 0.95 0.94 0.97 <0.0001
City of Residence
 Lusaka 334 20% 174 21% 160 18% 0.11 1.21 0.95 1.54 0.11
 Ndola 1352 80% 639 79% 713 82% Ref
Man vernacular literacy (Bemba or Nyanja)
 Easily 1255 74% 556 68% 699 80% <0.0001 Ref
 With Difficulty/Not at all 431 26% 257 32% 174 20% 1.86 1.49 2.32 <0.0001
Woman vernacular literacy (Bemba or Nyanja)
 Easily 927 55% 358 44% 569 65% <0.0001 Ref
 With Difficulty/Not at all 758 45% 454 56% 304 35% 2.37 1.95 2.89 <0.0001
Man reads or understands English
 Easily 1070 63% 470 58% 600 69% <0.0001 Ref
 With Difficulty/Not at all 616 37% 343 42% 273 31% 1.60 1.31 1.96 <0.0001
Woman reads or understands English
 Easily 716 42% 275 34% 441 51% <0.0001 Ref
 With Difficulty/Not at all 969 58% 537 66% 432 49% 1.99 1.64 2.43 <0.0001
Couple: Years Cohabitingb 5.9 5.8 6.2 5.8 5.5 5.8 0.01 1.02 1.00 1.04 0.01
Couple: Number of people in householdd 4.6 2.1 4.8 2.1 4.4 2.2 0.001 1.08 1.03 1.13 0.002
Couple: Number of children <16 years old in householdd 2.1 1.7 2.3 1.6 1.9 1.6 <0.0001 1.15 1.09 1.23 <0.0001
Self-Reported Pregnancy
 Yes 450 27% 143 18% 307 35% <0.0001 Ref
 No 1236 73% 670 82% 566 65% 2.54 2.02 3.19 <0.0001
If not pregnant, current contraceptive method
 IUD 12 1% 4 1% 8 1% 0.062
 Implant 198 16% 97 14% 101 18%
 Injectable 283 23% 159 24% 124 22%
 Pills 134 11% 64 10% 70 12%
 Tubal Ligation 1 0% 0 0% 1 0%
 None/Condom/Other 608 49% 346 52% 262 46%

Ref indicates reference group.

a

*Two-tailed t-test for continuous variables, chi-square test for categorical variables with cell counts >=5, Fisher's exact test for categorical variables with cell counts < 5.

b

Per one year increase.

c

Per 1 person or 1 child increase.

d

Per one child increase.