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. 2021 Dec 14;26(3):996–1005. doi: 10.1007/s10461-021-03454-y

Table 1.

Demographic and baseline characteristics of women (N = 65) and men (N = 63)

Variable Women
N = 65
Men
N = 63
Location (site)
 Blantyre 15 16
 Kampala 18 19
 Johannesburg 15 12
 Chitungwiza 17 16
Median age (range) 26 (19–40) 30 (19–54)
Secondary education completed 33 (51%) 35 (56%)
Married or living with partner 50 (77%) 51 (81%)
Currently pregnant/partner currently pregnant 32 (50%) 20 (32%)
Vaginal sex with primary partner in last 3 months 55 (87%) 53 (88%)
Awareness of male condoms 65 (100%) 63 (100%)
Ever use male condoms 51 (79%) 60 (95%)
Primary partner at time of FGD
 Yes 63 (97%) 60 (95%)
 No 2 (3%) 3 (5%)
Median # years with current spouse/primary partner (range) 5 (1–21) 4 (0–29)
[Women] Mean number of pregnancies resulting in live birth (range) 2 (0–6) N/A
[Men] Mean number of children participant has fathered (range) N/A 2 (0–8)
[Women] Spouse/primary partner is father of baby
 Yes 60 (92%) N/A
 No 3 (5%) N/A
 No primary partner 2 (3%) N/A
[Women] Ever breastfed* 48 (74%) N/A
[Women] Where you received care during recent pregnancy
 Doctor 23 (35%) N/A
 Nurse 52 (80%) N/A
 Traditional birth attendant 2 (3%) N/A
 Other traditional healer 2 (3%) N/A
 Other 6 (9%) N/A
During pregnancy, who has more say when making decisions about having sex
 You 10 (15%) 13 (21%)
 Him/her 18 (28%) 10 (16%)
 Both equally 35 (54%) 40 (64%)
 Not applicable 2 (3%) 0
During breastfeeding, who has more say when making decisions about having sex
 You 4 (8%) 10 (16%)
 Him/her 10 (21%) 9 (14%)
 Both equally 32 (67%) 36 (57%)
 Not applicable 2 (4%) 8 (13%)

*Includes nulliparous women who were pregnant for the first time

N/A not asked