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