Agreement between 151 index patient’s perceptions of their partners, and 189 partners’ self reports
| Agreement (%) | kappa | |
|---|---|---|
| *White v African-American v other; †Always used v not always used; ‡<6 months v ⩾6 months; §Often v not often; ¶<1 month v ⩾1 month; **Very well/fairly well v somewhat/not at all; ††Very good v not very good; ‡‡Reported as concordance correlation (ρ) for continuous data. | ||
| Demographic characteristics and circumcision | ||
| Partner race/ethnicity* | 89.4 | 0.83 |
| Partner age | 94.7 | 0.88‡‡ |
| Partner is circumcised male | 81.3 | 0.37 |
| Partner risk behaviours/markers | ||
| Partner has used injection drugs | 93.1 | 0.59 |
| Partner has ever been incarcerated | 78.2 | 0.56 |
| Condom use within partnership† | 84.4 | 0.44 |
| Partner is bisexual male | 96.0 | 0.39 |
| Partner has had other partners in past 3 months | 65.3 | 0.29 |
| Partner has been a sex worker (female partner) | 85.7 | 0.27 |
| Partner’s total number of other partners in past 3 months | 50.0 | 0.23‡‡ |
| Partner has had sex with a sex worker (male partner) | 79.0 | 0.22 |
| Partnership characteristics | ||
| Duration of sexual partnership‡ | 88.9 | 0.78 |
| Frequency of communication with partner§ | 73.1 | 0.46 |
| Duration of presexual relationship¶ | 66.7 | 0.30 |
| How well known before having sex** | 66.0 | 0.26 |
| Quality of communication with partner†† | 62.2 | 0.20 |