| Total number (%)(n = 926) | No (%) with HIV(n = 83) | p Value | |
| Background characteristics | |||
| Age (years) | |||
| ⩽30 | 241 (26.0) | 22 (9.1) | 0.749 |
| 31–40 | 339 (36.6) | 33 (9.7) | |
| >40 | 346 (37.4) | 28 (8.1) | |
| Region | |||
| North | 322 (34.8) | 20 (6.2) | 0.022 |
| Central | 289 (31.2) | 24 (8.3) | |
| South | 315 (34.0) | 39 (12.4) | |
| Sexual history | |||
| Sexual debut | |||
| Sexual debut by age 15 | 371 (40.1) | 41 (11.1) | 0.069 |
| Sexual debut after age 15 | 555 (59.9) | 42 (7.6) | |
| First sexual partner | |||
| Spouse | 621 (67.1) | 46 (7.4) | 0.018 |
| Other | 305 (32.9) | 37 (12.1) | |
| Total number of lifetime partners* | |||
| 1 | 458 (49.5) | 23 (5.0) | <0.001 |
| 2 | 286 (30.9) | 34 (11.9) | |
| ⩾3 | 181 (19.6) | 26 (14.4) | |
| Marital history | |||
| Marital status in 2004 | |||
| Married | 823 (88.9) | 67 (8.1) | 0.046 |
| Divorced/separated | 59 (6.3) | 9 (15.3) | |
| Widowed | 44 (4.8) | 7 (9.0) | |
| Ever married | 926 (100.0) | ||
| History of divorce | |||
| Ever divorced | 328 (35.4) | 43 (13.1) | 0.001 |
| Never divorced | 598 (64.6) | 40 (6.7) | |
| History of widowhood | |||
| Ever widowed† | 91 (9.8) | 21 (23.1) | <0.001 |
| Never widowed | 835 (90.2) | 62 (7.4) | |
| Characteristics and behaviours of sexual and marital partners | |||
| Age difference with first spouse‡ | |||
| >5 years | 285 (30.8) | 19 (6.7) | 0.202 |
| ⩽5 years | 518 (55.9) | 48 (9.3) | |
| Was part of at least one polygamous union | |||
| Yes | 458 (45.5) | 50 (10.9) | 0.037 |
| No | 468 (50.5) | 32 (7.0) | |
| Had EMSP during any marriage | |||
| Yes | 79 (8.5) | 9 (11.4) | 0.429 |
| No | 847 (91.5) | 74 (8.7) | |
| Knows at least one husband had EMSP§ | |||
| Yes | 387 (41.8) | 41 (10.7) | 0.218 |
| No | 539 (58.2) | 32 (8.0) |
EMSP, extramarital sexual partner(s).
*Includes both spousal and non-spousal partners.
†Includes women who were ever widowed and also ever divorced.
‡123 missing values.
§141 missing values.