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.