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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of married or cohabiting individuals with no prior couples’ HCT experience, stratified by the exposure of interest

From: Evaluation of a demand-creation intervention for couples’ HIV testing services among married or cohabiting individuals in Rakai, Uganda: a cluster-randomized intervention trial

Characteristic

Comparison (n = 477)

Intervention (n = 697)

Total (n = 1174)

P-value

Study region

   

<0.0001

 Buyamba

129 (48.9)

266 (38.2)

395 (33.6)

 

 Katana

233 (27.0)

179 (25.7)

412 (35.1)

 Kasensero

115 (24.1)

252 (36.1)

367 (31.3)

Sex

   

0.59

 Female

249 (52.2)

375 (53.8)

624 (53.1)

 

 Male

228 (47.8)

322 (46.2)

550 (46.9)

Age-group

   

0.22

 15–24

64 (13.4)

118 (16.9)

182 (15.5)

 

 25–34

220 (46.1)

319 (45.8)

539 (45.9)

 35+

193 (40.5)

260 (37.3)

453 (38.6)

Marital duration

   

<0.0001

 1–2 years

22 (4.6)

56 (8.0)

78 (6.6)

 

 3–4 years

35 (7.3)

89 (12.8)

124 (10.6)

 5+ years

420 (88.1)

552 (79.2)

972 (82.8)

Marital order

   

0.01

 1st

343 (71.9)

442 (63.4)

785 (66.9)

 

 2nd

105 (22.0)

200 (28.7)

305 (26.0)

 3rd or higher

29 (6.1)

55 (7.9)

84 (7.1)

Education

   

0.02

 None

26 (5.4)

41 (5.9)

67 (5.7)

 

 Primary

348 (73.0)

456 (65.4)

804 (68.5)

 Post-primary

103 (21.6)

200 (28.7)

303 (25.8)

Number of sex partners (past 12 months)

   

0.25

 1

382 (80.1)

533 (76.5)

915 (77.9)

 

 2+

95 (19.9)

164 (23.5)

259 (22.1)

Condom use (ever)

   

0.07

 No

195 (40.9)

249 (35.7)

444 (37.8)

 

 Yes

282 (59.1)

448 (64.3)

730 (62.2)

Current non-marital sex

   

0.02

 No

426 (89.3)

589 (84.5)

1015 (86.5)

 

 Yes

51 (10.7)

108 (15.5)

159 (13.5)

HIV status at baseline

   

<0.0001

 HIV negative

405 (84.9)

527 (75.6)

932 (79.4)

 

 HIV positive

10 (2.1)

86 (12.3)

96 (8.2)

 HIV results not available

62 (13.0)

84 (12.1)

146 (12.4)

HIV status disclosure (ever)

   

0.65

 Neither disclosed

227 (47.6)

336 (48.2)

563 (48.0)

 

 Only one disclosed

197 (41.3)

295 (42.3)

492 (41.9)

 Both ever disclosed to each other

53 (11.1)

66 (9.5)

119 (10.1)

Time since last tested for HIV

   

0.02

 Less than 1 year

276 (57.9)

455 (65.3)

731 (62.3)

 

 1 year

60 (12.6)

82 (11.7)

142 (12.1)

 2+ years

141 (29.5)

160 (23.0)

301 (25.6)