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Table 3 Couples’ HCT uptake among married or cohabiting individuals by the exposure of interest and background characteristics

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 arm

Intervention arm

P-value*

N = 394

n (%)

N = 513

n (%)

Study region

 Buyamba

113

16 (14.2)

217

38 (17.5)

0.43

 Katana

188

20 (10.6)

144

17 (11.8)

0.74

 Kasensero

93

18 (19.3)

152

49 (32.2)

0.03

Sex

 Female

206

27 (13.1)

266

47 (17.7)

0.18

 Male

188

27 (14.4)

247

57 (23.1)

0.02

Age-group

 19–29

105

18 (17.1)

138

34 (24.6)

0.16

 30–39

193

22 (11.4)

233

52 (22.3)

0.003

 40+

96

14 (14.6)

142

18 (12.7)

0.67

Education

 None

24

03 (12.5)

30

09 (30.0)

0.12

 Primary

294

43 (14.6)

345

65 (18.8)

0.16

 Post-primary

76

08 (10.5)

138

30 (21.7)

0.04

Marital duration

 ≤2 years

18

04 (22.2)

37

09 (24.3)

0.86

 3–4 years

29

03 (10.3)

63

21 (33.3)

0.02

 5+ years

347

47 (13.5)

413

74 (17.9)

0.10

Prior mutual HIV status disclosure at baseline

 Neither partner disclosed

164

14 (8.5)

180

27 (15.0)

0.06

 Only one partner disclosed

81

12 (14.8)

142

22 (15.5)

0.89

 Both partners disclosed

149

28 (18.8)

191

55 (28.8)

0.03

No. of sexual partners in past 12 months

 1

309

46 (14.9)

396

85 (21.5)

0.03

 2+

85

08 (9.4)

117

19 (16.2)

0.16

Condom use in past 12 months

 No

314

40 (12.7)

383

73 (19.1)

0.02

 Yes

80

14 (17.5)

130

31 (23.8)

0.28

Current non-marital sex

 No

321

46 (14.3)

428

92 (21.5)

0.01

 Yes

73

08 (11.0)

85

12 (14.1)

0.55

Marital order

 First

276

36 (13.0)

333

70 (21.0)

0.01

 Second

95

15 (15.8)

151

29 (19.2)

0.50

 Third or higher

23

03 (13.0)

29

05 (17.2)

0.68

  1. *P-value based on two-sample test of proportions; p-values that are less than 0.05 are shown in bold type