Table 1 Demographic characteristics of antenatal women and couples in Kigali, Rwanda and Lusaka, Zambia (n = 3625)
| Â | Kigali | Lusaka | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Individuals n = 984 mean (SD) | Couples n = 956 mean (SD) | Total n = 1940 mean (SD) | Individuals n = 1022 mean (SD) | Couples n = 663 mean (SD) | Total n = 1685 mean (SD) |
Age | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Man |  | 32.0 (7.8) | 32.0 (7.8) |  | 30.5 (6.8) | 30.5 (6.8) |
   Woman | 25.8 (5.6) | 26.1 (5.4) | 25.9 (5.5) | 24.3 (5.7) | 24.1 (5.4) | 24.3 (5.6) |
Years cohabiting* | 4.9 (4.8) | 4.5 (4.5) | 4.7 (4.7) | 6.0 (5.4) | 5.2 (4.8) | 5.7 (5.1) |
Years living in | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Kigali/Lusaka | 4.2 (4.7) | 3.8 (4.1) | 3.9 (4.4) | 5.2 (5.2) | 4.2 (4.1) | 4.8 (4.8) |
Prior pregnancies | 1.9 (1.9) | 2.0 (1.9) | 2.0 (1.9) | 2.0 (1.9) | 2.0 (1.8) | 2.0 (1.9) |
| Â | % | % | % | % | % | % |
Marital status | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Legal | 25 | 33 | 29 | 9 | 14 | 11 |
   Traditional | 2 | 5 | 3 | 61 | 64 | 62 |
   Common law | 53 | 62 | 58 | 21 | 22 | 22 |
   Single/widow | 20 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 5 |
Children in the home | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Couple's |  |  |  |  |  |  |
None | 48 | 42 | 45 | 44 | 39 | 42 |
≥1 child | 52 | 58 | 55 | 56 | 61 | 58 |
   Man's |  |  |  |  |  |  |
None | 92 | 93 | 93 | 87 | 90 | 88 |
≥1 child | 8 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 12 |
   Woman's |  |  |  |  |  |  |
None | 86 | 93 | 89 | 89 | 88 | 89 |
≥1 child | 14 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 |
   Orphan/other |  |  |  |  |  |  |
None | 81 | 78 | 80 | 76 | 80 | 78 |
≥1 child | 19 | 22 | 20 | 24 | 20 | 22 |
Difficult previous pregnancy | 20 | 22 | 21 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Previous HIV test | 21 | 30 | 26 | 3 | 8 | 5 |