Table 1

Descriptive statistics (unweighted samples)


Women
Men
P

Age



     15–19
15.4%
15.4%
0.000
     20–24
23.1%
16.6%

     25–29
19.7%
18.0%

     30–34
14.2%
14.2%

     35–39
11.5%
12.6%

     40–44
8.9%
8.8%

     45–49
7.2%
5.8%

     50–54

4.9%

     55–59

3.8%





De facto place of residence



     Lusaka
9.4%
8.9%
0.333
     Other Urban
22.7%
24.2%

     Rural
67.9%
67.0%





Religion



     Catholic
22.4%
23.9%
0.000
     Protestant
75.3%
72.0%

     Other
2.4%
4.1%





Highest educational level



     No education
14.0%
5.4%
0.000
     Primary
60.1%
52.7%

     Secondary and Higher
25.9%
41.8%





Perceived risk of HIV/AIDS



     No risk at all
28.8%
37.2%
0.000
     Small
17.1%
19.4%

     Moderate
26.9%
17.7%

     Great or Has AIDS
27.2%
25.8%





Number of partners in the past 12 months (including husband)
0.87
1.24
0.000




Owns Radio



     No
57.1%
50.4%
0.000
     Yes
42.9%
49.6%





Owns TV



     No
81.9%
78.1%
0.000
     Yes
18.1%
21.9%





Desires child within 2 years



     No
82.2%
69.9%
0.000
     Yes
17.8%
30.1%





Last partner was casual partner



     No
98.9%
89.1%
0.000
     Yes
1.1%
10.9%




N of Cases
6,782
1,928


Van Rossem and Meekers BMC Public Health 2007 7:352   doi:10.1186/1471-2458-7-352