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Table 4 Behaviours (% respondents responding "yes" to the statement)

From: Evaluation of Stepping Stones as a tool for changing knowledge, attitudes and behaviours associated with gender, relationships and HIV risk in Karnataka, India

 

SS trainees

N = 414

SS villages

General population

N = 1196

Non-SS villages

General population

N = 1297

Openness to new ideas

Have you discussed sex with spouse in last 6 months

46.1

32.9 (0.00)**

35.6 (0.16)

Do you discuss finances with your spouse?

60.1

45.0 (0.00)**

44.1 (0.65)

Have you been to a meeting about HIV in last 6 months?

61.1

40.6 (0.00)**

40.7 (0.96)

Do you know any people with HIV/AIDS?

51.0

35.7 (0.00)**

36.0 (0.88)

Of those who know a PLHIV, have you ever helped a PLHIV?

60.8

58.1 (0.34)

45.0 (0.00)**

Would you be willing to be tested for HIV?

57.4

46.7 (0.00)**

44.1 (0.19)

Have you been tested for HIV?

24.0

16.9 (0.00)**

16.4 (0.74)

Alcohol and forced sex

Do you use alcohol? (Men only)

38.3

42.8 (0.11)

48.9 (0.00)**

Does your husband consume alcohol (Married women only)?

28.6

30.7 (0.42)

36.5 (0.00)**

Have you forced any woman to have sex in last 6 months? (Men only)

9.0

5.0 (0.00)**

7.2 (0.02)*

Risky behaviours

Have you had more than 1 partner in last 6 months?

8.1

9.8 (0.31)

14.9 (0.00)**

Was a condom used every time had ex-marital sex? (Married people only)

66.6

34.3 (0.00)**

45.7 (0.00)**

If more than 1 partner, was a condom used every time? (Unmarried people only)

83.6

51.7 (0.00)**

55.4 (0.06)

Have you been to a sex worker in the last 6 months? (Men only)

4.9

6.0 (0.41)

10.8 (0.00)**

On the last time you had sex with a sex worker, was a condom used? (Men only)

59.1

43.2 (0.00)**

48.7 (0.00)**

Did you have anal sex with a man in last 6 months? (Men only)

5.8

2.2 (0.00)**

3.1 (0.16)

Did you use a condom the last time you had anal sex with a man? (Men only)

44.0

29.0 (0.00)**

35.4 (0.00)**

  1. p < 0.05*
  2. p < 0.01**