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Table 2 Primary and secondary outcomes for the trial

From: The Stepping Stones and Creating Futures intervention to prevent intimate partner violence and HIV-risk behaviours in Durban, South Africa: study protocol for a cluster randomized control trial, and baseline characteristics

 

Typical item

Response categories

Number of items

Women’s cronbach alpha

Men’s cronbach alpha

Method of scaling

Hypothesised direction

Primary outcomes

 

Physical IPV at 24 months

In the last 12 months how many times did you push or shove your current or previous girlfriend or wife?

Never, once, few many

5

  

Binary - never compared to once or more

Decrease

Sexual IPV at 24 months

In the last 12 months, how many times have you ever forced your current or previous girlfriend or wife to do something sexual that she did not want to do?

Never, once, few many

3

  

Binary - never compared to once or more

Decrease

Severe IPV at 24 months

As above

Never, once, few many

8

  

Binary: never or once, compared to more than once

Decrease

Controlling Behaviours at 24 months

I want to know where my partner is all of the time.

Four point Likert: Strongly disagree, disagree, agree, strongly agree

8

0.75

0.68

Mean

Decrease

Earnings in the past month at 24 months

Considering all the money you earned from jobs or selling things, how much did you earn in the last 4 weeks (not including grants)?

Number

1

  

Mean

Increase

Secondary outcomes

 

Gender attitudes at 24 months

I think that a woman needs her husband’s permission to do paid work

Four point Likert: Strongly disagree, disagree, agree, strongly agree

20

0.86

0.86

Mean

Decrease

Depressive symptomology (CESD) at 24 months

During the past week I thought my life had been a failure

Rarely or none of the time; some or a little of the time; moderate amount of time; most or all of the time

20

0.88

0.87

Mean

Decrease

Suicidal Ideation at 24 months

In the past four weeks, has the thought of ending your life been in your mind?

Binary: Yes/No

1

  

Binary

Decrease

Life circumstances at 24 months

The conditions of my life are excellent

Five point Likert: Strongly disagree, disagree, neither disagree or agree, agree, strongly agree

4

0.67

0.68

Mean

Increase

Problem alcohol use – AUDIT at 24 months

How often in the past year have you had a feeling of guilt or remorse after drinking?

Variety

10

0.81

0.79

Binary: score of 7/8 cut

Decrease

Quarrelling about alcohol at 24 months

In the past 12 months have you quarreled with any of your female sexual partners about your drinking?

Binary: Yes/No

1

  

Binary

Decrease

Last sexual partner at 24 months

The last time you had sex was it with a main partner, another partner (khwapeni) or one off partner or ex-partner?

Main partner, casual partner, once-off, ex-partner

1

  

Binary - main partner versus others

Increase

Transactional sex at 24 months

In the past 12 months, please think about any woman you had sex with just once or any casual partner or khwapheni. Do you think any of them may have become involved with you because they expected you to give or you gave cash or money to be looked after?

Binary: Yes/No

5

  

Binary: never, compared to once ore more

Decrease

Work shame at 24 months

I am ashamed to see my girlfriend because I don’t have money

Four point Likert: Strongly disagree, disagree, agree, strongly agree

4

0.60

0.57

Mean

Decrease

Work stress at 24 months

I am frequently stressed or depressed because of not having enough work

Four point Likert: Strongly disagree, disagree, agree, strongly agree

4

0.75

0.78

Mean

Decrease

Stealing because of hunger at 24 months

How often in the past 4 weeks have you taken something that was not yours because you did not have enough food or money?

Never, once, two or three times, more often

1

  

Binary: never stolen versus once or more

Decrease

Mobilisation of cash in emergency at 24 months

If you had an emergency at home and needed R200, how easy would you say it would be to find the money?

Very difficult, somewhat difficult, fairly easy, easy

1

  

Binary - very difficult and somewhat difficult compared to others

Increase