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Table 1 Self-reported marital status and sexual behaviour, both at baseline (pre) and after 3 months (post)

From: Measuring sexual behaviour in Malawi: a triangulation of three data collection instruments

Variable

Sex

F (%)

M (%)

F (%)

M (%)

Baseline (t0)

After 3 months

ACASI

 Marital Status

  NEVER MARRIED

19 (12.9)

51 (36.7)

13 (9.5)

51 (38.1)

  MARRIED OR LIVING WITH PARTNER

103 (70.1)

70 (50.4)

96 (70.6)

65 (48.5)

  REMARRIED AFTER DIVORCE/DEATH

5 (3.4)

8 (5.8)

14 (10.3)

7 (5.2)

  DIVORCED/SEPARATED

16 (10.9)

9 (6.5)

10 (7.4)

10 (7.5)

  WIDOWED

4 (2.7)

1 (0.6)

3 (2.2)

1 (0.7)

 Condom Use Last Sex

  Yes

29 (19.7)

42 (30.9)

24 (17.6)

53 (39.6)

  No

118 (80.3)

94 (69.1)

112 (82.4)

81 (60.4)

 Life Time Sex Partners

  None

5 (3.4)

5 (3.6)

2 (1.5)

2 (1.5)

  1

41 (27.9)

21 (15.1)

45 (33.1)

19 (14.3)

  3–5

96 (65.3)

91 (65.5)

83 (61.0)

92 (69.2)

  6+

5 (3.4)

22 (15.8)

6 (4.4)

20 (4.4)

 3 Months Sex partners

  None

21 (14.3)

23 (16.5)

16 (16.5)

21 (15.7)

  1

121 (82.3)

98 (70.5)

116 (70.5)

96 (71.6)

  3–5

3 (2.0)

17 (12.3)

1 (12.3)

16 (11.9)

  6+

2 (1.4)

1 (0.7)

3 (0.7)

1 (0.8)

FTFI

 Marital Status

  NEVER MARRIED

17 (11.6)

50 (36.0)

13 (8.8)

51 (38.3)

  MARRIED OR LIVING WITH PARTNER

104 (70.7)

68 (49.0)

103 (70.1)

65 (48.9)

  REMARRIED AFTER DIVORCE/DEATH

11 (7.5)

7 (5.0)

13 (12.9)

9 (6.8)

  DIVORCED/SEPARATED

10 (6.8)

13 (7.4)

8 (5.4)

8 (6.0)

  WIDOWED

5 (3.4)

1 (0.6)

4 (2.8)

0 (0.0)

 Condom Use Last Sex

  YES

30 (20.4)

42 (30.2)

29 (20.6)

55 (41.4)

  NO

117 (79.6)

97 (69.8)

112 (79.4)

78 (58.6)

 Life Time Sex Partners

  None

5 (3.4)

7 (5.0)

2 (1.4)

3 (2.3)

  1

43 (29.3)

19 (13.7)

48 (34.0)

16 (12.0)

  3–5

92 (62.6)

90 (64.7)

83 (57.9)

93 (69.9)

  6+

7 (4.7)

23 (16.5)

8 (5.7)

21 (15.8)

 3 Months Sex partners

  None

24 (16.3)

31 (22.3)

20 (14.2)

20 (15.0)

  1

113 (76.9)

88 (63.3)

115 (81.6)

85 (63.9)

  3–5

8 (5.4)

18 (13.0)

4 (2.8)

27 (20.3)

  6+

2 (1.4)

2 (1.4)

2 (1.4)

1 (0.8)