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Table 1 Demographic characteristics for women that participated in IDIs and FGDs in Malawi & Zimbabwe

From: Echoes of old HIV paradigms: reassessing the problem of engaging men in HIV testing and treatment through women’s perspectives

 

Malawi

Zimbabwe

Pregnant Woman

N = 38

n (%)

Postpartum Woman

N = 94

n (%)

Pregnant Women

N = 70

n (%)

Postpartum Women

N = 96

n (%)

Age (years)

 < 25

9 (24%)

23 (24%)

10 (14%)

25 (26%)

 25–34

22 (58%)

59 (63%)

54 (77%)

57 (59%)

 35–44

7 (18%)

12 (13%)

6 (9%)

14 (15%)

Married/Cohabitating

34 (89%)

74 (89%)

65 (93%)

86 (90%)

Single/Divorced/Widow

4 (11%)

20 (11%)

5 (7%)

10 (10%)

No education

5 (13%)

15 (16%)

4 (6%)

2 (2%)

Primary

22 (58%)

51 (54%)

19 (27%)

26 (27%)

Secondary

11 (29%)

27 (29%)a

47 (67%)

68 (71%)

  1. aFor Malawi postpartum, one woman was missing education level