Research Article
Sources of Information on HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health for Couples Living with HIV in Rural Southern Malawi
Table 1
Information on marriage and children.
| | Characteristics | Matrilineal | Patrilineal | | M | F | M | F |
| | Number of informants in | | | | | | 1st marriage | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | | 2nd marriage | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | | 3rd marriage | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | | 4th marriage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Marital status before current marriage | | | | | | Divorced female | 7 | 4 | | Divorced male | 8 | 3 | | Widow | 2 | 2 | | Widower | 1 | 3 |
| | Average number of children informants have ever had | | | | | | 1st marriage | 3 | 2 | | 2nd marriage | 1 | 1 | | 3rd marriage | 1 | 1 | | 4th marriage | 0 | N/A |
| | Couples having children before HIV+ status | 9 | 9 | | Couples having children after HIV+ status | 9 | 8 | | Couples with HIV+ children | 2 | 0 |
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