title: The accuracy of women's reports of their partner's male circumcision status in Rakai, Uganda.
abstract: We assessed whether women had accurate knowledge of their partners' male circumcision status using survey data (2010-2011) from Rakai, Uganda, and examined characteristics of women who misreported male circumcision status. Among couples in which men were uncircumcised (n = 1744), 8.2% women misreported; and among couples in which men were confirmed circumcised (n = 759), 1.2% women misreported. Younger women were 2.2 times more likely to misreport compared with older women. Misreporting was not associated with other sociodemographics or behavioural characteristics. If women are to act as advocates for male circumcision acceptance, there is a need to educate women, particularly younger women about the nature and recognition of male circumcision.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA. xikong@jhsph.edu
authors.forename: Xiangrong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ndyanabo
authors.forename: Fred
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nalugoda
authors.forename: Godfrey
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kigozi
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ssekasanvu
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lutalo
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Serwadda
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wawer
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gray
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002944:Circumcision, Male / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012307:Risk Factors; D012747:Sexual Partners; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014454:Uganda / Q000453:epidemiology