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. 2023 Sep 12;13:15083. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-42162-6

Table 3.

Results from logistic regression analysis of discriminatory attitudes by socio-economic characteristics in high HIV prevalence states in India, 2016–21.

Characteristics NFHS-4 NFHS-5
Men Women Men Women
Age (in years)
15–24®
25–39 0.87*** (0.78–0.96) 0.88*** (0.81–0.96) 0.76*** (0.69–.84) 0.75*** (0.69–0.82)
40 and above 1 (0.88–1.14) 0.97 (0.88–1.08) 0.82*** (0.72–0.93) 0.81*** (0.73–0.9)
Educational status
No formal education®
Primary 0.87* (0.75–1) 0.91* (0.81–1.01) 0.91 (0.79–1.05) 0.89** (0.79–0.99)
Secondary 0.67*** (0.6–0.76) 0.68*** (0.62–0.74) 0.72*** (0.64–0.81) 0.69*** (0.63–0.76)
Higher 0.48*** (0.41–0.55) 0.45*** (0.39–0.51) 0.48*** (0.41–0.55) 0.44*** (0.39–0.5)
Marital status
Never in union®
Currently in union 1.07 (0.96–1.19) 1.09* (1–1.2) 1.09 (0.98–1.2) 1.15*** (1.04–1.26)
Formerly in union 0.95 (0.69–1.33) 1.01 (0.86–1.18) 1.06 (0.78–1.44) 1.16* (0.99–1.34)
Mass media exposure
No exposure®
Mass media exposure 0.68*** (0.6–0.77) 0.79*** (0.71–0.88) 0.98 (0.91–1.06) 1.01 (0.95–1.09)
Wealth quintile
Poorest®
Poorer 0.78*** (0.67–0.91) 0.91 (0.79–1.05) 0.78*** (0.69–0.89) 0.87** (0.77–0.98)
Middle 0.7*** (0.6–0.82) 0.84** (0.73–0.97) 0.69*** (0.61–0.79) 0.8*** (0.71–0.91)
Richer 0.6*** (0.52–0.71) 0.74*** (0.63–0.86) 0.65*** (0.57–0.74) 0.82*** (0.72–0.93)
Richest 0.57*** (0.47–0.67) 0.69*** (0.59–0.82) 0.59*** (0.51–.69) 0.75*** (0.64–0.87)
Religion
Hindu®
Muslim 1.09 (0.96–1.23) 0.97 (0.87–1.08) 1.07 (0.94–1.2) 1.1* (0.99–1.23)
Christian 1.02 (0.86–1.2) 1.02 (0.89–1.18) 0.95 (0.79–.13) 1.01 (0.88–1.17)
Others 1.21* (0.99–1.48) 1.06 (0.88–1.27) 0.92 (0.75–1.13) 1.12 (0.92–1.37)
Caste
Scheduled Caste (SC)®
Scheduled Tribes (ST) 1.24*** (1.07–1.44) 1.16** (1.02–1.33) 1.07 (0.93–1.22) 1.31*** (1.16–1.48)
Other Backward Caste (OBC) 1.1* (1–1.21) 1.01 (0.93–1.09) 0.97 (0.89–1.06) 1.11** (1.03–1.21)
Others 1.1 (0.97–1.25) 1 (0.89–1.12) 0.81*** (0.72–0.91) 1 (0.89–1.12)
Residence
Urban®
Rural 1.06 (0.98–1.15) 1.07** (1–1.15) 1.07* (0.99–1.16) 1.03 (0.96–1.11)
Comprehensive knowledge
No®
Yes 0.4*** (0.37–0.43) 0.39*** (0.36–0.43) 0.52*** (0.48–0.56) 0.44*** (0.41–0.47)
Knowledge of mother-to-child transmission
No®
Yes 0.87*** (0.81–0.93) 0.88*** (0.83–0.94) 0.87*** (0.82–0.93) 0.83*** (0.78–0.89)
Used condom at last sex
No®
Yes 0.92 (0.78–1.08) 1.01 (0.86–1.19) 0.91 (0.79–1.04) 0.95 (0.82–1.1)
State
Andhra Pradesh 0.72*** (0.61–0.84) 1.2*** (1.06–1.37) 0.91 (0.79–1.05) 0.98 (0.86–1.11)
Karnataka 0.89 (0.77–1.04) 0.87** (0.76–0.99) 1.2** (1.04–1.39) 0.87** (0.76–0.99)
Maharashtra 0.53*** (0.44–0.65) 0.51*** (0.43–0.61) 0.58*** (0.46–0.73) 0.44*** (0.36–0.54)
Manipur 0.45*** (0.35–0.57) 0.42*** (0.34–0.52) 0.37*** (0.28–0.5) 0.29*** (0.22–0.37)
Mizoram 1.51*** (1.2–1.9) 1.49*** (1.22–1.82) 0.66*** (0.51–0.85) 0.56*** (0.45–0.69)
Nagaland 1.2** (1.03–1.39) 1.3*** (1.15–1.47) 2.95*** (2.55–3.41) 3.69*** (3.23–4.21)
Tamilnadu 2.02*** (1.68–2.42) 1.49*** (1.26–1.74) 1.25*** (1.08–1.4) 1.25*** (1.1–1.42)
Telangana 1.65 (1.28–2.13) 1.49 (1.2–1.85) 0.8 (0.59–1.07) 1.41*** (1.15–1.72)

Note: ® represents reference category. *Represents statistically significant values at 90% CI. **represents statistically significant values at 95% CI. ***represents statistically significant values at 99% CI.