Table 3.

Logistic regression of a woman's suggestion of comdom use, on selected explanantory variables

Variables	Botswana (N=1107) OR (95% CI)	KZN (N=1551) OR (95% CI)	Total (N=2658) OR (95% CI)
Age difference between partners
=2 yrs	5.1(3.1–8.5)	3.5(2.2–5.6)	3.5(2.5–4.8)
3–5 yrs	8.3(5.0–13.9)	3.0(1.9–4.7)	3.7(2.7–5.1)
6–9 yrs	2.9(1.8–4.8)	4.3(2.6–7.3)	3.3(2.3–4.6)
10+ yrs	1.0	1.0	1.0
Abuse experienced
all 3 types	0.8(0.4–1.4)	0.3(0.2–0.5)	0.4(0.3–0.5)
2 types	0.7(0.4–1.2)	0.4(0.4–0.6)	0.4(0.3–0.6)
only 1 type	1.2(0.7–2.0)	0.3(0.2–0.5)	0.5(0.4–0.7)
None	1.0	1.0	1.0
Economically dependent
Yes	0.4(0.3–0.6)	0.9(0.7–1.1)	0.7(0.6–0.9)
No	1.0	1.0	1.0
Woman's education
= Primary	0.0(0.0–0.1)	0.2(0.1–0.3)	0.3(0.2–0.4)
Secondary	0.0(0.0–0.3)	0.4(0.3–0.5)	0.6(0.5–0.8)
Higher	1.0	1.0
Marital status
ever married	0.5(0.3–0.7)	0.5(0.4–0.7)	0.5{0.4–0.6}
never married	1.0	1.0	1.0
Aware of multiple partnerships
Yes	1.1(0.7–1.6)	4.9(3.7–6.6)	2.3(1.9–2.9)
No	1.0	1.0	1.0
Discussed HIV/AIDS
Yes	6.2(3.9–9.7)	6.3(4.6–8.8)	6.2(4.8–7.9)
No	1.0	1.0	1.0