Table 2.
Associations between demographic characteristics and HIV-1 infections by sex among adults in Oria village, Kilimanjaro Tanzania
| Variable | Category | Women (n = 890) | Men (n = 601) | ||||
| No | HIV+ | Multivariate* | No | HIV+ | Multivariate* | ||
| Age groups(years)¶ | 15–24 | 340 | 3.5 | 1 | 219 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 25–34 | 327 | 10.4 | 2.5 (1.2–5.2) | 197 | 5.1 | 5.1 (2.4–9.1) | |
| 35–44 | 223 | 13.0 | 2.8 (1.3–6.2) | 185 | 5.9 | 5.3 (2.5–7.4) | |
| Marital status | Single | 202 | 3.5 | 1 | 266 | 1.8 | 1 |
| Married | 577 | 8.5 | 1.9 (1.1–3.5) | 299 | 5.7 | 2.4 (1.5–11.1) | |
| Separated | 111 | 18.9 | 3.3 (1.2–9.0) | 36 | 5.9 | 2.6 (1.3–17.8) | |
| Polygamous marriage‡ | No | 523 | 7.6 | 1 | 277 | 5.3 | 1 |
| Yes | 54 | 9.3 | 1.1 (0.5–2.6) | 22 | 9.1 | 1.6 (0.3–7.7) | |
| Education level | No educ | 122 | 13.4 | 1 | 59 | 6.8 | 1 |
| Primary educ | 698 | 7.6 | 0.5 (0.3–1.9) | 471 | 3.2 | 0.4 (0.1–0.9) | |
| Secondary+ | 70 | 8.6 | 0.7 (0.3–2.5) | 71 | 2.8 | 0.3 (0.1–0.6) | |
| Occupation | Farmers | 805 | 8.2 | 1 | 545 | 3.5 | 1 |
| Employed | 24 | 4.2 | 0.5 (0.1–4.5) | 24 | 0.0 | 0.0 (0.0-0.0) | |
| Business | 61 | 13.1 | 1.7 (0.7–3.8) | 32 | 6.3 | 2.8 (0.5–13.9) | |
| Religion | Catholic | 223 | 7.7 | 1 | 163 | 6.2 | 1 |
| Protestant | 254 | 9.9 | 1.4 (0.7–2.8) | 197 | 3.0 | 0.4 (0.1–1.2) | |
| Muslim | 413 | 8.0 | 1.1 (0.6–2.1) | 241 | 2.1 | 0.3 (0.1–0.8) | |
*Adjusted for age (continues variable), marital status, education level and religion, ¶: p trends across age-groups < 0.001 for both sexes, ‡: From those who report being married.