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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2006 Nov 22;64(5):1067–1078. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.10.005

Table 3.

Predicted odds ratios of reporting more than one partner in the past year (N=2024)

OR p-value
Union type
 Married, co-residing (reference) 1.00
 Married, not co-residing 1.64 0.443
 Not married, co-resides 9.50 0.001
 Widowed 15.56 0.001
 Divorced or separated 31.33 0.001
 Has co-wives 4.36 0.001
Age
 15–29 (reference) 1.00
 30–49 0.93 0.767
Education
 None/Primary (reference) 1.00
 Secondary or higher 0.91 0.747
Ethnic group
 Kamba 1.49 0.267
 Kikuyu 1.33 0.391
 Luhya (reference) 1.00
 Luo 1.32 0.448
 Other ethnicity 1.32 0.576
Religion
 Catholic 1.39 0.175
 Protestant/other Christian (reference)
 Other religion 0.51 0.330
Socioeconomic status (continuous variable) 0.87 0.043
Presence of other adults during interview
 None (reference) 1.00
 Others present 0.20 0.121
Log likelihood −281.08442

Source: 2000 Nairobi Cross-Sectional Slum Survey (NCSS)