Table 3.

Logistic regression analysis of odds ratio (OR) for acceptability of pretest counselling in relation to potential predictors, Arba Minch, October 2006 (n = 118)

Predictor variable	Univariate model		Multivariate model
	OR (95%CI)	P-value	OR (95%CI)	P-value
Perceived HIV risk
Low	1.0
High	0.6 (0.2–1.5)	0.299	0.6 (0.2–1.5)	0.266
Employment status
Employed	1.0		1.0
Unemployed	4.2 (1.9–9.3)	0.000	3.7 (1.6–8.6)	0.002
Gender
Women	1.0
men	1.1 (0.5–2.2)	0.636	-
Educational status
Primary and above	1.0
Illiterate	2.1 (1.0–4.5)	0.060	1.7 (0.7–3.8)	0.227
Address
Rural	1.0
Urban	0.9 (0.4–2.0)	0.842	-
Age (years)
>= 35	1.0
15–34	0.9 (0.4–1.9)	0.665	-
Phase of treatment
Intensive	1.0
Continuation	1.3 (0.5–2.9)	0.469	-