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. 2007 Dec 18;7:352. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-352

Table 2.

Poisson regression results for program exposure indicators, by gender

Females Males


Total Radio programs TV programs Total (radio and TV) Radio programs TV programs "Maximum" sources
Age 0.002* 0.006*** -0.005** 0.005*** 0.008*** -0.004 -0.008***
Residence (ref: rural)
 Capital 0.881*** 0.593*** 1.736*** 0.510*** 0.212*** 1.242*** 0.377***
 Other urban 0.637*** 0.457*** 1.364*** 0.346*** 0.130** 0.987*** 0.129*
Education (ref: no formal education)
 Primary 0.835*** 0.812*** 0.982*** 0.578*** 0.570*** 0.735** 0.465***
 Secondary and higher 1.329*** 1.224*** 1.666*** 0.980*** 0.863*** 1.459*** 0.807***
Number of partners in past 12 months 0.018 0.030 -0.008 0.019 0.019 0.029 0.031*
Perceived AIDS risk (ref: None)
 Small -0.038 -0.070* 0.019 0.033 -0.026 0.174* 0.078
 Moderate -0.071** -0.094** -0.020 -0.108* -0.090 -0.155 -0.005
 High + Has AIDS 0.174*** 0.207*** 0.100* 0.094** 0.118** 0.031 0.034
Own Radio 0.481*** 0.650*** -0.009 0.387*** 0.473*** 0.145* 0.160***
Owns TV 0.449*** 0.103** 1.225*** 0.278*** -0.007 0.829*** 0.181**
Constant -1.254*** -1.504*** -3.143*** -0.416*** -0.666*** -2.249*** -0.328*

Pseudo-R2 26.6%*** 15.7%*** 40.9%*** 16.7%*** 7.4%*** 31.4%*** 6.2%***
N 6,782 6,782 6,782 1,928 1,928 1,928 1,928

Significance: *: p < 0.050; **: p < 0.010; ***: p < 0.001