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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Aug 10.
Published in final edited form as: Demogr Res. 2009;20(6):65–96. doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2009.20.6

Table 2.

Ordered logistic regression results for the determinants of subjective HIV infection for 2004 MDICP married men and women

Men N=725 Women N=924
Odds Ratios
Demographic Characteristics
Age 0.99 1.00
Marriage
Polygamous husband or wife 0.75 1.06
Schooling
None (ref) (ref)
Attended primary school 0.86 1.37
Attended secondary school or more 0.95 1.56
Region of Residence
South 0.74 0.70*
North (ref) (ref)
Central 0.85 1.10
Economic Variables
Iron sheet roof 0.93 1.35
Bicycle 1.47** 1.06
Radio 0.81 0.75*
Own Behaviors
Unfaithful to current spouse 1.98*** 0.61
Spouse's Behavior
Respondent knows or suspects that spouse was unfaithful 2.67*** 2.31***
Condom use with spouse is acceptable 1.25 1.45***
Most worried about infection from:
Spouse (ref) (ref)
Other partners 0.77 0.53***
Any other source 0.34*** 0.21***
Community/Social Characteristics
Perceived number of people who died of AIDS in last 12 months
Nobody died of AIDS in last 12 months (ref) (ref)
From one to four 1.29 1.46**
Five or more 1.99** 1.08
Doesn't know 1.01 2.13**
Number people spoken to about HIV/AIDS
Spoke to no one (ref) (ref)
Spoke to one to four people 0.54** 0.95
Spoke to five or more people 0.53** 1.06
*

Significant <.10

**

significant <.05

***

significant <.01

Note: Regressions drop 11 male and 18 female respondents with missing values for various variables.