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 | |
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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.