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. 2000 Jan 8;320(7227):90–91. doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7227.90

Table.

Factors associated with awareness of, and disagreement with, unlinked anonymous testing of blood for HIV*

Awareness (n=1817)
Disagreement (n=1811)
No (%) of people Odds ratio (95% CI) No (%) of people Odds ratio (95% CI)
Age
16-24 39 (14) 1.00 85 (31) 1.00
25-44 248 (39) 3.33 (2.1 to 5.4) 188 (30) 0.98 (0.6 to 1.5)
45-54 127 (40) 3.54 (2.1 to 6.0) 83 (26) 0.78 (0.5 to 1.3)
55-64 80 (35) 2.88 (1.7 to 5.0) 54 (23) 0.66 (0.4 to 1.1)
65-74 48 (24) 2.19 (1.2 to 4.1) 43 (21) 0.43 (0.2 to 0.8)
⩾75 28 (19) 1.66 (0.9 to 3.2) 25 (17) 0.34 (0.2 to 0.7)
F(5,1816)=6.47; P<0.001 F(5,1806)=3.49; P=0.004
Age left full time education
⩽14 49 (19) 1.00 59 (24) 1.00
15-18 360 (33) 1.52 (1.0 to 2.4) 302 (28) 0.63 (0.4 to 1.0)
19-25 113 (40) 2.15 (1.3 to 3.6) 61 (22) 0.43 (0.2 to 0.8)
>25 37 (44) 2.17 (1.2 to 4.1) 22 (26) 0.63 (0.3 to 1.3)
Still in education 12 (12) 1.06 (0.3 to 3.2) 33 (34) 0.72 (0.3 to 1.7)
No education  2 (27) 2.35 (0.2 to 3.4) 0
F(5,1816)=2.52; P=0.03 F(4,1806)=2.26; P=0.06
Region
North of England 159 (31) 1.00 131 (25) 1.00
Midlands 155 (33) 1.07 (0.8 to 1.4) 147 (32) 1.43 (1.0 to 2.0)
London 53 (30) 0.87 (0.6 to 1.3) 45 (26) 1.06 (0.7 to 1.6)
South east England 73 (32) 0.99 (0.7 to 1.4) 42 (19) 0.73 (0.5 to 1.1)
South west England 43 (23) 0.62 (0.4 to 0.9) 52 (29) 1.25 (0.8 to 1.9)
Wales 41 (41) 1.62 (1.0 to 2.7) 27 (27) 1.09 (0.6 to 1.9)
Scotland 48 (31) 0.91 (0.6 to 1.4) 32 (20) 0.75 (0.5 to 1.2)
F(6,1816)=2.04; P=0.06 F(6,1806)=2.50; P=0.02
*

All counts, percentages, and odds ratios are weighted to correct for unequal probability of selection. F statistics and P values refer to tests for heterogeneity of adjusted odds ratios.