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. 2009 Aug 25;9:310. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-310

Table 2.

Multivariate analysis of HIV infection among young urban women aged 15–24 years

Variables All women Sexually active women only

Underlying factors With proximate factors Underlying factors With proximate factors
Cluster-level variables
Education1
 Low 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Middle 0.85 (0.50–1.44) 0.93 (0.55–1.60) 1.08 (0.60–1.95) 1.08 (0.60–1.94)
 High 0.57 (0.32–1.02) 0.60 (0.33–1.07) 0.64 (0.33–1.23) 0.63 (0.33–1.21)
Individual-level variables
Education2
 Low 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Middle 0.73 (0.41–1.28) 0.70 (0.40–1.24) 0.80 (0.43–1.49) 0.79 (0.42–1.49)
 High 0.35 (0.19–0.62) 0.37 (0.21–0.66) 0.43 (0.23–0.80) 0.44 (0.23–0.83)
Current student
 Not student 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Student 0.66 (0.37–1.17) 0.80 (0.45–1.43) 0.74 (0.37–1.45) 0.76 (0.38–1.50)
Ever married
 Single 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Married 1.54 (0.89–2.66) 1.31 (0.76–2.27) 1.31 (0.75–2.28) 1.27 (0.69–2.33)
Ever had sex
 No 1.00
 Yes 3.60 (1.87–6.93)
Ever given birth
 No 1.00
 Yes 1.04 (0.58–1.85)
Number of lifetime sexual partners
 0 partner5 -
 1 partner 1.00
 2 partners 1.02 (0.57–1.82)
 ≥ 3 partners 1.11 (0.60–2.08)

(1) Cluster level education is based on the mean years of educational attainment of the population in the neighbourhoods: – urban: low (9.0–10.5), middle (10.6–11.0), high (11.1–11.3)

(2) Individual level education categorization is as follows: urban: low (grade 0 – 7), middle (grade 8 – 11), high (grade 12 and above)

(3) CI, confidence interval

(4) AOR, age-adjusted odds ratio

(5) '0 partner' is equal to the number young women who have not had sexual intercourse

Significant results are in bold (p < 0.05)