Table 5.
Determinants of STI/HIV knowledge among street adolescents in rehabilitation centres in Kinshasa, DRC
| Males | Females | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | 95% CI*, limits | 95% CI, limits | |||||||
| n | AORc | Lower | Upper | n | AOR | Lower | Upper | ||
| Age ranges | |||||||||
| 10 to 14 | 42 | 1 | 18 | 1 | |||||
| 15 to 15 | 59 | 0.996 | 0.8769 | 0.9869 | 29 | 0.745 | 1.867 | 0.954 | |
| 20 to 25 | 7 | 1.765 | 1.6543 | 3.5436 | 45 | 1.32 | 1.005 | 2.328 | |
| Education | |||||||||
| Illiterate | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Primary | 57 | 3,666 | 1.654 | 8.125 | 17 | 1.801 | 0.213 | 4.213 | |
| Secondary | 58 | 1,767 | 0.796 | 3.924 | 74 | 5.086 | 1.768 | 7.432 | |
| Occupation | |||||||||
| Schooling | 91 | 3,871 | 0.906 | 16.538 | 67 | 1.593 | 0.474 | 5.353 | |
| Others | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| HAHb | |||||||||
| Yes | 94 | 1,623 | 0.494 | 5.312 | 79 | 0.715 | 0.144 | 0.682 | |
| No | 14 | 1 | 13 | 1 | |||||
| NSPa | |||||||||
| 1 to 5 | 39 | 0,322 | 0.1403 | 0.7399 | 21 | 2.001 | 0.459 | 8.698 | |
| >5 | 69 | 1 | 18 | 1 | |||||
| Frequency of sex | |||||||||
| ≤5 | 27 | 1.275 | 0.235 | 6.899 | 21 | 2.553 | 0.7003 | 9.3113 | |
| ≥6 | 12 | 1 | 18 | 1 | |||||
| Hear about condoms | |||||||||
| Yes | 99 | 4.827 | 1.1302 | 20.6207 | 86 | 5.468 | 1.318 | 22.683 | |
| No | 9 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |||||
| Use condoms | |||||||||
| Yes | 26 | 4.791 | 0.9277 | 24.7507 | 51 | 1.077 | 0.383 | 3.028 | |
| No | 13 | 1 | 35 | 1 | |||||
b: Hear about HIV
a: Number of sexual partners
c: adjusted odds-ratio
*: 95% confidence intervals.