Table 5.

Adjusted odd ratios for HIV infection for women versus men by country

Country	Model 0	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3
Burkina Faso 2003	1.14	1.02	1.00	1.24
Cameroon 2004	1.73*	1.68*	1.68*	1.74*
Cote d’Ivoire 2005	2.40*	2.38*	2.40*	2.60*
Democratic Rep. Congo 2007	1.76*	1.68*	1.68*	1.91*
Ethiopia 2005	1.71*	1.66*	1.74*	1.92*
Ghana 2003	1.68*	1.36	1.38	1.33
Guinea 2005	1.50	1.73*	1.87*	2.94*
Kenya 2003	1.95*	1.79*	1.80*	1.87*
Liberia 2007	1.91*	2.07*	2.13*	2.00*
Lesotho 2004–2005	1.55*	1.50*	1.49*	1.61*
Malawi 2004	1.51*	1.45*	1.46*	1.36
Mali 2006	1.51*	1.58*	1.58*	1.55
Niger 2006	0.85	0.82	0.84	0.83
Rwanda 2005	1.63*	1.54*	1.56*	1.71*
Senegal 2005	2.12*	2.42*	2.44*	1.92
Sierra Leone 2008	1.75*	1.63*	1.63*	1.62
Swaziland 2006	1.88*	1.89*	1.88*	1.74*
Tanzania 2003–2004	1.32*	1.11	1.11	0.96
Zambia 2007	1.37*	1.35*	1.35*	1.43*
Zimbabwe 2005–2006	1.62*	1.63*	1.64*	1.40*

^*significant at 5% level (P < 0.05).

Model 0 no controls included in the model.

Model 1 controlling for background socioeconomic and demographic factors (i.e. age, urban/rural residence, region, education, sex of household head, household wealth, and religion).

Model 2 controlling for background factors plus HIV/AIDS awareness.

Model 3 controlling for background factors plus HIV/AIDS awareness and sexual behaviour factors (marital status, age at first marriage, age at first sex, premarital sex, non-condom use/non-spousal partner, multiple partners.