Table 4.

Factors associated with the duration since last HIV testing (in years) among women as determined by multilevel linear regression and multivariate anova analysis, taken into account the time lived in France and the difficulties mastering French (model 2) or not (model 1).

WOMEN	Model 1				Model 2
	coef.(95%CI)	Mean square	F	p	coef.(95%CI)	Mean square	F	p
Model		338.35	16.9	<0.01		273.37	13.6	<0.01
Age
18–29 years	Ref.	1062.80	52.9	<0.01	Ref.	986.00	49.2	<0.01
30–44 years	2.03(1.22,2.84)**				1.99(1.18,2.81)**
45–59 years	4.99(4.11,5.88)**				4.86(3.96,5.75)**
60 and over	5.54(4.43,6.65)**				5.43(4.32,6.55)**
Number of steady relationships
0	Ref.	26.04	1.3	0.27	Ref.	27.42	1.4	0.25
1	0.59(−0.28,1.46)				0.61(−0.27,1.48)
2	0.38(−0.66,1.40)				0.38(−0.66,1.41)
3 or more	−0.29(−1.53,0.95)				−0.30(−1.54,0.94)
Birth after 1990
No	Ref.	0.00	0.0	0.99	Ref.	0.33	0.0	0.90
Yes	0.00(−0.69,0.68)				−0.04(−0.73,0.64)
Socio-occupational categories
Never employed	Ref.	52.20	2.6	0.02	Ref.	55.02	2.8	0.02
Worker	−0.64(−2.24,0.95)				−0.79(−2.40,0.82)
Employee	1.17(0.06,2.29)*				1.17(0.04,2.29)*
Intermediary position	0.79(−0.38,1.96)				0.79(−0.39,1.97)
Executive/management	1.39(0.16,2.62)*				1.41(0.16,2.65)*
Craftsmen/shopkeepers	1.03(−1.10,3.15)				1.09(−1.04,3.22)
Nationality
French	Ref.	68.75	3.4	0.02	Ref.	55.58	2.8	0.04
Sub-Saharan African	−1.70(−2.94,−0.46)**				−1.40(−2.75,−0.04)*
Northwest African	−1.12(−2.54,0.29)				−0.96(−2.42,0.51)
Other	0.41(−0.64,1.46)				0.65(−0.53,1.83)
Time lived in France
0–4 years					Ref.	36.71	1.8	0.14
5–9 years					1.59(−0.47,3.65)
10–14 years					1.21(−1.08,3.49)
15 or more years					2.08(0.20,3.96)*
Difficulty reading/writing French
Yes					Ref.	22.42	1.1	0.29
No					0.56(−0.48,1.60)
Residual		20.08				20.04
Total		24.59				24.59

^*p<0.05,

^**p<0.01