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. 2013 Jan 17;13:44. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-44

Table 2.

Bivariate correlates of HIV testing in the recent 6 month with sexual behavioural and psychosocial factors

   Variable
Male (n = 517)
Female (n = 306)
  n(%)a HIV testing Crude OR (95% CI)b P value n(%)a HIV testing Crude OR (95% CI)b P value
Partner number over life time
   1
98 (19.0)
12.2
1.00
 
162 (52.9)
20.4
1.00
 
   ≥ 2
384 (74.3)
7.3
0.56 (0.28-1.15
0.117
133 (43.5)
11.3
0.50 (0.26-0.96)
0.038
Partner type over life time
   Regular only
170 (32.9)
10.0
1.00
 
232 (75.8)
20.3
1.00
 
   Ever casual/commercia
342 (66.2)
8.8
0.87 (0.46-1.62)
0.651
68 (22.2)
7.4
0.31 (0.12-0.82)
0.018
Condom use over lifetime
   Never
133 (25.7)
0.8
1.00
98 (25.7)
8.2
1.00
 
 
   Sometime
365 (70.6)
11.8
17.63 (2.40-129.33)
0.005
193 (70.6)
23.8
3.52 (1.59-7.80
0.002
   Always
14 (2.7)
21.4
36.00 (3.45-375.70)
0.003
10 (2.7)
10.0
1.25 (0.14-11.16)
0.842
Type of sex over lifetime
   Only vaginal
465 (89.9)
8.0
1.00
 
284 (92.8)
18.0
1.00
 
   Ever anal
3 (0.6)
33.3
5.78 (0.51-65.29)
0.156
6 (2.0)
16.7
0.91 (0.11-7.99)
0.935
   Ever oral
44 (8.5)
20.5
2.98 (1.33-6.66)
0.008
10 (3.3)
0.0
0.00
0.999
STD history over lifetime
   No
432 (78.1)
10.3
1.00
 
211 (69.0)
13.3
1.00
 
   Yes
75 (19.4)
22.5
1.60 (0.76-3.36
0.219
85 (27.8)
30.6
2.89 (1.57-5.30
0.001
Unintended pregnancy overlifetime
   No
403 (77.9)
7.9
1.00
 
175 (57.2)
15.4
1.00
 
   Yes
110 (21.3)
14.5
1.97 (1.04-3.75)
0.038
128 (41.8)
21.9
1.54 (0.85-2.76)
0.152
STD risk
   Impossible/unsure
175 (33.8)
12.6
1.00
 
99 (32.4)
18.2
1.00
 
   Possible
332 (64.2)
7.8
0.59 (0.32-1.08)
0.086
203 (66.3)
17.2
0.94 (0.50-1.76)
0.84
HIV risk
   Impossible/unsure
490 (94.8)
8.4
1.00
 
298 (97.4)
17.8
1.00
 
   Possible
26 (5.0)
26.9
4.04 (1.60-10.16)
0.003
7 (2.3)
14.3
0.77 (0.09-6.53
0.811
HIV related knowledge
   0
120 (23.2)
1.7
1
 
88 (28.8)
12.5
1
 
   1-3
197 (38.1)
9.1
5.93 (1.35-26.04)
0.018
137 (44.8)
13.9
1.13 (0.51-2.50)
0.768
   4
188 (36.4)
14.4
9.90 (2.31-42.43
0.002
74 (24.2)
31.1
3.16 (1.42-7.03)
0.005
Awareness that every county has established VCT site
   Incorrect/unsure
388 (75.0)
6.4
1
 
210 (68.6)
12.9
1
 
   Correct 123 (23.8) 17.1 2.99 (1.61-5.56) 0.001 90 (29.4) 28.9 2.75 (1.50-5.06) 0.001

aPercentages may not add up up to 100 due to missing data for some items;

bOR, odds ratio; CI, confidence inerval.