Table 3.
Odds Ratios for Factors Associated With HIV Testing at CMC
| Variables | HIV Testing
|
OR | 95% CI | P Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not Tested (N = 677)
|
Tested (N = 5308)
|
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| n | % | n | % | |||||
| Age | ||||||||
| ≤19 | 34 | 10.0 | 307 | 90.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.2 | .266 |
| 20–24 | 284 | 11.4 | 2213 | 88.6 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.2 | .487 |
| 25–29 | 243 | 11.1 | 1955 | 88.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.1 | .344 |
| ≥30 | 116 | 12.2 | 833 | 87.8 | 1.0 | |||
| Education | ||||||||
| Never attended | 28 | 24.3 | 87 | 75.7 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 4.5 | <.001 |
| Primary or less | 43 | 20.2 | 170 | 79.8 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 3.3 | <.001 |
| Middle (sixth-eighth) | 114 | 15.8 | 606 | 84.2 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 2.1 | <.001 |
| Above ninth | 489 | 9.9 | 4442 | 90.1 | 1.0 | |||
| Awareness level | ||||||||
| Lowest tercile | 197 | 14.1 | 1198 | 85.9 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.7 | <.001 |
| Middle tercile | 68 | 9.9 | 616 | 90.1 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.2 | .624 |
| Highest tercile | 412 | 10.6 | 3488 | 89.4 | 1.0 | |||
| House type | ||||||||
| Thatched | 83 | 17.9 | 381 | 82.1 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 2.5 | <.001 |
| Tiled | 243 | 11.7 | 1829 | 88.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.4 | .074 |
| Terraced | 351 | 10.2 | 3094 | 89.8 | 1.0 | |||
| Fuel type | ||||||||
| Cheaper | 208 | 15.5 | 1130 | 84.5 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 2.0 | <.001 |
| More expensive | 469 | 10.1 | 4176 | 89.9 | 1.0 | |||
| Income bracket | ||||||||
| <R1500 | 328 | 13.9 | 2025 | 86.1 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.3 | .676 |
| R1501–R5000 | 226 | 9.3 | 2214 | 90.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.8 | .004 |
| R5001–R15 000 | 84 | 9.0 | 846 | 91.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.9 | .006 |
| >R15 000 | 39 | 14.9 | 223 | 85.1 | 1.0 | |||
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; CMC, Christian Medical College; OR, odds ratio.