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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 14.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Care. 2011 Aug 22;24(2):157–166. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2011.597944

Table 4.

Identified most important “main” single barriers to becoming circumcised by circumcision preference in uncircumcised men.

Barrier Preference to be circumcised
n (%) reporting
Preference to remain uncircumcised
n (%) reporting
OR (95% CI) p-Value
Pain 53 (20) 28 (15) 1.38 (0.8–2.3) 0.22
Cost 4 (2) 2 (1) 1.39 (0.3–7.7) 1.00
Risk of the procedure 5 (2) 7 (4) 0.48 (0.2–1.5) 0.24
Family or partner opposed 6 (2) 6 (3) 0.68 (0.2–2.2) 0.56
Friends opposed 2 (1) 0 (0) 0.52
Not my culture 18 (7) 49 (26) 0.20 (0.1–0.4) <0.001
The process takes too long 62 (23) 22 (12) 2.23 (1.3–3.8) 0.003
Too expensive 2 (1) 0 (0) 0.51
No transportation 6 (2) 2 (1) 2.10 (0.4–10.5) 0.48
No specific reason 79 (29) 36 (19) 1.73 (1.1–2.7) 0.02
Other 30 (11) 35 (19) 0.54 (0.3–0.9) 0.03