Table 2. Factors associated with having never been tested for HIV among women. STI Prevalence and Treatment Seeking Behavior in Mbarara Study, November – December 2007.

	Never tested for HIV	Bivariate Relative Risk (95% Confidence Interval)	Bivariate Poisson Regression z- statistic (p-value)	Adjusted Relative Risk (95% Confidence Interval)	Multivariable Poisson Regression t- statistic (p-value)
All	56.9%
Demographics
Age
15-24 yrs old	61.3%	1.00		1.00
25-34 yrs old	55.0%	0.90 (0.80, 1.00)	-1.93 (0.05)	0.93 (0.82, 1.05)	-1.16 (0.25)
35-49 yrs old	53.9%	0.88 (0.78, 1.00)	-2.04 (0.04)	0.89 (0.77, 1.03)	-1.56 (0.12)
Marital status
Married/cohabitating	54.8%	1.00		1.00
Previously married/separated	51.1%	0.93 (0.80, 1.09)	-0.90 (0.37)	0.89 (0.76, 1.05)	-1.39 (0.17)
Never married	70.9%	1.29 (1.16, 1.45)	4.52 (<0.01)	1.19 (1.04, 1.37)	2.54 (0.01)
Religion
Protestant	57.4%	1.00		1.00
Catholic	57.7%	1.00 (0.90, 1.12)	0.07 (0.94)	0.98 (0.88, 1.08)	-0.41 (0.68)
Muslim	47.7%	0.83 (0.67, 1.02)	-1.75 (0.08)	0.90 (0.73, 1.12)	-0.96 (0.34)
Other	48.3%	0.84 (0.57, 1.23)	-0.89 (0.37)	0.79 (0.55, 1.15)	-1.23 (0.22)
Highest level of education
Secondary school or more	53.0%	1.00		1.00
Primary school	56.5%	1.07 (0.95, 1.20)	1.09 (0.28)	1.06 (0.94, 1.19)	0.90 (0.37)
No school/preschool only	67.3%	1.27 (1.10, 1.47)	3.27 (<0.01)	1.30 (1.10, 1.53)	3.14 (<0.01)
Household wealth
Rich	44.3%	1.00		1.00
Middle	54.1%	1.22 (1.03, 1.45)	2.30 (0.02)	1.22 (1.04, 1.44)	2.44 (0.02)
Poor	65.4%	1.48 (1.26, 1.73)	4.77 (<0.01)	1.49 (1.26, 1.76)	4.67 (<0.01)
Household food insecurity access (HFIAS)
Food secure	65.9%	1.00		1.00
Mildly food insecure	51.7%	0.78 (0.62, 0.99)	-2.01 (0.05)	0.82 (0.65, 1.03)	-1.69 (0.09)
Moderately food insecure	53.6%	0.81 (0.70, 0.94)	-2.77 (<0.01)	0.79 (0.68, 0.91)	-3.15 (<0.01)
Severely food insecure	60.0%	0.91 (0.78, 1.06)	-1.22 (0.22)	0.84 (0.72, 0.97)	-2.29 (0.02)
Alcohol use
Alcohol use
Never or distant past drinker (>5 years prior)	54.7%	1.00		1.00
Past drinker (1-5 years prior)	65.4%	1.20 (1.05, 1.36)	2.75 (<0.01)	1.20 (1.05, 1.37)	2.69 (<0.01)
Current not heavy drinker	60.9%	1.11 (0.91, 1.37)	1.04 (0.30)	1.20 (0.98, 1.47)	1.80 (0.07)
Current heavy drinker	73.0%	1.34 (1.14, 1.57)	3.51 (<0.01)	1.32 (1.10, 1.58)	3.00 (<0.01)
Did any sex partners drink alcohol (past year)?
No sex partners drank alcohol	57.2%	1.00		1.00
Yes, but did not become intoxicated once a month or more	61.3%	1.07 (0.87, 1.32)	0.66 (0.51)	1.00 (0.81, 1.23)	-0.04 (0.97)
Yes, and became intoxicated at least once a month	55.7%	0.97 (0.88, 1.08)	-0.50 (0.62)	0.92 (0.82, 1.03)	-1.46 (0.15)
Sexual risk behaviors
Number of sexual partners, past 6 months
0 or 1 partner	56.9%	1.00		1.00
More than 1 partner	59.6%	1.05 (0.88, 1.25)	0.51 (0.61)	0.91 (0.75, 1.12)	-0.88 (0.38)
Received money, goods or favors, in exchange for sex, past 6 months?
No	55.8%	1.00		1.00
Yes	65.6%	1.18 (1.04, 1.33)	2.51 (0.01)	1.09 (0.96, 1.25)	1.31 (0.19)
Health and health care utilization
Health status (self-rated)
Excellent/very good	57.0%	1.00		1.00
Good	57.1%	1.00 (0.88, 1.15)	0.04 (0.97)	0.97 (0.85, 1.11)	-0.38 (0.70)
Fair/poor	57.5%	1.01 (0.89, 1.15)	0.15 (0.88)	0.95 (0.83, 1.09)	-0.70 (0.48)
Sought healthcare services, past 6 months?
Not ill, past 6 months	57.7%	1.00		1.00
Ill, but did not seek care	67.5%	1.17 (1.01, 1.35)	2.15 (0.03)	1.14 (0.98, 1.32)	1.64 (0.10)
Ill, and sought care	53.9%	0.93 (0.84, 1.04)	-1.22 (0.22)	0.96 (0.86, 1.07)	-0.73 (0.47)