Table 3. Multivariable linear (OLS) regressions of NLD and SoE stigma scoresa.
| NLD | SoE | |||
| ß (95% CI) | P-value | ß (95% CI) | P-value | |
| Age (per 5 years) | 0.02 (−0.28, 0.32) | NS | 0.08 (−0.37, 0.52) | NS |
| Education (per 5 years) | −0.29 (−1.80, 1.21) | NS | 0.78 (−1.21, 2.77) | NS |
| Distance to Health Facility (per 1 km) | −0.13 (−0.31, 0.04) | NS | 0.13 (−0.04, 0.30) | NS |
| Isolated district | −1.20 (−3.32, 0.93) | NS | −2.88 (−5.29, −0.46) | .019 |
| Understands Portuguese | 0.46 (−0.98, 1.90) | NS | 0.18 (−1.67, 2.03) | NS |
| Marital Status | NS | NS | ||
| Married/Common Law (ref) | 0 | 0 | ||
| Divorced or Separated | −1.50 (−4.74, 1.75) | 1.04 (−3.40, 5.48) | ||
| Single | −1.41 (−3.29, 0.46) | 1.04 (−1.10, 3.18) | ||
| Widowed | 0.64 (−1.90, 3.19) | −2.73 (−5.64, 0.17) | ||
| Religion | .002 | .034 | ||
| Catholic (ref) | 0 | 0 | ||
| Protestant | −3.26 (−5.74, −0.78) | 0.79 (−1.97, 3.55) | ||
| Evangelical and Pentecostal | −0.31 (−2.32, 1.70) | −0.50 (−3.13, 2.13) | ||
| Other Christian | −3.60 (−6.68, −0.52) | 1.81 (−1.91, 5.54) | ||
| Muslim | 1.68 (−0.52, 3.88) | −4.17 (−6.80, −1.54) | ||
| Non-Christian Eastern | −0.13 (−4.25, 3.97) | 1.99 (−3.48, 7.46) | ||
| Other | 0.96 (−2.04, 3.97) | −1.50 (−4.56, 1.55) | ||
| HIV knowledge score | <.001 | <.001 | ||
| 0 | −0.65 (−2.52, 1.23) | 3.80 (1.70, 5.89) | ||
| 2 (ref) | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4 | −1.47 (−3.07, 0.13) | −1.00 (−2.80, 0.81) | ||
| 6 | −4.06 (−6.20, −1.91) | −3.52 (−5.89, −1.15) | ||
| HIV infection of self, relative, and/or friend | 2.04 (−0.42, 4.50) | NS | −3.17 (−5.78, −0.56) | .017 |
| Ever used VCT | −2.45 (−4.22, −0.68) | .007 | −0.39 (−2.58, 1.80) | NS |
| Accessed health facility | 0.31 (−1.35, 1.97) | NS | −3.64 (−5.42, −1.86) | <.001 |
| Accessed pharmacy | 0.68 (−1.05, 2.41) | NS | 1.18 (−0.71, 3.06) | NS |
| Accessed traditional healer | 1.58 (0.30, 2.85) | .015 | −1.06 (−2.63, 0.50) | NS |
| Believes ART helps people with HIV to be healthier | 2.90 (1.14, 4.65) | .001 | −6.94 (−9.12, −4.75) | <.001 |
| Believes in alternative treatment for HIV | 2.39 (−0.261, 5.04) | .077 | 0.07 (−2.64, 2.79) | NS |
| Perceived chance of becoming infected with HIV | .085 | <.001 | ||
| Don't know (ref) | 0 | 0 | ||
| No chance | −0.98 (−2.79, 0.84) | 4.54 (2.54, 6.54) | ||
| Small chance | 1.73 (−0.16, 3.62) | 0.02 (−2.47, 2.52) | ||
| Good chance | −0.69 (−3.72, 2.34) | 0.68 (−2.67, 4.03) | ||
| Already infected | −2.63 (−7.99, 2.74) | 0.90 (−6.24, 8.03) | ||
| Social integration (per 25 pts) | −0.45 (−1.45, 0.54) | NS | 0.27 (−0.85, 1.39) | NS |
| Empowerment | <.001 | <.001 | ||
| 25 | 3.94 (2.19, 5.70) | −4.44 (−6.38, −2.50) | ||
| 50 (ref) | 0 | 0 | ||
| 75 | 1.87 (0.25, 3.49) | −3.09 (−5.05, −1.14) | ||
| Legal rights | <.001 | NS | ||
| 50 | 0.38 (−0.95, 1.71) | 0.54 (−1.01, 2.08) | ||
| 75 (ref) | 0 | 0 | ||
| 100 | −4.62 (−6.40, −2.85) | −0.05 (−2.03, 1.93) | ||
| Income (per 500 MT)* | 0.15 (−0.09, 0.39) | NS | 0.18 (−0.50, 0.14) | NS |
[a]
NS = not significant (p>0.1). Because there was evidence (p<0.10) that the relationships with NLD and SoE were non-linear, HIV knowledge, legal rights and empowerment are fit using restricted cubic splines. About 7% of the variation in NLD scores can be predicted using the model (R2 = 0.066). The model also predicts about 9% of variance in SoE scores (R2 = 0.087).
*
MT = Meticais (the currency of Mozambique).