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. 2013 Sep 4;13:802. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-802

Table 4.

Factors associated with VCT uptake – crude analysis

 
Men
Women
Variables Level OR (95% CI) p-value OR (95% CI) p-value
HIV knowledge
Good
1
 
 
1
 
 
Fair
0.6
(0.5, 0.7)
<0.001
0.6
(0.5, 0.7)
<0.001
Poor
0.3
(0.2, 0.5)
<0.001
0.3
(0.3, 0.5)
<0.001
ART knowledge
Good or fair
1
 
 
1
 
 
Poor
0.49
(0.4, 0.6)
<0.001
0.48
(0.4, 0.6)
<0.001
HIV experience
Yes
1.7
(1.5, 2.0)
<0.001
2.1
(1.8, 2.4)
<0.001
No
1
 
 
1
 
 
VCT experience
Good
2.9
(2.4, 3.6)
<0.001
2.7
(2.2, 3.3)
<0.001
Poor
2
(1.2, 3.3)
0.007
2.5
(1.7, 3.5)
<0.001
None
1
 
 
1
 
 
HIV status
Negative
1
 
 
1
 
 
Positive
2
(1.4, 2.7)
<0.001
1.6
(1.2, 2.0)
<0.001
Age (years)
15-24
1
 
 
1
 
 
24-34
2.6
(2.1, 3.2)
<0.001
1.5
(1.3, 1.8)
<0.001
35-44
2.2
(1.7, 2.8)
<0.001
1.3
(1.1, 1.7)
0.005
45-54
1.9
(1.4, 2.5)
<0.001
1.0
(0.8, 1.3)
0.879
55+
1.0
(0.7, 1.3)
0.839
0.2
(0.2, 0.4)
<0.001
Education
None
0.6
(0.5, 0.8)
<0.001
0.5
(0.5, 0.6)
<0.001
Primary 1-4
0.7
(0.6, 0.9)
0.018
0.8
(0.6, 1.1)
0.171
Primary 5-7
1
 
 
1
 
 
Secondary or above
1.4
(1.1, 1.7)
0.003
1.2
(1.0, 1.6)
0.087
Area of residence
Rural
1
 
 
1
 
 
Roadside
0.9
(0.8, 1.2)
0.548
1.0
(0.8, 1.2)
0.887
Trading centre
0.9
(0.7, 1.1)
0.2
1.3
 
0.003
Marital status
Ever married
1.0
 
 
1
(1.1, 1.6)
 
  Never married 0.8 (0.6, 0.9) 0.003 1.3 (1.0, 1.6) 0.042