Table 3.
Relationship between FI and transactional sex and condom use among women in sexual relationships, stratified by sex of the household head, Tanzania, 2010
| Characteristic | Entered into or stayed in a relationship because of material goods |
Could ask partner to use condom | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | Unadjusteda | Adjustedb | N (%) | Unadjusteda | Adjustedc | |||||
| PR (95 % CI) | p | PR (95 % CI) | p | PR (95 % CI) | p | PR (95 % CI) | p | |||
| Female heads of household (N = 266) | ||||||||||
| Food security status | ||||||||||
| Food secure | 38(21.7) | 1 | 1 | 109(66.5) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Some FI | 8(17.0) | 0.78(0.40, 1.55) | 0.78 | 0.85(0.43, 1.69) | 0.81 | 23(54.8) | 0.82(0.61, 1.12) | 0.36 | 0.90 (0.68, 1.19) | 0.61 |
| Severe FI | 8(22.2) | 1.02 (0.50, 2.08) | 0.83 (0.40, 1.71) | 17(56.7) | 0.85(0.62, 1.17) | 0.88(0.66, 1.18) | ||||
| Women in male-headed households (N = 306) | ||||||||||
| Food security status | ||||||||||
| Food secure | 17(8.3) | 1 | 1 | 79(39.9) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Some FI | 5(13.9) | 1.67(0.67, 4.17) | 0.10 | 1.94(0.78, 4.79) | 0.15 | 16(48.5) | 1.22(0.80, 1.84) | 0.03 | 1.38(0.87, 2.20) | 0.01 |
| Severe FI | 10(17.5) | 2.11(1.04, 4.26) | 1.76(0.81, 3.81) | 9(18.0) | 0.45(0.24, 0.85) | 0.47(0.25, 0.88) | ||||
Unadjusted Poisson regression with food security status as the outcome variable and robust standard errors to account for clustering within village
Female head of household model adjusted for age category, whether there is an adult male in the household, marital status, regular sexual partner, education, home ownership, household size, dwelling floor type, asset index (quartiles), per capita expenditures (quartiles), acres of land, land ownership, and ever being a beneficiary of the voucher program. No covariates were excluded due to multicollinearity. The model for women in male-headed household is adjusted for age category, marital status, education, dwelling floor type, asset index (quartiles), per capita expenditures (quartiles), acres of land, land ownership, and ever being a beneficiary of the voucher program. In this model, the following covariates were excluded due to multicollinearity: whether there is an adult male in the household, regular sexual partner, home ownership, and household size
Female head of household model adjusted for age category, whether there is an adult male in the household, marital status, regular sexual partner, education, home ownership, household size, dwelling floor type, asset index (quartiles), per capita expenditures (quartiles), acres of land, land ownership, and ever being a beneficiary of the voucher program. In this model, regular sexual partner was excluded due to multicollinearity. The model for women in male-headed household is adjusted for age category, marital status, education, dwelling floor type, asset index (quartiles), per capita expenditures (quartiles), acres of land, land ownership, and ever being a beneficiary of the voucher program. In this model, the following covariates were excluded due to multicollinearity: whether there is an adult male in the household, regular sexual partner, home ownership, and household size