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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Behav. 2015 Feb;19(2):322–329. doi: 10.1007/s10461-014-0951-4

Table III.

Factors associated with disclosure to sexual partner

Males (N=184) Females (N=503)
%
disclosing
to partner
(n/N)
Unadjusted analysis Adjusted analysis %
disclosing
to partner
(n/N)
Unadjusted Adjusted
Odds
ratio
(95% CI)
p-
value
Odds
ratio
(95% CI)
p-
value
Odds
ratio
(95% CI)
p-
value
Odds
ratio
(95% CI)
p-
value
Age (per 1 year increase) 1.04 (1.00–1.07) 0.039 1.00 (0.95–1.05) 0.903 0.97 (0.95–0.99) 0.031 0.97 (0.93–0.99) 0.033
Months known HIV+ at enrolment (per 1 month increase) 1.00 (0.99–1.01) 0.701 0.98 (0.94–1.02) 0.336 1.02 (1.00–1.03) 0.041 1.01 (0.98–1.03) 0.661
Stable partner
  No 43.2 (38/88) 1.00 1.00 23.5% (67/285) 1.00 1.00
  Yes 80.0 (12/15) 5.26 (1.39–19.97) 0.015 6.42 (1.22–33.94) 0.029 40.9% (18/44) 2.25 (1.16–4.36) 0.016 2.41 (1.21–4.80) 0.013
Employed
  No 36.1 (48/133) 1.00 1.00 24.2% (94/388) 1.00 1.00
  Yes 73.7 (28/38) 4.96 (2.22–11.08) <0.001 2.47 (0.88–7.00) 0.088 17.5% (10/57) 0.67 (0.32–1.37) 0.269 0.84 (0.35–2.04) 0.696
ART initiated
  No 44.2 (23/52) 1.00 1.00 21.7% (48/221) 1.00 1.00
  Yes 45.5 (60/132) 1.05 (0.55–2.00) 0.881 2.22 (0.78–6.28) 0.133 25.2% (71/282) 1.21 (0.80–1.84) 0.366 2.44 (1.32–4.52) 0.004
Disclosed to friend
  No 45.0 (67/149) 1.00 1.00 23.8% (102/428) 1.00 1.00
  Yes 45.7 (16/35) 1.03 (0.49–2.16) 0.936 1.21 (0.42–3.48) 0.727 22.7% (17/75) 0.93 (0.52–1.68) 0.827 0.72 (0.34–1.52) 0.384
Disclosed to family
  No 64.8 (35/64) 1.00 1.00 34.5% (30/87) 1.00 1.00
  Yes 36.9 (48/130) 0.32 (0.16–0.62) <0.001 0.33 (0.10–1.08) 0.067 21.4% (89/416) 0.52 (0.31–0.85) 0.010 0.39 (0.19–0.79) 0.009