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. 2015 Jul 30;15:298. doi: 10.1186/s12879-015-1053-2

Table 3.

Correlates of preferred setting of male partner HIV testing at baseline by gender

Characteristic Home Clinic VCT
Male Female Male Female Male Female
OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI
Age ≥25 years 1.63 0.77-3.47 1.44 0.88-2.36 0.72 0.30-1.72 0.91 0.55--1.53 0.62 0.23-1.64 0.48 0.21-1.12
Education ≥ Secondary 1.04 0.56-1.92 O.47 0.29-0.77* 1.30 0.63-2.67 1.78 1.08--2.92* 0.65 0.27-1.58 1.56 0.77-3.14
Married 1.69 0.55-5.13 1.84 0.78-4.31 0.51 0.00-2.13 0.73 0.30--1.77 0.87 0.00-3.67 0.32 0.00-1.95
Income > $2 USD 0.73 0.39-1.35 0.53 0.31-0.90* 1.70 0.82-3.50 1.38 0.81--2.35 0.90 0.38-2.15 2.07 1.01-4.25*
Concurrency 1.41 0.59-3.27 6.19 0.75-50.9 0.60 0.20-1.76 0.00 0.00--0.91* 1.01 0.34-3.06 1.05 0.00-6.81
Perceived concurrency 2.00 0.64-6.26 2.35 1.39-3.99* 1.00 -- 0.58 0.33-1.01 1.85 0.56-6.09 0.36 0.14-0.97*
Physically threat 1.29 0.93-1.79 1.44 1.06-1.95* 0.95 0.70-1.29 0.92 0.68-1.23 0.50 0.24-1.05 0.22 0.07-0.71*
Forced sex 1.43 0.37-5.54 1.22 0.49-3.01 0.63 0.10-3.82 0.70 0.24-2.06 0.89 0.15-5.24 1.20 0.37-3.87
HIV positive 0.92 0.40-2.12 2.35 1.20-4.60* 1.35 0.53-3.45 0.46 0.22-0.96* 0.73 0.20-2.64 0.63 0.21-1.86
≥1 previous pregnancy 1.03 0.89-1.19 1.08 0.95-1.23 0.94 0.79-1.13 0.95 0.83-1.10 1.03 0.85-1.24 0.92 0.74-1.14
Desire more children 3.47 1.53-7.89* 1.49 0.86-2.57 0.50 0.21-1.22 1.12 0.63-2.00 0.29 0.11-0.78* 0.36 0.17-0.75*
Contraceptive use 1.01 0.98-1.04 0.87 0.71-1.06 0.98 0.82-1.17 1.08 0.89-1.34 1.00 0.96-1.03 0.86 0.86-1.55

Comparison of Home versus Others, Clinic versus others and VCT versus others

OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval

*P < 0.05