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. 2015 Sep 30;8:10.3402/gha.v8.28941. doi: 10.3402/gha.v8.28941
Dependent variable HIV positive (yes/no)
Independent variables

  1. Social and demographic characteristics:

    • sex (men/women)

    • age (four age categories)

    • religion (Muslim, Christian-Catholic, Christian-other, and other)

    • ethnicity (North- Western, North- Eastern, and Southern)

    • employment (being engaged in income generating activity, yes/no)

    • education (received formal education, yes/no)

  2. Gender norms:

    • ‘a woman can ask her husband to use a condom when she know he has a disease’ (yes, no)

  3. Marriage characteristics:

    • ‘being in a polygamous in or a monogamous marriage’ (yes/no)

    • ‘being in a first or subsequent (second) marriage’ (yes/no).

  4. Sexual behavior characteristics:

    • number of lifetime sexual partners (1, 2–4, ≥5)

    • ‘used condom at first sex’ (yes/no).

      concurrent partnership (yes/no)

  5. Health care utilization:

    • ‘ever received VCT’ (yes/no).

  6. Lifestyle characteristics:

    • ‘ever drank alcohol’ (yes/no)