Table 3.
Respondent’s odds of being HIV-positive by selected background characteristics
| Background characteristics | Model I | Model II | Model III | Model IV | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exp β | CI | Exp β | CI | Exp β | CI | Exp β | CI | |
| Age | ||||||||
| 15–24 | 0.097*** | .072–.132 | 0.131*** | .085-.200 | 0.149*** | .092-.240 | 0.070*** | .025-.197 |
| 25–39 | 0.634*** | .525-.766 | 0.675** | .538-.848 | 0.610*** | .610-.796 | 0.895 | .557-1.437 |
| 40+a | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Marital status | ||||||||
| Never married | 0.356*** | .293-.432 | 1.016 | .778-1.326 | 1.010 | .742-1.375 | 1.149 | .640-2.065 |
| Ever Marrieda | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Age at sexual debut | ||||||||
| < 15 | 0.410*** | .327-.513 | 0.875 | .656-1.167 | 0.889 | .637-1.242 | 0.745 | .407-1.366 |
| 15+a | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ever had ritual sex | ||||||||
| Yes | 0.706 | .463-1.075 | 1.172 | .724-1.898 | 0.822 | .434-1.556 | 2.399* | 1.053-5.466 |
| Noa | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Number of life time partners | ||||||||
| 1 | 0.103*** | .068-0.156 | 0.173*** | .099-.301 | 0.117*** | .059-.234 | 0.500 | .184-1.356 |
| 2 | 0.351*** | .274-.449 | 0.423*** | .319-.562 | 0.438*** | .317-.605 | 0.314*** | .165-.599 |
| 3 | 0.586*** | .468-.734 | 0.605*** | .466-.786 | 0.582*** | .430-.787 | 0.513* | .286-.921 |
| 4 | 0.447*** | .327-.610 | 0.454*** | .318-.649 | 0.378*** | .243-.589 | 0.705 | .365-1.363 |
| 5a | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Type of residence | ||||||||
| Urban | 1.912*** | 1.588-2.303 | 2.024*** | 1.567-2.615 | 2.311*** | 1.715-3.112 | 1.652 | .916-2.908 |
| Rurala | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Region | ||||||||
| Central/Northern | 0.537*** | .452-.639 | 0.591*** | .476-.733 | 0.573*** | .450-.729 | 0.719 | .415-1.246 |
| Southerna | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Religion | ||||||||
| Catholic | 1.107 | .807-1.518 | 1.443 | .931-2.237 | 0.820 | .269-2.503 | 2.426* | 1.228-4.793 |
| Other Christian | 1.131 | .855-1.498 | 1.441 | .971-2.137 | 0.873 | .291-2.623 | 1.300 | .805-2.098 |
| Muslima | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Level of education | ||||||||
| None | 1.111 | .786-1.570 | 1.262 | .799-1.993 | 2.438** | 1.434-4.144 | 0.395 | .150-1.035 |
| Primary | 0.889 | .738-1.072 | 1.194 | .932-1.528 | 1.342* | 1.007-1.787 | 0.952 | .540-1.679 |
| Secondary + a | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Wealth index | ||||||||
| Poor | 0.575*** | .468-.707 | 0.787 | .598-1.036 | 0.753 | .546-1.040 | 1.123 | .629-2.004 |
| Medium | 0.788* | .630-.988 | 0.757 | .562-1.019 | 0.606** | .422-.871 | 1.928* | 1.057-3.517 |
| Richa | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Circumcision status | ||||||||
| Circumcised | 1.341** | 1.103-1.631 | 1.177 | .871-1.590 | - | - | - | - |
| Not circumciseda | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Age at circumcision | ||||||||
| < 10 | 0.879 | .531-1.455 | - | - | - | - | 1.433 | .737-2.787 |
| 10-14 | 0.855 | .549-1.332 | - | - | - | - | 1.409 | .787-2.520 |
| 15+a | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Type of circumciser | ||||||||
| Traditional | 1.025 | .641-1.637 | - | - | - | - | 0.901 | .478-1.699 |
| Medicala | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Constant | - | - | 0.271*** | - | 0.457 | - | 0.209** | - |
*p < 0.050; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001; aReference category