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. 2016 Mar 8;16:239. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-2918-z

Table 2.

Result of logistic regression of the association between VCT uptake and explanatory factors by gender, rural Ethiopia 2010

Women Men
Variables Unadjusted Adjusted Unadjusted Adjusted
OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI OR 95 % CI
Socio-demographic variables
Age group, year
15–19 1 1 1 1
20–24 1.43 1.13–1.80 1.43 1.06–1.92 1.93 1.51–2.47 1.68 1.19–2.37
25–29 1.07 0.80–1.44 1.13 0.73–1.76 1.99 1.50–2.63 1.84 1.26–2.68
30–39 0.85 0.65–1.11 0.85 0.57–1.27 1.51 1.16–1.96 1.33 0.86–2.06
40+ 0.56 0.42–0.73 0.66 0.45–0.96 1.09 0.82–1.46 1.08 0.67–1.72
Marital status
Married 1 1 1 1
Never married 1.3 0.99–1.71 0.69 0.47–1.02 0.95 0.78–1.17 0.76 0.54–1.09
Divorced/Widowed 1.38 1.01–1.90 1.11 0.71–1.75 0.86 0.42–1.76 1.03 0.47–2.26
Educational level
Never attended/<1 year 1 1 1 1
Primary 2.41 1.90–3.06 1.71 1.29–2.26 2.04 1.56–2.68 1.68 1.35–2.09
Secondary and higher 3.1 2.28–4.20 1.66 1.21–2.28 3.12 2.36–4.13 2.37 1.79–3.14
Gender of household head
Female 1 1 1 1
Male 0.9 0.62–1.30 0.53 0.39–0.73 1.77 1.14–2.75 1.11 0.80–1.54
Occupation of household head
Farmer 1 1 1 1
Gov't employee/merchant 2.58 1.79–3.70 1.65 1.13–2.41 1.95 1.46–2.61 1.41 0.89–2.24
Other 1.02 0.60–1.72 1.29 0.64–2.59 0.66 0.39–1.11 1.06 0.53–2.12
Religion
Orthodox 1 1 1 1
Islam 0.88 0.54–1.43 1.84 1.22–2.78 0.8 0.48–1.32 1.56 1.06–2.31
Protestant 1.21 0.77–1.89 0.98 0.61–1.57 1.45 0.99–2.12 1.27 0.78–2.06
Other 0.9 0.48–1.67 1.37 0.64–2.94 0.79 0.46–1.34 1.27 0.49–3.28
Socio-economic status index
Low 1 1 1 1
Low-middle 1.44 1.04–2.00 1.24 0.94–1.64 1.52 1.07–2.16 1.21 0.88–1.66
Middle 2.01 1.35–3.00 1.30 0.93–1.80 1.77 1.21–2.60 1.01 0.72–1.43
High–middle 2.46 1.63–3.74 1.43 1.03–1.98 2.4 1.60–3.60 1.11 0.75–1.64
High 4.48 2.53–7.94 1.86 1.12–3.09 3.36 1.99–5.68 1.3 0.73–2.29
Settlement pattern
Pastoral 1 1 1 1
Agrarian 2.02 1.04–3.90 1.4 0.78–2.50 3.08 1.79–5.30 1.92 1.15–3.20
Region
Tigray 1 1 1 1
Afar 0.35 0.18–0.67 0.38 0.14–1.00 0.31 0.18–0.56 0.43 0.16–1.2
Amhara 0.42 0.22–0.82 0.69 0.41–1.16 0.56 0.29–1.1 0.84 0.46–1.54
Oromia 0.26 0.14–0.47 0.34 0.16–0.74 0.36 0.19–0.68 0.4 0.18–0.85
Benshangul-Gumuz 0.31 0.12–0.82 0.53 0.21–1.33 0.37 0.17–0.81 0.44 0.15–1.27
SNNP 0.57 0.31–1.06 0.74 0.36–1.53 0.78 0.45–1.35 0.73 0.37–1.47
Gambela 0.19 0.09–0.36 0.36 0.16–0.83 0.18 0.09–0.38 0.21 0.08–0.54
Dire Dawa 0.75 0.17–3.26 1.81 0.46–7.10 0.67 0.41–1.11 1.92 0.82–4.52
Harari 0.19 0.11–0.35 0.50 0.23–1.10 0.14 0.09–0.24 0.2 0.1–0.42
Somali 0.02 0.01–0.07 0.03 0.01–0.11 0.03 0.01–0.08 0.08 0.03–0.21
Behavioral variables
Risk partner in past 12 months
No 1 1 1 1
Yes 1.93 1.16–3.21 1.91 0.79–4.64 1.86 0.95–3.66 1.91 0.63–5.83
Self perceived risk of HIV
No risk 1 1 1 1
Small risk 1.99 1.29–3.06 2.34 1.35–4.07 1.46 0.94–2.25 1.86 1.15–3.02
Moderate/great risk 0.73 0.42–1.26 0.95 0.60–1.51 1.01 0.59–1.74 1.26 0.86–1.84
Don’t know 0.25 0.17–0.36 0.73 0.50–1.09 0.27 0.19–0.40 0.62 0.42–0.90
Believes HIV/AIDS is fatal
No 1 1 1 1
Yes 3.71 2.58–5.34 0.88 0.61–1.28 3.52 2.50–5.00 1.27 0.89–1.82
Believes HIV/AIDS can be cured
No 1 1
Yes 1.25 0.91–1.73 0.94 0.69–1.27
HIV/AIDS knowledge index
None 1 1 1 1
Low 3.45 2.43–4.91 1.50 1.06–2.13 2.71 1.86–3.93 1.50 1.05–2.15
Moderate 4.51 3.12–6.51 1.57 1.11–2.23 3.71 2.45–5.63 1.56 1.05–2.33
Comprehensive knowledge 8.39 5.37–13.11 2.32 1.45–3.72 5.98 3.85–9.30 1.96 1.23–3.13
HIV/AIDS stigma scale
No stigma 1 1 1 1
Low stigma 0.68 0.51–0.90 0.84 0.65–1.09 0.59 0.47–0.74 0.70 0.56–0.87
Moderate stigma 0.42 0.32–0.56 0.67 0.49–0.92 0.38 0.30–0.49 0.58 0.42–0.80
High stigma 0.22 0.14–0.72 0.65 0.46–0.93 0.25 0.17–0.36 0.56 0.38–0.80
Talked with partner about HIV
No 1 1 1 1
Yes 4.5 3.58–5.7 2.27 1.86–2.77 3.93 2.94–5.25 2.09 1.61–2.71
Programmatic variables
Walking distance to HF
<=10 min 1 1 1 1
10–30 min 0.55 0.37–0.81 0.76 0.60–0.97 0.76 0.57–1.02 0.80 0.64–1.00
30+ minutes 0.45 0.27–0.76 0.60 0.42–0.87 0.62 0.36–1.05 0.76 0.56–1.03
Proactively visited HEW
No 1 1 1 1
Yes 2.16 1.74–2.69 1.40 1.13–1.73 1.86 >1.5–2.30 1.23 099–1.52
HEW visited home
No 1 1 1 1
Yes 2.16 1.66–2.81 1.22 0.97–1.54 2 1.55–2.60 1.22 0.98–1.53
Exposure to HIV information
Never exposed 1 1 1 1
Only to mass media 8.31 3.34–20.71 5.42 1.89–15.54 6.07 2.08–17.76 1.91 0.69–5.29
Community conversations 19.68 8.61–45–02 5.92 2.38–14.72 12 4.55–31.59 2.52 0.96–6.65
Household graduated as model-family
No 1 1 1 1
Yes 3.06 2.09–4.48 1.50 1.03–2.18 4.34 2.81–6.70 2.65 1.72–4.07
VHPs in village
No 1 1 1 1
Yes 3.12 2.14–4.54 1.44 1.00–2.06 2.91 2.02–4.19 1.37 0.98–1.90