Table 3.

Multinomial multivariate logistic regression analyses of socio-demographic factors, HIV risk perception and risky behavior associated with male circumcision type compared to non-circumcised males

Variables	Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC)			Traditional male circumcision (TMC)
	RRR	95 % CI	p-value	RRR	95 % CI	p-value
Age group (in years)
15–19	1			1
20–24	1.20	0.76–1.90	0.421	2.24	1.54–3.27	<0.001
25–49	1.51	0.95–2.40	0.085	3.54	2.50–5.00	<0.001
50+	1.34	0.82–2.20	0.243	5.15	3.56–7.46	<0.001
Race
Other	1			1
Black Africans	2.23	1.41–3.52	0.001	25.44	19.41–33.35	<0.001
Locality type
Urban formal	1			1
Urban informal	0.74	0.48–1.14	0.169	1.68	1.34–2.11	<0.001
Rural informal	0.85	0.60–1.21	0.377	1.27	1.01–1.59	0.042
Rural formal	0.77	0.32–1.82	0.551	1.10	0.85–1.42	0.458
Province
Western Cape	1			1
Eastern Cape	2.03	1.01–4.10	0.048	2.57	1.87–3.54	<0.001
Northern Cape	0.38	0.22–0.65	<0.001	0.10	0.07–0.16	<0.001
Free State	0.73	0.37–1.43	0.359	0.18	0.13–0.25	<0.001
KwaZulu-Natal	0.41	0.26–0.67	<0.001	0.05	0.03–0.07	<0.001
North West	0.58	0.33–1.01	0.054	0.14	0.10–0.20	<0.001
Gauteng	1.22	0.83–1.77	0.308	0.26	0.19–0.36	<0.001
Mpumalanga	0.62	0.34–1.12	0.111	0.28	0.20–0.39	<0.001
Limpopo	2.85	1.49–5.42	0.001	0.71	0.50–1.02	0.061
Perceived risk of HIV infection
No	1			1
Yes	1.35	0.99–1.85	0.059	1.02	0.85–1.22	0.861
No of sex partners in last 12 months
One partner	1			1
Two partners	1.02	0.71–1.48	0.896	0.79	0.61–1.03	0.088
More than 2 partners	1.67	1.14–2.46	0.009	1.21	0.91–1.62	0.188
Alcohol use risk scorea
Abstainers	1			1
Low risk (1–7)	1.28	0.94–1.76	0.121	0.72	0.60–0.86	<0.001
Risky/hazardous level (8–15)	1.02	0.74–1.41	0.891	0.81	0.65–1.01	0.064
High risk/harmful (16–19)	1.29	0.68–2.42	0.434	0.94	0.62–1.43	0.768
High risk (20+)	1.19	0.62–2.29	0.606	0.70	0.43–1.12	0.132

RRR relative risk ratio equivalent to odds ratio, CI confidence intervals

^aRisk score based on a questionnaire for Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT)