Table 3.

Multivariate analysis of misconceptions about HIV transmission among women in Malawi

	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3
	OR	[95 % CI]	OR	[95 % CI]	OR	[95 % CI]
ABC prevention knowledge	0.81***	[0.79, 0.83]	0.83***	[0.81, 0.86]	0.85***	[0.83, 0.87]
Have been tested for AIDS
No	1.00		1.00		1.00
Yes	0.88***	[0.83, 0.92]	0.76***	[0.71, 0.82]	0.85***	[0.79, 0.91]
Region of residence
Northern			1.00		1.00
Central			0.59***	[0.51, 0.68]	0.54***	[0.47, 0.63]
Southern			0.53***	[0.47, 0.59]	0.49***	[0.43, 0.55]
Ethnicity
Tumbuka			1.00		1.00
Chewa			1.01	[0.86, 1.18]	0.83*	[0.70, 0.98]
Lomwe			0.85	[0.74, 0.99]	0.75***	[0.64, 0.88]
Tonga			0.68***	[0.58, 0.80]	0.63***	[0.54, 0.74]
Yao			0.80*	[0.67, 0.96]	0.69***	[0.57, 0.83]
Sena			0.88	[0.72, 1.08]	0.67***	[0.54, 0.80]
Ngori			0.83**	[0.72, 0.96]	0.71***	[0.61, 0.83]
Others			0.86*	[0.76, 0.98]	0.73***	[0.64, 0.82]
Religion
Christian			1.00		1.00
Muslim			1.34***	[1.18, 1.51]	1.22***	[1.08, 1.38]
No religion			1.24	[0.90, 1.72]	1.04	[0.76, 1.44]
Urban–rural residence
Urban			1.00		1.00
Rural			2.03***	[1.86, 2.22]	1.29***	[1.16, 1.42]
Marital status
Never married			1.00		1.00
Currently married			1.40***	[1.26, 1.55]	1.12*	[1.01, 1.25]
Formerly married			1.29***	[1.13, 1.47]	1.00	[0.88, 1.13]
Age of respondents			1.01***	[1.00, 1.02]	1.00	[0.99, 1.00]
Educational background
No education					1.00
Primary education					0.70***	[0.65, 0.77]
Secondary/higher education					0.30***	[0.27, 0.33]
Wealth status
Poorest					1.00
Poorer					0.89**	[0.82, 0.96]
Middle					0.83***	[0.76, 0.91]
Richer					0.75***	[0.68, 0.82]
Richest					0.61***	[0.55, 0.67]
Currently working
No					1.00
Yes					1.05	[0.99, 1.12]
Total	22,489		22,489		22,489
Log Pseudo-likelihood	−15,312		−14,903		−14,505

* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001

Odds ratios adjusted for clustering; 95% confidence intervals in brackets