Table 3. Economic resources associated with sexually-experienced young women's actions to reduce risk of acquiring HIV: frequencies and unadjusted odds ratios.
| Periodic Sexual abstinence | Consistent condom use | Changed partner selection process | Reduced number of sex partners | Talked to partner about HIV testing | Talked to partner about condom use | Used 3 or more HIV preventive practices | ||||||||
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| % | OR (95% CI) | % | OR (95% CI) | % | OR (95% CI) | % | OR (95% CI) | % | OR (95% CI) | % | OR (95% CI) | % | OR (95% CI) | |
| Sample size (N=693) | 12.3 | - | 44.3 | - | 17.3 | - | 17.2 | - | 71.6 | - | 74.0 | - | 49.9 | - |
| n=85 | n=307 | n=120 | n=119 | n=496 | n=513 | n=346 | ||||||||
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| Work for pay | ||||||||||||||
| Yes | 16.2 | 1.80* | 41.5 | 0.83 | 24.6 | 2.29*** | 16.5 | 0.93 | 73.2 | 1.12 | 73.5 | 0.94 | 54.8 | 1.38* |
| No | 9.7 | (1.14-2.85) | 46.1 | (0.61-1.14) | 12.6 | (1.54-3.43) | 17.6 | (0.62-1.40) | 70.6 | (0.79-1.57) | 74.4 | (0.66-1.33) | 46.8 | (1.01-1.87) |
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| Money comes from job | ||||||||||||||
| Yes | 18.9 | 2.08** | 40.6 | 0.79 | 23.9 | 1.74* | 16.1 | 0.88 | 72.8 | 1.06 | 70.0 | 0.75 | 52.8 | 1.10 |
| No | 10.2 | (1.30-3.35) | 46.6 | (0.56-1.12) | 15.3 | (1.14-2.66) | 18.1 | (0.55-1.39) | 71.7 | (0.72-1.56) | 76.0 | (0.51-1.10) | 50.3 | (0.78-1.55) |
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| Money to spend on self | ||||||||||||||
| Yes | 10.5 | 0.84 | 44.7 | 1.07 | 19.7 | 1.23 | 25.0 | 1.77* | 81.6 | 1.82§ | 81.6 | 1.57 | 60.5 | 1.61 |
| No | 12.6 | (0.39-1.82) | 44.4 | (0.65-1.74) | 17.2 | (0.67-2.25) | 16.4 | (1.01-3.12) | 70.3 | (1.00-3.35) | 73.1 | (0.85-2.88) | 48.9 | (0.99-2.61) |
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| Food sufficient | ||||||||||||||
| Yes | 13.8 | 1.38 | 44.4 | 0.97 | 17.0 | 0.92 | 17.7 | 1.07 | 70.4 | 0.88 | 71.4 | 0.71 | 50.0 | 1.00 |
| No | 10.3 | (0.85-2.24) | 44.5 | (0.71-1.33) | 18.0 | (0.61-1.37) | 16.5 | (0.71-1.61) | 73.2 | (0.63-1.24) | 78.3 | (0.49-1.02) | 50.0 | (0.74-1.36) |
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| Being unindebted | ||||||||||||||
| Yes | 10.9 | 0.64 | 45.4 | 1.11 | 16.4 | 0.79 | 17.0 | 0.94 | 73.3 | 1.28 | 73.7 | 0.95 | 50.2 | 1.02 |
| No | 15.8 | (0.40-1.04) | 42.6 | (0.79-1.54) | 19.6 | (0.61-1.45) | 17.7 | (0.61-1.45) | 67.9 | (0.89-1.83) | 75.1 | (0.65-1.39) | 49.8 | (0.74-1.41) |
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| Has savings | ||||||||||||||
| Yes | 16.0 | 1.56 | 44.6 | 1.03 | 21.1 | 1.42 | 17.1 | 1.01 | 76.6 | 1.36 | 73.1 | 0.89 | 53.1 | 1.17 |
| No | 11.1 | (0.95-2.54) | 44.5 | (0.73-1.46) | 16.1 | (0.92-2.20) | 17.3 | (0.64-1.59) | 70.1 | (0.92-2.02) | 74.6 | (0.60-1.31) | 49.1 | (0.84-1.66) |
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| Has banking account | ||||||||||||||
| Yes | 10.9 | 0.84 | 52.9 | 1.54* | 21.7 | 1.43 | 21.7 | 1.45 | 77.5 | 1.49 | 75.4 | 1.12 | 60.1 | 1.66** |
| No | 12.7 | (0.46-1.51) | 42.4 | (1.05-2.25) | 16.3 | (0.90-2.27) | 16.1 | (0.91-2.30) | 70.1 | (0.96-2.33) | 73.9 | (0.72-1.73) | 47.6 | (1.13-2.42) |
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| Has 4 or more economic resources | ||||||||||||||
| Yes | 17.2 | 1.60 | 48.3 | 1.17 | 25.9 | 1.85* | 18.1 | 1.05 | 81.0 | 1.81* | 74.1 | 0.96 | 61.2 | 1.73** |
| No | 11.3 | (0.93-2.77) | 43.5 | (0.78-1.75) | 15.6 | (1.15-2.96) | 17.0 | (0.63-1.77) | 69.7 | (1.10-2.97) | 74.0 | (0.61-1.52) | 47.7 | (1.15-2.60) |
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p<0.05,
**
p<0.01,
***
p<0.001