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. 2017 Oct 12;12(10):e0186316. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186316

Table 5. Adjusted socio-demographic and risk factors associated with ever being tested for HIV among PLHIV, by country.

Burkina Faso 2010 Cameroon 2011 Chad
2014–15
Cote d’Ivoire 2011–12 Ethiopia 2011 Gabon
2012
Lesotho 2014 Malawi 2015–16 Namibia 2013 Rwanda 2014–15 Sierra Leone 2013 Tanzania 2011–12 Togo
2013–14
Uganda 2011 Zambia 2013–14 Zimbabwe 2015
Sex
Reference group: female
Male 1.11 0.60* 0.36 0.73 0.75 0.38* 0.26** 0.27** 0.30** 0.38 0.15** 0.52** 0.58 0.37** 0.33** 0.36**
Place of residence
Reference group: urban
Rural 0.36 0.75 0.48 0.98 0.33* 0.68 0.98 0.98 1.00 1.03 4.07 0.92 0.59 0.91 0.78 1.62
Age group
Reference group: 30–39
15–19 - 0.64 0.24 0.32 0.88 0.03** 0.12** 0.15** 0.12** 0.43 0.55 0.38 0.30 0.50* 0.21** 0.57
20–29 0.61 0.74 0.63 0.87 0.75 0.33* 0.71 0.79 0.61 1.48 0.77 1.53 0.59 0.88 0.75 1.33
40–49 0.62 0.81 0.71 0.47* 0.60 0.50 1.21 0.79 1.07 3.32 0.56 0.80 1.07 1.01 0.73* 1.09
Educational attainment
Reference group: Secondary or higher
None 0.18* 0.24** 0.21* 0.28** 0.44 1.44 0.35** 0.32** 0.57 0.03* 0.41* 0.29** 0.26* 0.24** 0.80 0.38
Primary 0.46 0.60* 1.35 0.24** 0.74 0.56 0.86 0.58 0.59 0.04* 0.84 0.50* 0.91 0.47** 0.70* 0.77
Wealth tercile
Reference group: Highest
Lowest 0.53 0.32** 0.26 0.16** 0.92 0.49 0.80 1.29 0.55 0.62 0.24 1.11 0.53 0.98 0.90 0.50
Middle 1.30 0.67 0.07* 0.75 0.75 0.52 1.23 1.91* 0.80 3.28 0.14* 0.91 0.82 0.96 1.04 0.48
Lifetime number of sexual partners
Reference group: 2–3
0 0.15 0.06* - - 0.12** 0.05 0.79 0.49 0.31 0.04** 0.06* 0.42 - 0.24** 0.33** 0.27**
1 1.28 1.16 0.22** 0.94 0.91 0.70 0.85 0.93 0.71 0.55 0.64 0.86 0.60 1.06 0.82 0.69
4+ 0.98 1.17 1.72 1.19 1.09 1.35 1.25 1.71 1.20 0.56 0.79 1.22 0.60 0.84 1.06 1.08
DK/Missing - 1.86 4.26 1.54 1.62 0.63 1.09 0.25 0.56 - 0.20 3.99 - 0.97 0.58 0.83
Number 148 584 163 317 400 426 1,435 1,266 1,085 365 207 908 216 1,436 3,704 2,229

Note

** = p < .01

* = p < .05.

- = insufficient number of cases to produce an estimate.