Table 4.
Factors associated with being a first‐time HIV tester and opting for self‐testing
| Socio‐demographics | Total (n = 803) | First‐time testing (n = 412) | Ever tested (n = 391) | Univariable logistic regression | Multivariable logistic regression | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR (95% CI) | p‐value | aOR (95% CI) | p‐value | ||||
| Age in years | 0.99 (0.996 to 1.03) | 0.87 | 0.98 (0.95 to 1.02) | 0.45 | |||
| Education | |||||||
| High school and below | 41.1% | 201 (48.8%) | 129 (33.0%) | 1.9 (1.4 to 2.3) | 0.000 | 1.8 (1.3 to 2.5) | 0.001 |
| College and university | 58.9% | 211 (51.2%) | 262 (67.0%) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Sex exchanged for money | |||||||
| No | 70.6% | 277 (67.2%) | 290 (74.2%) | 0.72 (0.5 to 1.0) | 0.081 | 0.83 (0.57 to 1.2) | 0.34 |
| Yes | 19.3% | 88 (21.4%) | 67 (17.1%) | 1 | 1 | ||
| No response | 10.1% | 47 (11.4%) | 34 (8.7%) | 1.05 (0.61 to 1.8) | 0.85 | 1.0 (0.57 to 1.8) | 0.9 |
| Ever injected drugs | |||||||
| No | 94.8% | 383 (93.0%) | 378 (96.7%) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yes | 1.6% | 9 (2.2%) | 4 (1.0%) | 2.22 (0.67 to 7.27) | 0.187 | 2.2 (0.69 to 7.6) | 0.17 |
| No response | 3.6%) | 20 (4.9%) | 9 (2.3%) | ||||
| Income | |||||||
| Below mean | 41.0% |
167 40.5% |
162 41.4% |
0.92 (0.61 to 1.3) | 0.711 | 0.78 (0.51 to 1.2) | 0.27 |
| Above mean | 16.3% |
69 16.7% |
62 15.9% |
1 | 1 | ||
| No response | 42.7% |
176 42.7% |
167 42.7% |
0.94 (0.63 to 1.4) | 0.79 | 0.84 (0.55 to 1.2) | 0.42 |
| Residence | |||||||
| Hanoi | 35.7% |
139 33.7% |
148 37.9% |
1 | 1 | ||
| Ho Chi Minh City | 64.3% |
273 66.3% |
243 62.1% |
1.19 (0.89 to 1.59) | 0.224 | 0.99 (0.72 to 1.3) | 0.9 |
Bold denotes p‐value <0.05.