Table 3.
Multiple logistic regression analysis of the effects of socio-demographic characteristics on women’s knowledge of HIV/AIDS
| Characteristics | Model 1 |
Model 2 |
|---|---|---|
| cOR (95% CI) | aOR (95% CI) | |
| Age (y) | ||
| 15-19 | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) |
| 20-24 | 4.03 (1.93, 8.38)*** | 1.17 (0.97, 1.41) |
| 25-29 | 2.15 (1.01, 4.58)* | 1.35 (1.10, 1.64)** |
| 30-34 | 4.77 (2.33, 9.78)*** | 1.55 (1.26, 1.90)*** |
| 35-39 | 2.79 (1.29, 6.04)** | 1.36 (1.10, 1.68)** |
| 40-44 | 3.30 (1.53, 7.09)** | 1.15 (0.92, 1.44) |
| 45-49 | 2.71 (1.18, 6.21)* | 0.94 (0.73, 1.22) |
| Occupational status | ||
| Unemployed | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) |
| Working | 2.41 (1.68, 3.47)*** | 1.02 (0.93, 1.13) |
| Marital status | ||
| Never married | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) |
| Married | 0.88 (0.61, 1.25) | 0.90 (0.77, 1.05) |
| Divorced/widowed | 0.67 (0.28, 1.58) | 0.80 (0.60, 1.05) |
| Education level | ||
| Low | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) |
| High | 11.99 (8.49, 16.93)*** | 2.43 (2.17, 2.72)*** |
| Place of residence | ||
| Rural | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) |
| Urban | 2.75 (1.85, 4.10)*** | 1.33 (1.19, 1.49)*** |
| Wealth index | ||
| Poorest | 1.00 (reference) | 1.00 (reference) |
| Poorer | 0.94 (0.39, 2.29) | 1.04 (0.85, 1.26) |
| Middle | 1.81 (0.72, 4.49) | 1.33 (1.10, 1.62)** |
| Richer | 3.51 (1.50, 8.21)** | 1.63 (1.36, 1.98)*** |
| Richest | 8.56 (3.81,19.25)*** | 2.13 (1.77, 2.57)*** |
cOR, crude odds ratio; aOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.
*
p<0.05,
**
p<0.01,
***
p<0.001.