Table 3.
Bivariate and multivariate logistics regression of women’s comprehensive HIV/AIDS knowledge with their SES and autonomy from PDHS 2012–2013
| Characteristics | Women’s comprehensive HIV/AIDS knowledge | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bivariate | Multivariate | |||||
| OR | CI (95%) | p-value | AOR | CI (95%) | p-value | |
| Regions/Provinces | ||||||
| Punjab | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Sindh | 1.86 | 1.61–2.15 | < 0.01 | 1.53 | 1.30–1.81 | < 0.01 |
| Baluchistan | 0.98 | 0.82–1.18 | 0.87 | 1.19 | 0.97–1.47 | 0.08 |
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 2.46 | 1.55–3.91 | < 0.01 | 3.59 | 2.20–5.85 | < 0.01 |
| Gilgit Baltistan | 1.67 | 0.44–6.43 | 0.45 | 1.37 | 0.34–5.45 | 0.65 |
| Islamabad | 2.69 | 1.31–5.51 | < 0.01 | 1.61 | 0.75–3.44 | 0.22 |
| Geographical classification | ||||||
| Rural | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Urban | 1.86 | 1.66–2.08 | < 0.01 | 1.04 | 0.89–1.21 | 0.61 |
| Respondents age | ||||||
| 15–24 years | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 25–34 years | 1.39 | 1.19–1.64 | < 0.01 | 1.32 | 1.11–1.56 | < 0.01 |
| 35 years and above | 1.34 | 1.14–1.57 | < 0.01 | 1.26 | 1.05–1.52 | 0.01 |
| Respondents educational status | ||||||
| No formal schooling | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Primary | 1.19 | 1.01–1.40 | 0.03 | 1.14 | 0.95–1.36 | 0.16 |
| Secondary | 1.95 | 1.69–2.25 | < 0.01 | 1.56 | 1.31–1.86 | < 0.01 |
| Higher | 4.08 | 3.39–4.92 | < 0.01 | 2.59 | 2.05–3.27 | < 0.01 |
| Husbands educational status | ||||||
| No formal schooling | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Primary | 1.06 | 0.85–1.29 | 0.59 | 0.99 | 0.80–1.24 | 0.98 |
| Secondary | 1.37 | 1.17–1.61 | < 0.01 | 1.05 | 0.88–1.26 | 0.56 |
| Higher | 2.52 | 2.11–3.01 | < 0.01 | 1.16 | 0.94–1.44 | 0.17 |
| Respondents occupation | ||||||
| Unemployed | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Professional/Managerial | 1.19 | 1.01–1.42 | 0.04 | 1.09 | 0.91–1.32 | 0.35 |
| Agriculture | 0.41 | 0.29–0.57 | < 0.01 | 0.64 | 0.44–0.94 | 0.02 |
| Unskilled workers | 0.61 | 0.47–0.77 | < 0.01 | 0.91 | 0.69–1.19 | 0.47 |
| Husbands occupation | ||||||
| Unemployed | 1 | 31 | ||||
| Professional/Managerial | 1.39 | 0.95–2.03 | 0.09 | – | – | – |
| Agriculture | 0.89 | 0.59–1.34 | 0.58 | – | – | – |
| Unskilled workers | 0.97 | 0.66–1.42 | 0.87 | – | – | – |
| Exposure to mass media | ||||||
| No | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Yes | 2.01 | 1.64–2.47 | < 0.01 | 1.25 | 0.99–1.58 | 0.06 |
| Wealth index | ||||||
| Poorest | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Poorer | 1.02 | 0.72–1.45 | 0.90 | 0.96 | 0.66–1.41 | 0.85 |
| Middle | 1.04 | 0.75–1.44 | 0.81 | 0.96 | 0.67–1.39 | 0.84 |
| Richer | 1.36 | 0.98–1.87 | 0.06 | 0.98 | 0.68–1.43 | 0.95 |
| Richest | 3.09 | 2.24–4.26 | < 0.01 | 1.62 | 1.09–2.41 | 0.01 |
| Respondents autonomy | ||||||
| Low autonomy | 1 | 1 | ||||
| High autonomy | 1.24 | 1.10–1.39 | < 0.01 | 1.15 | 1.01–1.32 | 0.03 |
| Respondents attitudes towards wife beating | ||||||
| Agree on wife beating | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Disagree on wife beating | 1.75 | 1.54–1.98 | < 0.01 | 1.18 | 1.02–1.37 | 0.02 |