Table 3:
Characteristics associated with HIV prevalence among men and women in a rural and peri-urban community in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 2014–2015
| Variable | Women | Men | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adjusted Odds Ratio | p value | Adjusted Odds Ratio | p value | |
| Age (years) | ||||
| 15–19 | Ref | Ref | ||
| 20–24 | 2·1 (1·3–3·4) | 0·0016 | 2·2 (1·1–4·7) | 0·0339 |
| 25–29 | 3·9 (2·6–6·0) | <0·0001 | 5·3 (2·5–11·3) | <0·0001 |
| 30–34 | 7·5 (4·9–11·6) | <0·0001 | 9·9 (4·6–21·7) | <0·0001 |
| 35–39 | 7·9 (5·1–12·2) | <0·0001 | 13·2 (6·3–27·7) | <0·0001 |
| 40–44 | 6·3 (3·8–10·2) | <0·0001 | 14·9 (6·5–34·4) | <0·0001 |
| 45–49 | 2·8 (1·7–4·5) | <0·0001 | 5·7 (2·7–12·1) | <0·0001 |
| Education | ||||
| Incomplete secondary (Grade 8–11) | Ref | Ref | ||
| Completed secondary (Grade 12) | 0·8 (0·7–1·0) | 0·0438 | 0·6 (0·5–0·8) | 0·0001 |
| Tertiary (Diploma/degree) | 0·6 (0·4–0·9) | 0·0113 | 0·4 (0·2–0·8) | 0·0100 |
| Relationship status | ||||
| Legally married | Ref | Ref | ||
| Single | 2·8 (2·2–3·7) | <0·0001 | 1·9 (1·2–2·9) | 0·0049 |
| Living as husband and wife | 2·1 (1·4–3·3) | 0·0011 | 3·6 (1·4–9·0) | 0·0071 |
| Widowed / Divorced | 2·8 (1·5–5·1) | 0·0011 | 0·4 (0·1–1·8) | 0·2295 |
| Lifetime sex partners | ||||
| One | Ref | |||
| One-to five | 1·7 (1·5–2·1) | <0·0001 | ||
| More than five | 3·9 (2·5–5·9) | <0·0001 | ||
| Refused or missing | 1·6 (1·3–2·0) | <0·0001 | ||
| Currently has a laboratory diagnosed sexually transmitted infectiona | ||||
| No | Ref | Ref | ||
| Yes | 7·3 (5·3–10·2) | <0·0001 | 10·4 (7·4–14·7) | <0·0001 |
| Circumcised (men only) | ||||
| Medical | NA | Ref | ||
| Traditional / Don’t Know | 1·1 (0·6–2·1) | 0·6875 | ||
| No | 1·7 (1·2–2·3) | 0·0011 | ||
a
any laboratory diagnosis of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, Trichomonas vaginalis and/or Mycoplasma genitalium DNA from self-collected swabs (women) and first-pass urine (men) samples and antibodies to herpes simplex virus type 2 and Treponema pallidum (syphilis).