Table 3.

Multivariable logistic regression model assessing the factors associated with knowledge of HIV transmission among Rohingya refugee women (n=489)

Independent variables	Good knowledge of HIV/AIDS
	OR	P value
Women’s age	1.06 (0.99–1.14)	0.08
Women’s educational status
Received no education (ref)	1.00
Received some formal education	2.37 (1.28–4.41)	<0.01
Received madrasah education*	1.60 (0.90–2.85)	0.11
Women’s age at first marriage	1.09 (1.01–1.19)	0.04
Marital status during the survey
Divorced/separated/widowed (ref)	1.00
Married	1.75 (0.61–5.03)	0.30
Women’s work engagement outside household
Only household work (ref)	1.00
Engaged in additional work	1.76 (1.06–2.91)	0.03
Husbands’ age	0.97 (0.93–1.01)	0.13
Husbands’ educational status
Received no education (ref)	1.00
Received some formal education	0.67 (0.42–1.07)	0.09
Received madrasah education*	1.16 (0.63–2.13)	0.64
Husbands’ working status
Unemployed (ref)	1.00
Day labourer	1.97 (1.05–3.70)	0.03
Other jobs†	1.96 (1.02–3.79)	0.04
Availability of healthcare services in the blocks where women reside
No	1.00
Yes	2.13 (1.16–3.89)	0.01
Constant	0.006 (0.001–0.05)	<0.01

Values marked in bold indicate statistically significant results.

*Had gone to mosque/relevant institutions mainly for religious education.

†Included all forms of voluntary jobs and services.

Ref, Reference category.