Table 3.
Comparison of the [direct] effects of main determinants of risk behaviors in form of odds ratio among married women who are poor (1st tertile of wealth index) and not poor (2nd and 3rd tertiles of wealth)
| Behavior |
Condom use |
Been tested |
No STD |
Single partner |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Odds ratio / Standard error
|
Poor
|
Not poor
|
Poor
|
Not poor
|
Poor
|
Not poor
|
Poor
|
Not poor
|
Poor
|
Not poor
|
| HIV seropositivity |
1.119§ |
1.117§ |
3.716§ |
3.003§ |
1.350‡ |
1.627§ |
0.524‡ |
0.438§ |
0.476§ |
0.549§ |
| -0.019 |
-0.014 |
-0.342 |
-0.173 |
-0.139 |
-0.12 |
-0.111 |
-0.052 |
-0.086 |
-0.065 |
|
| Some agency |
1.061§ |
1.093§ |
1.697§ |
2.299§ |
1.436§ |
1.491§ |
1.248 |
0.881 |
0.791 |
0.864 |
| -0.007 |
-0.008 |
-0.215 |
-0.215 |
-0.062 |
-0.052 |
-0.163 |
-0.085 |
-0.126 |
-0.122 |
|
| Knowledge score (0-5) |
1.054§ |
1.052§ |
1.119§ |
1.055‡ |
1.531§ |
1.386§ |
0.913‡ |
0.910§ |
0.919† |
0.957 |
| -0.002 |
-0.002 |
-0.032 |
-0.021 |
-0.018 |
-0.013 |
-0.028 |
-0.022 |
-0.034 |
-0.029 |
|
| Young (15-24 years) (Ref: age >25) |
1.009 |
1.004 |
1.494§ |
1.240§ |
0.909† |
0.974 |
1.186 |
0.963 |
1.313† |
0.777† |
| -0.007 |
-0.006 |
-0.115 |
-0.065 |
-0.038 |
-0.032 |
-0.146 |
-0.088 |
-0.182 |
-0.079 |
|
| Secondary education or higher |
1.099§ |
1.146§ |
1.198† |
1.539§ |
2.027§ |
2.458§ |
1.043 |
1.026 |
0.922 |
0.935 |
| -0.012 |
-0.008 |
-0.109 |
-0.078 |
-0.141 |
-0.09 |
-0.162 |
-0.09 |
-0.166 |
-0.087 |
|
| Working |
0.993 |
0.994 |
1.041 |
0.933 |
1.003 |
1.031 |
0.881 |
0.845† |
0.935 |
0.942 |
| -0.007 |
-0.006 |
-0.081 |
-0.044 |
-0.043 |
-0.031 |
-0.11 |
-0.067 |
-0.136 |
-0.086 |
|
| Pregnancy in last 5 years |
1.187§ |
1.190§ |
1.537§ |
1.255§ |
3.468§ |
3.127§ |
1.045 |
1.012 |
2.079§ |
2.020§ |
| -0.008 |
-0.007 |
-0.129 |
-0.059 |
-0.169 |
-0.099 |
-0.117 |
-0.072 |
-0.243 |
-0.174 |
|
| Wife/co-wife (Ref: head of household) |
0.996 |
0.993 |
0.802† |
0.832‡ |
0.911 |
0.914† |
1.151 |
0.956 |
1.38 |
1.469‡ |
| -0.009 |
-0.008 |
-0.081 |
-0.054 |
-0.053 |
-0.04 |
-0.173 |
-0.096 |
-0.24 |
-0.178 |
|
| Other relationship to head of household |
1.028† |
1.027† |
0.887 |
1.508§ |
1.211† |
1.026 |
1.019 |
0.946 |
0.856 |
0.783 |
| -0.013 |
-0.011 |
-0.114 |
-0.12 |
-0.091 |
-0.057 |
-0.204 |
-0.127 |
-0.169 |
-0.111 |
|
| Rejects wife-beating |
1.044§ |
1.062§ |
1.319§ |
1.233§ |
1.254§ |
1.342§ |
1.124 |
1.182† |
1.121 |
1.074 |
| -0.007 |
-0.006 |
-0.096 |
-0.062 |
-0.048 |
-0.04 |
-0.125 |
-0.093 |
-0.145 |
-0.103 |
|
| Rural (Ref: urban) |
0.934§ |
0.879§ |
0.731† |
0.723§ |
0.686§ |
0.406§ |
1.12 |
1.075 |
0.943 |
1.379§ |
| -0.015 |
-0.005 |
-0.11 |
-0.034 |
-0.06 |
-0.012 |
-0.257 |
-0.078 |
-0.185 |
-0.123 |
|
| Constant |
12.899§ |
11.996§ |
0.024§ |
0.020§ |
0.683† |
1.165 |
78.193§ |
257.842§ |
188.353§ |
135.681§ |
| -0.306 |
-0.198 |
-0.007 |
-0.003 |
-0.104 |
-0.143 |
-30.735 |
-72.971 |
-88.364 |
-45.192 |
|
| [Pseudo] R-squared |
0.428 |
0.323 |
0.189 |
0.169 |
0.447 |
0.355 |
0.100 |
0.118 |
0.128 |
0.153 |
| Number of observations | 39 905 | 67 782 | 36 342 | 63 158 | 39 726 | 67 461 | 38 928 | 65 151 | 39 665 | 67 426 |
*Notes: Country-fixed effect is not shown in this view. Numbers are odds ratio (standard error). Regressions have been adjusted for HIV status, age group, education level, working status, residence in urban/rural setting, history of pregnancy in past 5 years, relationship to the head of household, rejection of wife beating, and fixed effect for countries. Source: [14]
†P < 0.05.
‡P < 0.01.
§P < 0.001.