Table 3:
Adjusted logistic regression analyses of demographic and sexual risk behaviors associated with awareness of oral HIVST, willingness to use oral HIVST, and willingness to ask a sexual partner to use oral HIVST before sex in Kenyan young adults (N=350)
| Characteristics | Awareness of oral HIV self-test | Willingness to use oral HIV self-test | Willingness to ask a sexual partner to use oral HIV self-test before sex |
|---|---|---|---|
| AORa (95%CI) | AORa (95%CI) | AORa (95%CI) | |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Female | 1.21 (0.69, 2.11) | 1.99 (1.18, 3.33) ** | 1.55 (0.88, 2.74) |
| Age (in years) | |||
| 18–19 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 20–22 | 1.13 (0.63, 2.03) | 2.00 (1.13, 3.56) * | 2.28 (1.22, 4.25) ** |
| Highest level of education | |||
| Primary | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Secondary or higher | 0.59 (0.33, 1.05) | 2.02 (1.18, 3.45) * | 1.45 (0.80, 2.63) |
| Marital status | |||
| Married/Cohabiting | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Singleb | 0.58 (0.20, 1.71) | 0.07 (<0.01, 2.43) | 0.67 (0.16, 2.90) |
| Monthly Incomec | |||
| < KSh 5,000 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| KSh 5,000–9,999 | 1.00 (0.47, 2.13) | 1.38 (0.65, 2.93) | 0.88 (0.39, 1.95) |
| ≥ KSh 10,000 | 0.94 (0.42, 2.11) | 0.67 (0.33, 1.36) | 0.38 (0.18, 0.81) * |
| Tribal Ethnicity | |||
| Luo | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Luhya | 2.18 (0.39, 12.25) | 0.27 (0.06, 1.50) | 0.21 (0.03, 1.62) |
| Kikuyu | 2.73 (0.54, 13.70) | 0.48 (0.10, 2.34) | 0.27 (0.04, 1.92) |
| Garre | 0.52 (0.07, 3.87) | 0.36 (0.07, 1.91) | 0.20 (0.03, 1.59) |
| Borana | 0.58 (0.05, 6.73) | 0.21 (0.03, 1.28) | 0.13 (0.01, 1.35) |
| Mixed/Other | 2.71 (0.51, 14.38) | 0.64 (0.12, 3.39) | 0.40 (0.05, 3.11) |
| Ever had sex | |||
| No | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Yes | 1.86 (0.97, 3.54) | 1.19 (0.69, 2.04) | 0.78 (0.41, 1.47) |
| Recent high-risk sexual behaviorsd | |||
| No | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Yes | 0.93 (0.43, 2.05) | 0.33 (0.12, 0.90) * | 0.55 (0.22, 1.34) |
| Awareness of oral HIV self-test | |||
| No | N/A | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Yes | 0.53 (0.29, 0.97) * | 1.16 (0.58, 2.34) | |
| Willingness to use oral HIV self-test | |||
| No | N/A | N/A | 1.0 |
| Yes | 21.70 (10.57, 44.55) *** |
[a]
Adjusts for age, gender, and education;
[b]
Adjusts for age, gender, and education; [b] Includes widowed, divorced, or separated;
[c]
1 US Dollar (USD) ≈103 Kenyan Shillings (KSh);
[d]
Includes report of one or more of the following in the last six months among respondents who reported having had sex: unprotected sex, sex while high/drunk, sex exchange, and sex with three or more partners;
*
p<0.05;
**
p<0.01;
***
p<0.001.
Statistically significant findings are starred and bolded to facilitate identification.