Table 4.

Determinants of Syphilis–HIV Co-Infection Among FSWs in Ethiopia, 2019–2020

Variables	Categories	COR (95%, CI)	p-value	AOR (95% CI)	P-value
Current age category	15–19	0.02 (0.01–0.09)	0.001	0.03 (0.01–0.12)	0.001
	20–24	0.06 (0.03–0.10)	0.001	0.09 (0.05–0.15)	0.001
	25–29	0.12 (0.07–0.19)	0.001	0.14 (0.09–0.23)	0.001
	30–34	0.41 (0.27–0.62)	0.001	0.41 (0.27–0.62)	0.001
	35–59	1		1
Marital status	Married/Cohabitation	2.47 (1.08–5.68)	0.033
	Divorced/Separated/Widowed	3.65 (2.48–5.35)	0.001
	Never married	1		1
Highest grade attended	Non-formal Education	5.80 (3.36–10.01)	0.001	3.18 (1.78–5.68)	0.001
	Primary 1st cycle (grade 1–4)	3.54 (1.96–6.37)	0.001	2.71 (1.46–5.04)	0.002
	Primary 2nd cycle (grade 5–8)	1.46 (0.83–2.56)	0.190	1.44 (0.80–2.58)	0.221
	Secondary school and above	1		1
Average monthly income from selling sex in Ethiopian Birr (ETB)	<2,500	6.29 (3.08–12.85)	0.001	3.05 (1.45–6.42)	0.003
	2,500–4,999	2.64 (1.27–5.50)	0.001	1.53 (0.71–3.26)	0.275
	5,000–7,499	2.16 (0.98–4.76)	0.057	1.76 (0.78–3.95)	0.17
	7,500+	1		1
Depression level	No depression	1		1
	Mild depression	1.29 (0.87–1.92)	0.206	1.13 (0.74–1.71)	0.577
	Major depression	2.84 (1.88–4.29)	0.001	1.85 (1.18–2.89)	0.007
Years lived in the current city/place	<3	1		1
	3–5	2.54 (1.28–5.06)	0.001
	6–10	4.03 (2.07–7.84)	0.001
	11+	5.58 (2.98–10.44)	0.001
First sex experience	Wanted	1		1
	Forced	2.14 (1.54–2.97)	0.001	1.71 (1.20–2.44)	0.003
Number of sexual partners without condom in the last 30 days	Consistent	1		1
	In-consistent	1.65 (1.12–2.44)	0.011
Experienced condom failure in the last 30 days	No breakage	1		1
	Experienced breakage	1.87 (1.36–2.59)	0.001	1.62 (1.14–2.30)	0.007
Hepatitis B	Non-Reactive	1		1
	Reactive	2.65 (1.36–5.15)	0.004	2.32 (1.10–4.90)	0.027
Hepatitis C	Non-Reactive	1		1
	Reactive	8.82 (3.23–24.03)	0.001	5.37 (1.70–16.93)	0.004