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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 Jun 5.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Transm Infect. 2005 Dec;81(6):494–500. doi: 10.1136/sti.2004.013755

Table 3.

Frequency and odds ratios (95% confidence limits) of factors associated with HIV testing in black African men and women

Men
Women
(base 159UW, 55WT)
(base 196UW, 48WT)
% Crude OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR (95% CI) % Crude OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Age (years): p = 0.472 p = 188 p = 0.491 p = 0.675
 16–24 22.8 (8.3 to 49.2) 1.00 1.00 34.1 (16.4 to 57.7) 1.00 1.00
 25–34 39.8 (22.5 to 60.1) 2.24 (0.49 to 10.26) 4.04 (0.90 to 18.08) 41.1 (27.1 to 56.6) 1.35 (0.43 to 4.26) 1.05 (0.32 to 3.47)
 35–44 40.8 (25.1 to 58.7) 2.34 (0.58 to 9.36) 2.27 (0.57 to 9.08) 48.8 (35.7 to 62.2) 1.85 (0.61 to 5.55) 1.52 (0.44 to 5.20)
Education: p = 0.317 p = 0.003 p = 0.001
 Degree 28.0 (15.1 to 46.0) 1.00 39.2 (22.5 to 58.9) 1.00 1.00
 Higher education (<degree) 43.7 (27.5 to 61.3) 1.99 (0.68 to 5.84) 69.3 (53.3 to 81.7) 3.50 (1.29 to 9.51) 4.13 (1.43 to 11.88)
 GCSE/O level/other/none 47.0 (26.8 to 68.2) 2.28 (0.69 to 7.53) 28.8 (17.5 to 43.4) 0.63 (0.22 to 1.78) 0.72 (0.27 to 1.93)
Social class p = 0.045 p = 0.347
 I or II 27.7 (13.1 to 49.3) 1.00 37.3 (22.2 to 55.5) 1.00
 III (manual or non-manual) 51.5 (34.0 to 68.6) 2.77 (0.83 to 9.16) 55.7 (40.2 to 70.2) 2.11 (0.84 to 5.61)
 IV or V 56.9 (30.9 to 79.6) 3.45 (0.83 to 14.27) 40.7 (23.4 to 60.7) 1.15 (0.36 to 3.71)
 Unclassified 18.3 (7.7 to 37.7) 0.59 (0.15 to 2.31) 35.6 (17.2 to 59.5) 0.93 (0.28 to 3.04)
Index of multiple deprivation p = 0.484 p = 0.838
 1st–4th 30.9 (14.8 to 53.7) 1.00 42.8 (26.8 to 60.5) 1.00
 5th (most deprived) 39.6 (28.3 to 52.2) 1.46 (0.50 to 4.29) 44.8 (34.8 to 55.2) 1.08 (0.50 to 2.32)
Marital status p = 0.117 p = 0.259
 Married 43.9 (27.2 to 62.1) 1.00 43.1 (28.9 to 58.6) 1.00
 Cohabiting 58.5 (24.7 to 85.9) 1.81 (0.36 to 9.10) 42.7 (18.2 to 71.5) 0.98 (0.28 to 3.44)
 Previously married 23.0 (9.0 to 47.3) 0.38 (0.10 to 1.44) 57.1 (40.8 to 72.0) 1.76 (0.75 to 4.12)
 Single, never married 22.7 (12.0 to 38.8) 0.38 (0.17 to 1.12) 35.1 (23.5 to 49.6) 0.73 (0.31 to 1.68)
Religion p = 0.623 p = 0.141
 Christian, non-RC 31.6 (19.0 to 47.8) 1.00 44.1 (32.1 to 56.8) 1.00
 Roman Catholic 48.9 (20.0 to 78.5) 2.07 (0.46 to 9.37) 61.7 (42.3 to 78.0) 2.04 (0.80 to 5.24)
 Other/none 37.5 (21.9 to 56.3) 1.30 (0.47 to 3.61) 32.7 (15.7 to 56.6) 0.62 (0.20 to 1.89)
Region of residence p = 0.657 p = 0.601
 Elsewhere in Britain 41.5 (16.9 to 71.3) 1.00 34.1 (8.1 to 75.2) 1.00
 Greater London 34.5 (25.4 to 45.0) 0.74 (0.20 to 2.80) 45.5 (36.3 to 55.1) 1.61 (0.26 to 9.84)
Time spent in UK p = 0.096 p = 0.008 p = 0.801
 Born in UK 17.5 (7.2 to 36.8) 1.00 1.00 40.8 (25.3 to 58.5) 1.00
 >5 years 40.8 (27.1 to 56.1) 3.25 (0.99 to 10.70) 5.1 (1.40 to 18.86) 43.8 (31.2 to 57.2) 1.12 (0.47 to 2.72)
 <5 years 50.4 (23.9 to 76.7) 4.78 (0.98 to 23.32) 9.49 (2.30 to 39.14) 50.5 (29.4 to 71.4) 1.48 (0.45 to 4.82)
Region of birth p = 0.192 p = 0.821
 Europe 20.9 (9.7 to 39.5) 1.00 40.4 (25.0 to 57.9) 1.00
 Central/East Africa 38.7 (21.5 to 59.3) 2.38 (0.70 to 8.16) 35.2 (20.2 to 53.8) 0.80 (0.29 to 2.18)
 West Africa 43.8 (27.1 to 62.1) 2.94 (0.89 to 9.78) 46.9 (30.5 to 64.0) 1.30 (0.46 to 3.67)
 Other 47.3 (10.8 to 86.9) 3.38 (0.39 to 29.45) 43.7 (13.8 to 78.9) 1.14 (0.23 to 5.65)
Antenatal care (past 5 years) p = 0.559
 No NA NA 40.8 (29.3 to 53.4) 1.00
 Yes NA NA 46.2 (32.3 to 60.7) 1.25 (0.59 to 2.65)
User of tertiary NHS services* p = 0.249 p = 0.121
 No 48.6 (24.3 to 73.6) 1.00 34.7 (21.2 to 51.2) 1.00
 Yes 31.8 (22.0 to 43.6) 0.49 (0.15 to 1.66) 49.5 (38.5 to 60.6) 1.87 (0.85 to 4.02)
Ever attended GUM clinic p = 0.021 p = 0.001 p = 0.032
 No 29.7 (18.8 to 43.4) 1.00 1.00 38.9 (28.7 to 50.1) 1.00
 Yes 58.0 (38.9 to 74.9) 3.27 (1.20 to 8.90) 5.53 (1.98 to 15.42) 64.9 (43.3 to 81.8) 2.91 (1.10 to 7.72)
Previous STI diagnosis p = 0.261 p = 0.267
 No 33.9 (22.7 to 47.2) 1.00 37.4 (25.7 to 50.7) 1.00
 Yes 48.4 (28.2 to 69.1) 1.83 (0.63 to 5.29) 53.5 (28.8 to 76.6) 1.93(0.60 to 6.17)
Set in past year without a condom p = 0.906 p = 0.701
 No 31.9 (14.3 to 56.8) 1.00 44.7 (29.8 to 60.7) 1.00
 Yes 37.8 (25.2 to 52.3) 1.30 (0.39 to 4.35) 46.4 (35.2 to 62.3) 1.07 (0.47 to 2.43)
 Not answered correctly 38.9 (11.3 to 76.0) 1.36 (0.20 to 9.37) 32.0 (10.5 to 65.4) 0.58 (0.14 to 2.51)
Number of partners in past 5 years p = 0.750 p = 0.792
 0–1 32.4 (18.2 to 50.9) 1.00 42.8 (30.7 to 55.8) 1.00
 2–5 41.0 (24.5 to 59.8) 1.45 (0.50 to 4.19) 48.7 (35.2 to 62.3) 1.27 (0.60 to 2.70)
 6+ 32.7 (17.5 to 52.6) 1.01 (0.33 to 4.19) 37.3 (7.5 to 81.3) 0.80 (0.10 to 6.28)
New partner from abroad in past 5 years p = 0.044 p = 0.414
 No 27.3 (16.2 to 42.1) 1.00 45.1 (34.6 to 56.4) 1.00
 Yes 52.0 (34.2 to 69.3) 2.88 (1.03 to 8.05) 33.1 (13.4 to 61.1) 0.60 (0.18 to 2.05)
Age at first set (years) p = 0.401 p = 0.071
 16+ years 33.4 (21.3 to 48.2) 1.00 41.2 (31.2 to 52.0) 1.00
 <16 35.5 (26.9 to 60.1) 1.20 (0.41 to 2.97) 65.6 (41.1 to 83.9) 2.72 (0.92 to 8.10)
Ever paid for sex p = 0.100
 No 33.2 (22.5 to 45.9) 1.00 NA NA
 Yes 55.3 (32.3 to 76.2) 2.49 (0.84 to 7.41) NA NA
Had concurrent partnerships in past 5 years p = 0.517 p = 0.178
 No 38.3 (24.3 to 54.4) 1.00 43.6 (32.6 to 55.2) 1.00
 Yes 30.7 (16.9 to 49.0) 0.71 (0.26 to 2.00) 66.6 (36.4 to 86.4) 2.47 (0.66 to 9.24)
Perception of HIV risk for self p = 0.574 p = 0.036 p = 0.026
 Not at all 36.6 (24.0 to 51.3) 1.00 39.1 (27.5 to 52.0) 1.00 1.00
 Not very much 33.0 (18.3 to 51.8) 0.85 (0.32 to 2.31) 63.9 (44.9 to 79.3) 2.75 (1.06 to 7.13) 2.77 (1.00 to 7.81)
 Quite a lot or Great 52.8 (21.0 to 82.4) 1.94 (0.40 to 9.34) 26.4 (11.1 to 50.7) 0.56 (0.17 to 1.80) 0.50 (0.17 to 1.44)
*

In past year other than antenatal services.

Anal or vaginal intercourse.