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Table 2 The likelihood for awareness of male circumcision for HIV prevention for adults (N = 219) in univariate and multiple logistic regression analyses*; statistically significant results bold

From: Male circumcision for HIV prevention - a cross-sectional study on awareness among young people and adults in rural Uganda

 

Crude OR

95% CI

p-value

Adjusted OR

95% CI

p-value

Male sex (N = 137/263)

1.44

0.70-2.98

0.320

2.78

0.91-8.52

0.073

Age (N = 263)

0.98

0.95-1.01

0.207

0.95

0.90-0.99

0.028

Adult subgroup (N = 263)

      

- Parents (N = 109)

1

-

-

1

-

-

- Sengas/Kojjas (N = 92)

1.18

0.51-2.70

0.704

1.24

0.37-4.20

0.730

- Teachers (N = 62)

1.08

0.43-2.71

0.874

0.33

0.03-3.63

0.362

Educational level (N = 261)

      

- no school (N = 15)

1

-

-

1

-

-

- primary (N = 101)

5.46

1.63-18.25

0.006

9.32

1.80-48.11

0.008

- secondary (N = 95)

4.21

1.28-13.78

0.018

5.04

1.01-25.25

0.049

- tertiary (N = 30)

9.33

1.59-54.67

0.013

9.91

0.76-129.18

0.080

- university (N = 20)

6.00

1.003-35.91

0.050

8.03

0.59-109.95

0.119

Religion (N = 261)

      

- Catholic (N = 31)

1

-

-

1

-

-

- Protestant (N = 141)

0.85

0.27-2.67

0.776

0.33

0.05-2.03

0.229

- Muslim (N = 89)

1.32

0.38-4.62

0.668

0.62

0.09-4.44

0.633

Tribe (N = 257)

      

- Musoga (N = 92)

1

-

-

1

-

-

- Muganda (N = 110)

1.44

0.66-3.14

0.355

1.13

0.21-6.19

0.887

- Mulamoga (N = 5)

not estimable

  

not estimable

  

- Munyara (N = 7)

1.26

0.14-11.23

0.834

1.86

0.08-43.66

0.700

- Other (N = 43)

4.32

0.95-19.70

0.059

3.47

0.47-25.64

0.222

District (N = 263)

      

- Mpigi (N = 87)

1

-

-

1

-

-

- Kaliro (N = 90)

0.63

0.26-1.53

0.306

0.83

0.10-7.03

0.866

- Kayunga (N = 86)

0.79

0.31-2.01

0.616

1.59

0.33-7.62

0.566

Work (N = 253)

      

- no work (N = 32)

1

-

-

1

-

-

- salaried (N = 82)

2.14

0.68-6.73

0.196

2.34

0.30-18.57

0.421

- self-employed (N = 133)

1.47

0.53-4.08

0.454

1.47

0.40-5.39

0.560

- casual/manual work

not estimable (N = 6)

  

not estimable

  

Salary (continuous variable; N = 236)

1.00

1.00-1.00

0.724

1.00

1.00-1.00

0.929

Marital status (N = 259)

      

- never married (N = 10)

1

-

-

1

-

-

- married/cohabiting (N = 226)

1.77

0.36-8.75

0.485

5.28

0.55-50.80

0.150

- separated/widowed (N = 23)

1.19

0.18-7.84

0.858

6.42

0.38-108.05

0.197

Circumcised males (N = 52/132)

1.19

0.38-3.78

0.766

-

-

-

Age at circumcision (N = 36/52)

1.24

0.89-1.73

0.197

-

-

-

  1. * Variables included in the adjusted model were sex, age (as a continuous variable), adult subgroup, educational level, religion, tribe, district, employment status, salary, marital status