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Table 3 Hazard ratio estimates from Cox regression models of time since age 14 to first HIV test among Kisumu youth, by gender and pregnancy status (for females)

From: The correlates of HIV testing and impacts on sexual behavior: evidence from a life history study of young people in Kisumu, Kenya

 

Female

Males

 

Not pregnant at first test

Pregnant at first test

  

Variables

Hazard Ratio

[95% CI]

Hazard Ratio

[95% CI]

Hazard Ratio

[95% CI]

Sociodemographic characteristics

      

Age

0.83

[0.53,1.29]

0.40*

[0.17,0.96]

0.69

[0.44,1.07]

Highest level of education (ref. None/Primary)

      

   Secondary

1.47

[0.85,2.54]

1.45

[0.82,2.56]

1.86**

[1.25,2.77]

   College

2.71

[0.75,9.85]

--

 

1.27

[0.50,3.24]

In school (ref. out of school)

0.95

[0.55,1.65]

0.48

[0.20,1.14]

1.08

[0.71,1.67]

Religion (ref. Protestant)

      

   Catholic

0.99

[0.62,1.59]

1.32

[0.71,2.44]

1.14

[0.78,1.68]

   Pentecostal

0.9

[0.51,1.60]

1.61

[0.83,3.11]

1.26

[0.84,1.89]

   African/Tradition

0.88

[0.38,2.08]

1.13

[0.55,2.32]

1.42

[0.69,2.92]

   Other

0.98

[0.47,2.03]

1.18

[0.43,3.27]

1.57

[0.88,2.79]

Ethnicity (ref. Luo)

      

   Luhya

1.39

[0.80,2.44]

1.09

[0.51,2.34]

0.79

[0.46,1.37]

   Others

0.68

[0.34,1.34]

0.69

[0.34,1.41]

0.61*

[0.39,0.96]

Earned income (ref. no income)

1.02

[0.57,1.80]

0.52*

[0.29,0.92]

1.12

[0.73,1.71]

Urban residence (ref. rural)

2.73**

[1.29,5.76]

1.84

[0.66,5.08]

2.10*

[1.16,3.81]

Pregnant partner (ref. non-pregnant partner)

--

 

--

 

0.99

[0.40,2.45]

Partnership Variables

      

Not married; does not wish to marry any partner (ref)

      

   Not married; wishes to marry at least one partner

1.73*

[1.04,2.88]

0.64

[0.31,1.31]

1.05

[0.75,1.49]

   Married

1.02

[0.48,2.20]

1.11

[0.52,2.34]

1.26

[0.43,3.75]

In the last six months:

      

   Had a "risky" partner

1.01

[0.41,2.47]

1.11

[0.33,3.72]

0.83

[0.49,1.42]

   Had a partner with other partners

1.29

[0.74,2.25]

1.03

[0.47,2.25]

1.09

[0.72,1.66]

   Had concurrent sexual partners

0.78

[0.25,2.39]

0.43

[0.11,1.65]

3.19**

[1.55,6.57]

   Had unprotected sex

1.16

[0.69,1.95]

8.32**

[3.40,20.33]

0.93

[0.62,1.39]

Observations (person-months)

15167

 

4430

 

23653

 

n

207

 

73

 

319

 

Wald's Chi-square

32.62

 

66.18

 

44.01

 
  1. CI = Confidence Interval, Ref = Reference category
  2. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01
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