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Table 3 Determinants of willingness to circumcise among non Muslim UCM and their support to circumcise their sons, 2010

From: Determinants of circumcision and willingness to be circumcised by Rwandan men, 2010

 

Determinants of willingness to circumcise

Determinants of the support for Son's MC

Variable

Crude OR (95% CI)

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

Crude OR (95% CI)

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

Age group

    

40+

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

30-39

2.89 (2.01, 4.14)***

3.04 (2.06, 4.48)***

1.18 (0.78, 1.79)

1.07 (0.68, 1.69)

20-29

4.36 (3.05, 6.24)***

3.11 (2.03, 4.76)***

1.83 (1.18, 2.82)

1.62 (0.94, 2.78)

≤19

4.76 (3.04, 7.47)***

2.90 (1.52, 5.56)***

1.05 (0.64, 1.72)

1.47 (0.68, 3.18)

Education

    

No education

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Primary and vocational

1.41 (1.00, 2.00)*

0.96 (0.64, 1.44)

1.24 (0.83, 1.87)

0.89 (0.56, 1.42)

Second, and University

2.51 (1.43, 4.41)**

0.99 (0.51, 1.90)

2.17 (1.02, 4.64)*

0.92 (0.39, 2.16)

Religion

    

Catholics

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Protestants

1.34 (1.01, 1.78)*

1.14 (0.82, 1.58)

0.81 (0.57, 1.15)

0.71 (0.48, 1.05)

Adventists

1.07 (0.69, 1.64)

0.82 (0.50, 1.34)

0.78 (0.47, 1.30)

0.53 (0.29, 0.94)*

Others

1.33 (0.40, 4.42)

2.41 (0.60, 9.72)

1.11 (0.24, 5.22)

1.93 (0.35, 10.62)

Province

    

City of Kigali

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Southern

1.10 (0.59, 2.05)

1.61 (0.80, 3.26)

0.91 (0.43, 1.94)

1.27 (0.54, 2.96)

Western

1.48 (0.79, 2.77)

1.81 (0.88, 3.73)

1.04 (0.48, 2.25)

1.56 (0.65, 3.72)

Northern

0.98 (0.52, 1.84)

1.03 (0.50, 2.13)

0.71 (0.33, 1.53)

0.83 (0.35, 1.98)

Eastern

2.10 (1.10, 4.02)*

2.93 (1.40, 6.13)*

1.72 (0.75, 3.92)

2.23 (089, 5.57)

Marital Status

    

Married

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Cohabiting

1.55 (1.09, 2.19)*

1.30 (0.87, 1.93)

1.30 (0.84, 2.03)

1.20 (0.73, 1.98)

Singles/Living alone

3.06 (2.24, 4.18)***

2.40 (1.50, 3.85)*

1.11 (0.76, 1.60)

0.86 (0.46, 1.54)

Knowledge of MC

    

Don't know

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Removal of the entire foreskin

2.16 (1.53, 3.05)***

1.50 (1.01, 2.24)*

2.64 (1.74, 4.00)***

1.63 (1.02, 2.60)*

Removal of the foreskin partially

2.26 (1.65, 3.09)***

1.59 (1.09, 2.31)*

4.05 (2.72, 6.04)***

2.46 (1.56, 3.86)***

Reasons to circumcise

    

STI (No)

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

STI (Yes)

2.68 (2.01, 3.57)***

2.12 (1.52, 2.95)***

4.00 (2.85, 5.59)***

2.82 (1.95, 4.09)***

Hygiene (No)

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Hygiene (Yes)

2.21 (1.68, 2.89)***

2.20 (1.60, 3.03)***

3.01 (2.07, 4.39)***

2.20 (1.45, 3.34)***

  1. Significant at *P≤0.05, **P≤0.01, ***P≤0.001