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Table 5 Association of cell phone affordability with the social demographic characteristics of the respondents

From: Perceptions of HIV infected patients on the use of cell phone as a tool to support their antiretroviral adherence; a cross-sectional study in a large referral hospital in Kenya

Variable

 

Afford

Not afford

OR

     95% CI

p-value

Age

   

0.995

0.621

1.596

0.985

≤ 30 yrs

44

39

0.996

0.672

1.477

>30 yrs

221

195

1.001

0.925

1.083

Gender

   

1.336

0.929

1.921

0.120

Male

111

82

1.195

0.955

1.497

Female

154

152

0.895

0.719

1.028

Education

   

0.366

0.217

0.618

0.001

Educated

241

184

1.157

1.071

1.249

Non educated

24

50

0.424

0.269

0.667

Marital status

   

1.343

0.943

1.913

0.102

Married

153

118

1.145

0.972

1.348

Un-married

112

116

0.853

0.704

1.032

Occupation

   

0.464

0.321

0.669

0.001

Employed

131

73

1.585

1.264

1.986

 

Un-employed

134

161

0.735

0.634

0.851