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Table 4 Socio-demographic factors, recent indicators of behavioural risk and perceptions of HIV associated with recent (last 6 months) and repeated testing for HIV amongst those ever testing (N = 789)

From: Characteristics of sexually experienced HIV testers aged 18 to 32 in rural South Africa: baseline results from a community-based trial, NIMH Project Accept (HPTN 043)

Characteristic

Recent Test % (n = 296)

Unadjusted OR (95% CI)

Adjusted OR* (95% CI)

LRT p value

Repeated % (n = 417)

Unadjusted OR (95% CI)

Adjusted OR** (95% CI)

LRT p value

Demographics

Gender

Male

21

0.94 (0.66-1.34)

1.19 (0.81-1.74)

<0.001

18

0.68 (0.48-0.95)

0.68 (0.48-0.97)

0.02

  

Female

79

1

1

 

82

1

1

 
 

Age

18-20 years

29

1

1

0.10

26

1

1

 
  

21-24 years

30

0.79 (0.53-1.16)

0.77 (0.51-1.18)

 

28

0.82 (0.56-1.21)

0.89 (0.60-1.34)

 
  

25-28 years

20

0.59 (0.38-0.89)

0.61 (0.38-0.98)

 

23

0.85 (0.56-1.28)

0.81 (0.52-1.24)

 
  

29-32 years

21

0.60 (0.39-0.90)

0.61 (0.38-0.97)

 

24

0.80 (0.54-1.20)

0.76 (0.50-1.16)

 
 

Socio-economic status

Low

37

0.99 (0.72-1.35)

  

41

1.51 (1.11-2.05)

1.49 (1.10-2.02)

0.01

 

Medium

50

1

  

46

1

1

 
 

High

13

1.07 (0.67-1.69)

  

13

1.57 (0.999-2.47)

1.61 (1.02-2.54)

 
 

Years of education

< 7 years

11

1.32 (0.81-2.15)

  

12

1.51 (0.92-2.48)

  
 

8-10 years

29

1.23 (0.88-1.72)

  

25

0.93 (0.67-1.29)

  
 

11-12 years

56

1

  

58

1

  
  

Tertiary

4

0.59 (0.29-1.19)

  

6

1.10 (0.59-2.04)

  
 

Occupation

Employed

19

0.49 (0.34-0.70)

0.50 (0.34-0.73)

<0.001

27

1

  
 

Unemployed

65

1

1

 

57

1.02 (0.74-1.41)

  
  

Student

17

1.03 (0.68-1.55)

0.86 (0.55-1.34)

 

16

1.21 (0.80-1.82)

  
 

Income from work

Yes

41

0.68 (0.51-0.91)

  

48

1

  
 

No

59

1

  

52

0.89 (0.67-1.18)

  
 

Children under care

0

31

1.31 (0.92-1.87)

  

24

0.69 (0.49-0.98)

  
 

1

29

0.95 (0.67-1.35)

  

31

0.88 (0.63-1.23)

  
  

2+

38

1

  

44

1

  
 

Cohabiting

No partner

18

1.10 (0.74-1.62)

  

18

1.06 (0.72-1.54)

  
 

Living apart

66

1

  

69

1

  
  

Cohabiting

16

1.27 (0.84-1.92)

  

13

0.81 (0.54-1.22)

  

Behaviour indicative of increased risk for HIV & Perceptions of HIV

Recent sexual partners

0 Partners

21

1.07 (0.75-1.53)

  

21

1.09 (0.76-1.54)

  

1 Partner

72

1

  

72

1

  

2 + Partners

7

0.93 (0.53-1.62)

  

7

0.80 (0.47-1.38)

  

Recent condom use

No partners

21

0.93 (0.61-1.42)

  

21

0.80 (0.53-1.21)

0.80 (0.52-1.23)

0.04

Never

29

0.76 (0.52-1.12)

  

30

0.63 (0.43-0.91)

0.62 (0.42-0.91)

 

Sometimes

22

0.99 (0.64-1.49)

  

18

0.58 (0.39-0.88)

0.57 (0.37-0.88)

 
  

Always

28

1

  

30

1

  
 

No. of lifetime partners

1 partner

    

32

1.33 (0.90-1.96)

  
 

2 partners

    

23

1

  
  

3-4 partners

    

25

0.96 (0.65-1.42)

  
  

5 + partners

    

20

1.07 (0.70-1.63)

  
 

Age at first sex

< 15 years

    

20

1.11 (0.76-1.63)

  
 

16-17 years

    

35

1.05 (0.77-1.44)

  
  

18 < years

    

45

1

  
 

Lifetime alcohol

Yes

42

1.11 (0.83-1.48)

  

39

0.86 (0.64-1.13)

  
 

No

58

1

  

61

1

  
 

Lifetime drugs

Yes

7

0.76 (0.44-1.30)

  

8

0.88 (0.53-1.46)

  
 

No

93

1

  

92

1

  
 

Ever discussion about HIV

No

19

1

1

<0.001

91

1

1

<0.001

 

Yes

81

2.62 (1.86-3.69)

2.87 (2.02-4.09)

 

9

2.06 (1.34-3.18)

2.02 (1.28-3.19)

 
 

Social norms for testing

Unfavourable

27

1

  

31

1

  
 

Intermediate

43

1.28 (0.90-1.81)

  

40

0.88 (0.63-1.23)

  
  

Favourable

29

1.21 (0.83-1.77)

  

29

1.00 (0.69-1.44)

  
 

Stigma Score

Low

34

1

  

33

1

  
  

Intermediate

33

0.82 (0.57-1.16)

  

36

1.01 (0.72-1.43)

  
  

High

33

0.86 (0.60-1.22)

  

31

0.80 (0.57-1.14)

  
 

Perception of ART

Not heard of ART

25

1.07 (0.72-1.60)

  

20

0.50 (0.33-0.74)

0.51 (0.33-0.79)

<0.001

 

Low

24

0.64 (0.43-0.94)

  

26

0.49 (0.34-0.72)

0.49 (0.33-0.75)

 
  

Medium

20

0.86 (0.57-1.31)

  

20

0.60 (0.40-0.91)

0.59 (0.38-0.91)

 
  

High

31

1

  

35

1

1

 
  1. *Model is adjusted for Gender, Age, Occupation and Report of a discussion about HIV.
  2. **Model is adjusted for Gender, Age, Socio-economic status, Recent condom use, Report of a discussion about HIV and Perception of ART.
  3. Bold indicates Significant at the 95% confidence level.
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