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Table 2 Odds ratio of male circumcision status and socio-economic and behavioural characteristics across 11 priority countries

From: Understanding the socio-economic and sexual behavioural correlates of male circumcision across eleven voluntary medical male circumcision priority countries in southeastern Africa

Country

Zimbabwe

Zambia

Tanzania

Swaziland

Rwanda

Namibia

Mozambique

Malawi

Lesotho

Kenya

Ethiopia

N = 7,421

N = 6,495

N = 2,526

N = 4,155

N = 6,323

N = 3,912

N = 4,034

N = 7,159

N = 3,315

N = 3,464

N = 14,073

Marital Status

 Never in union

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

 Married

1.70*

1.20*

0.88

2.27*

0.78*

1.39*

1.62*

1.17*

2.63*

1.51*

1.09

 Separate

1.69*

1.32

1.19

2.46*

0.96

2.08*

1.34*

1.34

2.75*

1.96*

1.99*

Occupationb

 Professional

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

 Clerical

1.13

0.98

0a

0.51*

0.48*

0.84

0.61*

1.72*

1.02

1.54

1.34

 Skilled agricultural

0.89

1.06

0.26*

0.58*

0.11*

0.67*

0.68*

1

2.52*

0.66*

0.78

 Elementary worker

0.92

0.88

0.66

0.44*

0.22*

0.72

0.57*

1.18

1.31

0.88

1.45

 Non worker

0.67*

0.87

0.41*

0.26*

0.13*

0.53*

0.34*

0.89

 

0.39*

0.84

Access to Media

 Good

0a

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

0a

(Referent)

0a

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

0a

 Fair

(Referent)

0.94

0.72*

0.73

(Referent)

0.70*

(Referent)

1

1.67*

0.75*

(Referent)

 Poor

0.94

1.33*

0.66*

0.98

0.45*

0.69

1.78*

0.84

2.09*

1.05

0.50*

 No access

0.90

1.2

0.26*

0.8

0.28*

0.51*

0.92

1.21

2.52*

1.05

0.38*

Tobacco Usec

 No

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

 Yes

1.65*

1.29*

1.27

1.53*

0.8

1.37*

1.27*

1.07

2.20*

2.92*

0.83*

Attitude towards wifed

 Good attitude

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

 Poor attitude

1.45

0.84

0.74

0.62

2.25

2.27

0.96

0.98

0.95

1.05

1.06

HIV/AIDS prevention knowledgee

 Yes

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

(Referent)

 No

0.62*

0.76*

0.83

0.43*

0.53*

0.74*

0.96

1.07

1.11

1.26*

0.62*

  1. Note: 0.02 % (Mozambique) to 0.79 % (Zimbabwe) participants did not respond to question on circumcision
  2. *p < 0.05
  3. aNo respondents in this category
  4. b0.02 % (Zimbabwe) to 30.4 % (Lesotho) participants have missing information for occupation
  5. c0.02 % (Namibia) to 0.03 % (Malawi) participants have missing information for smoking
  6. dThis variable only includes married male respondents, of whom 0.43 % (Malawi) to 2.1 % (Kenya) did not respond to attitude towards wife
  7. e1.5 % (Rwanda) to 11.6 % (Lesotho) participants said “don’t know” for HIV/AIDS prevention knowledge