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Table 3 Adjusted odds ratios (AORs) for reporting STIs among women in union in Uganda

From: Gender relations, sexual behaviour, and risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections among women in union in Uganda

 

Model I

Model II

Model III

 

Odds ratio

[95 % CI]

Odds ratio

[95 % CI]

Odds ratio

[95 % CI]

Sexually empowered (ref: no)

 Yes

1.54**

1.12–2.13

1.38*

1.01–1.88

1.42*

1.01–1.92

Involvement in decision making on own health (ref: not involved)

 Involved

  

0.68*

0.50–0.93

0.70*

0.51–0.96

Condom use (ref: no)

      

 Yes

  

1.66

0.77–3.56

1.71

0.86–3.38

Number of lifetime partners (ref: one)

 Two

  

1.52*

1.01–2.29

1.51*

1.02–2.21

 Three or more

  

2.77***

1.92–4.01

2.62***

1.73–3.99

Experience of any sexual violence (ref: no)

 Yes

  

2.12***

1.52–2.96

2.11***

1.48–3.02

Partner control behaviour (ref: no control)

 Yes

  

1.56*

1.08–2.26

1.69**

1.16–2.48

Partner’s frequency of being drunk (ref: never)

 Often

  

0.66

0.42–1.02

0.78

0.48–1.27

 Sometimes

  

0.86

0.54–1.36

0.91

0.58–1.44

Wealth Index of respondent (ref: poorest)

 Poorer

    

1.09

0.64–1.83

 Middle

    

1.64

0.93–2.89

 Richer

    

1.35

0.81–2.25

 Richest

    

0.84

0.48–1.49

Age of respondent (ref: 15–19)

 20–29

    

0.84

0.58–2.08

 30–39

    

1.10

0.72–2.65

 40–49

    

1.38

0.62–2.39

Religion (ref: Catholic)

      

 Protestant

    

1.41

0.92–2.14

 Muslim

    

1.80*

1.12–2.88

 Pentecostal & others

    

1.47

0.91–2.36

Region (ref: Central)

 East

   

0.82

0.82

0.54–1.27

 North

   

0.37

0.37***

0.22–0.63

 West

   

1.25

1.25

0.75–2.10

  1. CI Confidence Interval, Ref Reference Category, *p < 0.05- **p < 0.01- ***p < 0.001