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Table 4 Determinants of Parental disclosure

From: Prevalence, barriers and factors associated with parental disclosure of their HIV positive status to children: a cross-sectional study in an urban clinic in Kampala, Uganda

Variable

OR (95 % CI)

AOR (95 % CI)

Age

  

 20 to 29

1

1

 30 to 39

2.7 (1.2–5.8)

5.2 (2.0–13.1)*

 40 to 49

2.4 (1.1–5.1)

7.8 (3.0–20.7)*

 50 to 59

2.9 (1.2–6.9)

11.3 (3.2–40.2)*

 60 +

1.4 (0.5–4.3)

11.7 (2.9–47.5)*

Gender

  

 Male

1

 

 Female

1.0 (0.7–1.6)

1.4 (0.8–2.5)

Education

  

 No education

1

 

 Primary

1.1 (0.4–3.3)

0.4 (0.1–1.8)

 Secondary

0.8 (0.3–2.5)

0.3 (0.1–1.3)

 Tertiary

0.2 (0.0–0.8)

0.1 (0.0–0.4)*

Religion

  

 Protestant (COU)

1

 

 Catholic

1.0 (0.5–1.7)

1.1 (0.6–2.1)

 Pentecostal (born again)

2.2 (1.1–4.1)

8.0 (3.3–19.5)*

 Muslim

0.9 (0.4–1.8)

0.8 (0.4–1.7)

 Others

0.6 (0.1–2.8)

(OR omitted)¤

Marital Status

  

 Single

1

 

 Married/cohabiting

1.5 (0.7–3.3)

 

 Divorced/separated

2.2 (0.9–5.2)

 

 Widowed

2.7 (1.1–6.7)

 

Told husband/wife about HIV infection

 

 No

1

 

 Yes

9.6 (1.2–74.0)

 

Anyone made a commitment to care for your children

  

 No

1

 

 Yes

3.3 (1.1–10.6)

2.5 (1.1–5.7)*

  1. ¤OR was omitted because in Table 3 the cell count ≤5 for both disclosure and none disclosure
  2. *P < 0.05