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Table 3 Estimation of HIV Prevalence among 15–18 year old by background characteristics

From: The prevalence and socio-economic determinants of HIV among teenagers aged 15–18 years who were participating in a mobile testing population based survey in 2013–2014 in Zambia

Variable

Prevalence

N (%)

95 % Binomial Confidence interval

Individual level model

44 (1.1)

0.7-1.6

Age

 15

8 (0.9)

0.4-1.8

 16

7 (0.8)

0.3-1.5

 17

12 (1.3)

0.7-2.2

 18

17 (1.5)

0.9-2.4

Sex

 Male

10 (0.6)

0.1-1.1

 Female

34 (1.6)

1.1-2.2

Setting

 Rural

26 (0.9)

0.5-1.3

 Urban

18 (1.9)

1.0-2.9

Education Level (N = 6,395)

 No schooling

2 (3.6)

0.0-10.6

 Primary

15 (1.0)

0.46-1.6

 Secondary

26 (1.1)

0.62-1.6

 Tertiary

1 (6.7)

0.0-19.5

Wealth Quintile

 Lowest

1 (0.2)

0.0-1.0

 Second lowest

7 (1.1)

0.4-2.2

 Middle

13 (1.8)

1.0-3.1

 Fourth

7 (1.1)

0.5-2.3

 Highest

10 (1.4)

0.7-2.5

Marital status

 Never married

36 (1.0)

0.7-1.4

 Currently married

7 (2.0)

0.8-4.0

 Divorced

1 (5.9)

0.1-28.7

 Widowed

0 (0.0)

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Occupation

 Unemployed (1277)

24 (1.9)

1.2-2.8

 Employed (117)

2 (1.7)

0.2-6.0

 Pupil/student (2469)

18 (0.7)

0.4-1.1