Predictor variables | Females | Males | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | |
Individual level variables | ||||
Education (No education) | ||||
Primary | 1.049 | [0.870,1.264] | 0.940 | [0.594,1.487] |
Secondary | 0.851 | [0.715,1.013] | 0.920 | [0.635,1.332] |
Tertiary | 0.582*** | [0.433,0.782] | 0.863 | [0.536,1.389] |
Age group (15–19) | ||||
20–24 | 0.701** | [0.564,0.871] | 0.648** | [0.470,0.893] |
25–29 | 0.713** | [0.568,0.895] | 0.545** | [0.377,0.787] |
30–34 | 0.564*** | [0.442,0.719] | 0.465*** | [0.309,0.701] |
35–39 | 0.576*** | [0.449,0.738] | 0.558* | [0.352,0.886] |
40–44 | 0.632*** | [0.493,0.811] | 0.473** | [0.294,0.760] |
45–49 | 0.801* | [0.669,0.960] | 0.498** | [0.310,0.801] |
50–54 | - | - | 0.602* | [0.371,0.978] |
55–59 | - | - | 0.353*** | [0.201,0.622] |
Marital status (Never married) | ||||
Married/In-union | 1.010 | [0.856,1.191] | 1.046 | [0.761,1.438] |
Formerly married | 1.131 | [0.896,1.427] | 0.937 | [0.586,1.496] |
Household factor | ||||
Household wealth quintile (Poorest) | ||||
Poorer | 1.046 | [0.841,1.300] | 0.784 | [0.560,1.096] |
Average | 1.070 | [0.838,1.366] | 0.752 | [0.507,1.116] |
Richer | 0.923 | [0.704,1.209] | 0.817 | [0.534,1.252] |
Richest | 0.855 | [0.630,1.161] | 0.793 | [0.485,1.296] |
Community-related variables | ||||
Ethnicity (Akan) | ||||
Ga/Dangme | 1.431* | [1.080,1.897] | 0.904 | [0.603,1.353] |
Ewe | 0.805 | [0.630,1.029] | 0.951 | [0.636,1.424] |
Mole-Dagbani | 1.091 | [0.847,1.406] | 0.877 | [0.601,1.281] |
Gurma | 0.872 | [0.591,1.287] | 1.145 | [0.649,2.021] |
Others | 1.105 | [0.860,1.419] | 1.305 | [0.876,1.943] |
Religion (Orthodox Christian) | ||||
Pentecostal | 0.919 | [0.793,1.066] | 1.143 | [0.892,1.464] |
Other Christian | 0.898 | [0.739,1.091] | 0.903 | [0.685,1.191] |
Moslem | 0.976 | [0.795,1.199] | 0.841 | [0.603,1.171] |
Traditional/Others | 0.821 | [0.600,1.124] | 1.133 | [0.784,1.637] |
Region (Western) | ||||
Central | 1.231 | [0.834,1.816] | 0.457** | [0.277,0.755] |
Greater Accra | 0.605** | [0.415,0.883] | 0.423*** | [0.265,0.675] |
Volta | 0.551** | [0.355,0.855] | 0.624 | [0.349,1.116] |
Eastern | 0.730 | [0.496,1.074] | 0.765 | [0.526,1.114] |
Ashanti | 0.957 | [0.664,1.378] | 1.845* | [1.117,3.049] |
Brong-Ahafo | 1.276 | [0.897,1.816] | 1.397 | [0.890,2.191] |
Northern | 1.004 | [0.627,1.606] | 0.206*** | [0.0998,0.427] |
Upper East | 1.299 | [0.832,2.028] | 1.198 | [0.684,2.097] |
Upper West | 0.806 | [0.520,1.248] | 1.110 | [0.648,1.902] |
Residence (Urban) | ||||
Rural | 0.858 | [0.702,1.048] | 0.803 | [0.597,1.079] |
Media exposure | ||||
Newspaper/Magazine (Not at all) | ||||
Less than once a week | 1.064 | [0.860,1.318] | 0.685** | [0.517,0.908] |
At least once a week | 1.008 | [0.796,1.276] | 0.811 | [0.619,1.063] |
Radio (Not at all) | ||||
Less than once a week | 0.922 | [0.764,1.111] | 0.797 | [0.483,1.316] |
At least once a week | 1.048 | [0.873,1.257] | 0.657 | [0.416,1.038] |
Television (Not at all) | ||||
Less than once a week | 0.732** | [0.603,0.888] | 0.960 | [0.683,1.349] |
At least once a week | 0.952 | [0.794,1.141] | 1.229 | [0.893,1.691] |
Views about HIV/AIDS status disclosure | ||||
Disclosure of HIV & AIDS in family | ||||
No | 1 | [1, 1] | 1 | [1, 1] |
Yes | 6.992*** | [6.026,8.113] | 9.870*** | [7.894,12.34] |
N | 7,492 | 3,762 | ||
AIC | 259.8 | 3204.1 |