Prevalence and correlates of non-disclosure of maternal HIV status to male partners: a national survey in Kenya

BMC Public Health

Table 2 Correlates of HIV status non-disclosure among HIV-uninfected mothers with current male partners (n = 2102)^a

		Univariate		Multivariate^b
Characteristic		OR (95% CI)	p-value	aOR (95% CI)²	p-value
Maternal characteristics
Age (years)		0.98 (0.93–1.03)	0.502
Unmarried/not cohabiting		5.90 (2.69–12.94)	< 0.001*	3.79 (1.56–9.19)	0.004
Duration of relationship (years)		0.99 (0.94–1.04)	0.613
Education	None	ref
	Primary	1.67 (0.56–4.95)	0.350
	Secondary	0.79 (0.25–2.46)	0.677
	> Secondary	0.81 (0.23–2.86)	0.738
Employment	Salaried	ref
	Self employed	3.09 (0.93–10.31)	0.066
	Housewife	2.35 (0.74–7.50)	0.146
	Unemployed	3.64 (0.96–13.81)	0.057
KSH ≤ 5000 income/month		2.25 (1.23–4.12)	0.009*	1.85 (1.00–3.41)	0.050
IPV (from current male partner)^c		3.48 (1.83–6.62)	< 0.001*	3.65 (1.84–7.21)	< 0.001
Current male partner characteristics
Partner age (years)		0.99 (0.94–1.04)	0.634
Partner education	None	Ref
	Primary	2.89 (0.38–21.99)	0.304
	Secondary	1.71 (0.21–13.72)	0.613
	> Secondary	1.25 (0.14–10.77)	0.838
Partner employment	Unemployed	Ref
	Self employed	1.55 (0.65–3.71)	0.321
	Salaried	0.80 (0.30–2.10)	0.641
Partner tested for HIV		1.25 (0.67–2.31)	0.476
Partner HIV status^d	HIV-uninfected	Ref
	HIV-infected	–
	Unknown	4.23 (0.92–19.50)	0.064
Obstetric history
Number of living children		1.08 (0.94–1.23)	0.266
≥4 ANC visits ^e		0.63 (0.40–0.99)	0.047
Partner did not attend ANC^e		4.17 (1.92–9.05)	< 0.001	4.12 (1.89–8.95)	< 0.001
Health facility delivery^e		0.43 (0.26–0.71)	0.001*	0.47 (0.26–0.82)	0.009

SD standard deviation, IPV intimate partner violence, ANC antenatal care, OR odds ratio, aOR adjusted odds ratio
^aMissing data not shown; all models adjusted for clinic-level clustering
^bMultivariate models adjusted for marital status, duration of relationship and partner ANC attendance
^cIPV defined as having a score ≥ 10.5 on HITS scale
^dAmong male partners who were tested for HIV
^eDuring the most recent pregnancy

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