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Table 4 Predictors of HIV testing during ANC visits in Gambia

From: Prenatal care and uptake of HIV testing among pregnant women in Gambia: a cross-sectional study

 

Overall

Urban

Rural

Age (15–19)

1

1

1

20–24

1.21 [0.91,1.59]

1.23 [0.69,2.21]

1.17 [0.85,1.61]

25–29

1.33* [1.01,1.75]

1.31 [0.74,2.34]

1.30 [0.94,1.78]

30–34

1.34* [1.00,1.79]

1.38 [0.76,2.51]

1.26 [0.90,1.77]

35–39

1.23 [0.88,1.71]

1.57 [0.82,3.01]

1.04 [0.70,1.54]

40–44

1.22 [0.82,1.82]

1.42 [0.65,3.13]

1.12 [0.70,1.79]

45–49

1.18 [0.68,2.04]

2.13 [0.64,7.12]

0.89 [0.47,1.68]

Residency (Urban)

1

  

Rural

0.64*** [0.51,0.81]

NA

NA

Education (No Education)

1

1

1

Primary

1.30* [1.06,1.58]

0.99 [0.69,1.43]

1.45** [1.15,1.84]

Secondary

1.05 [0.86,1.28]

1.02 [0.74,1.39]

1.05 [0.80,1.37]

Higher

1.03 [0.61,1.76]

0.87 [0.47,1.58]

5.82 [0.73,46.65]

Husband’s education (No Education)

1

1

1

Primary

0.94 [0.70,1.25]

0.81 [0.51,1.28]

1.03 [0.71,1.50]

Secondary

1.13 [0.94,1.37]

1.21 [0.89,1.63]

1.06 [0.83,1.36]

Higher

1.37 [0.99,1.91]

1.07 [0.68,1.69]

1.65* [1.00,2.70]

Employment (Not Working)

1

1

1

Professional/Technical/Managerial

0.81* [0.67,0.97]

0.73* [0.56,0.95]

0.90 [0.68,1.18]

Agricultural - Self Employed

0.87 [0.74,1.03]

0.51** [0.32,0.81]

1.02 [0.85,1.22]

Wealth quintile (Poorest)

1

1

1

Poorer

1.07 [0.89,1.27]

0.98 [0.49,1.94]

1.08 [0.90,1.31]

Middle

1.16 [0.95,1.41]

1.21 [0.68,2.18]

1.16 [0.94,1.43]

Richer

1.17 [0.90,1.52]

1.24 [0.72,2.13]

1.17 [0.80,1.72]

Richest

1.07 [0.78,1.46]

1.06 [0.61,1.85]

2.20 [0.57,8.53]

Access to electronic media (No)

1

1

1

Yes

1.48*** [1.21,1.80]

1.72 [0.98,3.02]

1.45*** [1.17,1.80]

Heard of FP on internet (No)

1

1

1

Yes

1.26 [0.61,2.62]

0.60 [0.23,1.55]

3.00 [0.86,10.49]

Religion (Islam)

1

1

1

Other

1.56 [0.81,2.99]

2.85* [1.04,7.84]

1.09 [0.45,2.65]

Ethnicity (Mandinka/Jahanka)

1

1

1

Wollof

1.50*** [1.21,1.87]

1.07 [0.71,1.62]

1.77*** [1.36,2.31]

Jola/Karoninka

1.78*** [1.30,2.45]

1.33 [0.83,2.13]

2.17*** [1.39,3.38]

Fula/Tukulur/Lorobo

0.96 [0.81,1.13]

0.88 [0.62,1.26]

1.02 [0.84,1.25]

Serahuleh

1.15 [0.88,1.50]

1.35 [0.72,2.53]

1.14 [0.85,1.54]

Other

1.00 [0.78,1.25]

0.69* [0.49,0.98]

1.40 [0.98,2.00]

Parity (1–5)

1

1

1

> 5

1.02 [0.83,1.26]

0.72 [0.49,1.08]

1.16 [0.91,1.48]

Household head (Male)

1

1

1

Female

0.91 [0.75,1.10]

0.84 [0.64,1.11]

1.02 [0.77,1.36]

Child wanted (Wanted Then)

1

1

1

Wanted No More

1.75*** [1.42,2.15]

0.99 [0.71,1.40]

2.29*** [1.77,2.98]

Pseudo R2

0.03

0.03

0.03

  1. Exponentiated coefficients; 95% confidence intervals in brackets
  2. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001