Health beliefs and barriers related to HIV prevention and screening among students of the University of Vlora: a cross-sectional study

Table 4 The association between VCT uptake and explanatory factors among students with sexual experience

Variables	Voluntary testing for HIV Did you use VCT service?
Socio-demographic	Total n = 482	Yes n = 106 (%)	OR	95% CI	P-value	AOR	95% CI	P-value
Age group, year					0.403
18–20	232	54 (23.28%)	Ref
21–24	225	48 (21.33%)	0.89	0.58–1.39
25–28	15	1 (6.67%)	0.24	0.03–1.87
28+	10	3 (30.00%)	1.44	0.36–5.78
Gender					0.114
Male	290	56 (19.31%)	Ref
Female	192	50 (26.04%)	1.51	0.97–2.33
Residence					0.007			0.005
Urban	316	82 (25.95%)	Ref			Ref
Rural	166	24 (14.46%)	0.48	0.29–0.80		0.50	0.30–0.82
Economic status					0.980
High	27	6 (22.22%)	Ref
Middle	426	94 (22.07%)	0.99	0.39–2.53
Low	29	6 (20.69%)	0.91	0.26–3.27
Civil status					0.280
Single	362	71 (19.61%)	Ref
Married	51	16 (31.37%)	2.11	0.38–11.72
Divorced	6	2 (33.33%)	1.56	0.84–2.87
Coexistent	63	17 (26.98%)	1.93	1.01–3.67
Field of study					0.459
Non health sciences	329	72 (21.88%)	Ref
Health sciences	153	34 (22.22%)	1.03	0.65–1.64
Academic year					0.001			0.003
1st year	144	24 (16.67%)	Ref			Ref
2nd year	170	52 (30.59%)	1.13	0.63–2.04		2.31	1.33–3.99
3rd year	168	30 (17.86%)	2.29	1.33–3.96		1.18	0.65–2.13
The age of first sexual intercourse					0.087
Less than 14 years old	22	4 (18.18%)	Ref
15–18 years	249	54 (21.69%)	1.31	0.43–4.01
19 and older	211	48 (22.75%)	1.37	0.45–4.23
Number of sexual partners					0.905
1 partner	249	56 (22.49%)	Ref
2 partners	102	23 (22.55%)	0.74	0.40–1.37
3 partners or more	131	27 (20.61%)	0.88	0.54–1.42

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