Table 2 Logistic regression analysis on women’s healthcare decision-making capacity and HIV testing in SSA

 Respondent alone

3.183***[2.880–3.519]

1.507***[1.321–1.720]

 Respondent and husband/partner

2.577***[2.335–2.844]

1.518***[1.334–1.728]

 Husband alone

1.108*[1.005–1.223]

1.285***[1.130–1.460]

 Other

Ref

Ref

 15–19

Ref

Ref

 20–24

1.813***[1.737–1.893]

1.351***[1.273–1.433]

 25–29

1.876***[1.799–1.956]

1.335***[1.255–1.421]

 30–34

1.901***[1.822–1.983]

1.229*** [1.150–1.312]

 35–39

1.583***[1.516–1.652]

0.964 [0.900–1.032]

 40–44

1.242***[1.187–1.299]

0.658*** [0.613–0.708]

 45–49

0.866***[0.826–0.908]

0.383***[0.355–0.413]

 No Education

0.061***[0.056–0.068]

0.259***[0.227–0.294]

 Primary

0.224***[0.204–0.247]

0.378***[0.333–0.430]

 Secondary

0.266***[0.241–0.294]

0.562***[0.496–0.637]

 Higher

Ref

Ref

 Married

0.772***[0.753–0.791]

0.914***[0.879–0.951]

 Cohabitation

Ref

Ref

 Traditionalist

0.469***[0.428–0.514]

0.778***[0.688–0.879]

 Christianity

3.073***[2.871–3.290]

1.070 [0.969–1.181]

 Islam

0.920* [0.859–0.985]

0.787***[0.710–0.873]

 No religion

0.971 [0.887–1.062]

0.771***[0.682–0.873]

 Other religion

Ref

Ref

 Poorest

Ref

Ref

 Poorer

1.282***[1.247–1.317]

1.244***[1.200–1.289]

 Middle

1.531***[1.489–1.575]

1.380***[1.329–1.433]

 Richer

2.104***[2.044–2.166]

1.719***[1.646–1.795]

 Richest

4.146***[4.014–4.283]

2.561***[2.418–2.713]

 Not working

0.190*** [0.158–0.227]

0.589***[0.471–0.737]

 Managerial

0.796* [0.658–0.963]

0.879 [0.693–1.117]

 Clerical

Ref

Ref

 Sales

0.178*** [0.149–0.213]

0.739**[0.591–0.926]

 Agriculture

0.160*** [0.133–0.191]

0.571*** [0.456–0.716]

 Household/domestic

0.588*** [0.480–0.719]

0.634***[0.491–0.820]

 Services

0.254*** [0.211–0.305]

0.734**[0.583–0.924]

 Manual

0.308*** [0.257–0.370]

0.678***[0.540–0.852]

 Urban

Ref

Ref

 Rural

0.505*** [0.494–0.515]

0.732***[0.707–0.759]

 0

Ref

Ref

 1

2.267*** [2.169–2.370]

4.193***[3.941–4.461]

 2

2.351*** [2.250–2.456]

4.382***[4.114–4.668]

 3

2.056*** [1.968–2.149]

4.401***[4.120–4.702]

 4+

1.345*** [1.294–1.399]

4.788*** [4.488–5.108]

 Not at all

0.241*** [0.196–0.297]

0.656***[0.510–0.843]

 Less than once a week

0.974 [0.788–1.205]

0.844 [0.654–1.088]

 At least once a week

0.904 [0.730–1.119]

0.767*[0.594–0.991]

 Almost every day

Ref

Ref

 Not at all

0.468*** [0.439–0.499]

0.757***[0.693–0.828]

 Less than once a week

0.661*** [0.619–0.706]

0.958 [0.874–1.051]

 At least once a week

0.897*** [0.840–0.956]

0.982 [0.896–1.075]

 Almost every day

Ref

Ref

 Not at all

0.328*** [0.309–0.349]

0.631***[0.575–0.691]

 Less than once a week

0.421*** [0.395–0.450]

0.766***[0.696–0.842]

 At least once a week

0.606*** [0.569–0.646]

0.824*** [0.752–0.903]

 Almost every day

Ref

Ref

 Burkina Faso

0.019***[0.015–0.025]

0.0382***[0.0284–0.0515]

 Benin

0.029***[0.022–0.038]

0.0430***[0.0319–0.0579]

 Burundi

0.413***[0.310–0.551]

0.890 [0.657–1.205]

 DR Congo

0.010***[0.007–0.012]

0.010***[0.007–0.013]

 Congo

0.020***[0.015–0.027]

0.0208***[0.0154–0.0282]

 Cote D’Ivoire

0.027***[0.020–0.036]

0.0470***[0.0348–0.0635]

 Cameroon

0.159***[0.119–0.210]

0.269***[0.200–0.363]

 Ethiopia

0.048***[0.036–0.063]

0.0931*** [0.0692–0.125]

 Gabon

0.099***[0.075–0.132]

0.0969***[0.0713–0.132]

 Ghana

0.054***[0.040–0.071]

0.0637***[0.0472–0.0860]

 Gambia

0.045***[0.034–0.059]

0.0907***[0.0671–0.122]

 Guinea

0.012***[0.010–0.016]

0.0225***[0.0167–0.0305]

 Kenya

0.456***[0.342–0.608]

0.726*[0.536–0.983]

 Comoros

0.011***[0.008–0.015]

0.0131***[0.00952–0.0179]

 Lesotho

Ref

Ref

 Mali

0.0114***[0.008–0.015]

0.0180***[0.0133–0.0244]

 Malawi

0.788 [0.591–1.050]

1.432*[1.058–1.938]

 Mozambique

0.112***[0.084–0.149]

0.269***[0.198–0.365]

 Namibia

0.421***[0.310–0.570]

0.446***[0.322–0.616]

 Rwanda

1.351 [0.987–1.850]

2.146***[1.543–2.983]

 Sierra Leone

0.064***[0.048–0.084]

0.157***[0.117–0.212]

 Senegal

0.056***[0.042–0.074]

0.130***[0.0967–0.176]

 Chad

0.010***[0.008–0.013]

0.0177***[0.0130–0.0241]

 Togo

0.048***[0.037–0.064]

0.0831***[0.0615–0.112]

 Uganda

0.676**[0.506–0.902]

1.124 [0.828–1.525]

 Zambia

0.964 [0.713–1.305]

1.561** [1.136–2.144]

 Zimbabwe

0.734*[0.543–0.994]

0.810 [0.589–1.114]

 N

195,307

195,307

 R²

–

0.368