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Table 2 Factors associated with HIV self-testing among adolescents and adults aged 15–64 years who participated in the 2018 Kenya Population-Based HIV Impact Assessment –(KENPHIA)

From: Characteristics of users of HIV self-testing in Kenya, outcomes, and factors associated with use: results from a population-based HIV impact assessment, 2018

Characteristic

Number and percentages

Unadjusted

odds ratios (OR)

Adjusted

odds ratios (aOR)

Number ever tested for HIV

Number and percentage self-tested

OR (95% CI)

P-value

aOR (95% CI)

P-value

Sex

 Female

14,636

530 (3.8)

refa

   

 Male

8945

407 (4.5)

1.2 (1.0–1.4)

0.08

  

Residence

 Urban

14,259

457 (3.4)

refa

   

 Rural

9322

480 (5.2)

1.6 (1.2–1.9)

 < .001

1.0 (0.8–1.3)

0.75

Age, years

 15–19

2638

68 (2.5)

refa

   

 20–24

3493

198 (6.2)

2.6 (1.9–3.6)

 < .001

1.3 (0.9–1.9)

0.18

 25–29

3628

209 (6.0)

2.5 (1.7–3.6)

 < .001

1.2 (0.8–1.9)

0.38

 30–34

3675

153 (3.9)

1.6 (1.1–2.3)

0.01

0.9 (0.6–1.4)

0.58

 35–39

2749

97 (3.4)

1.4 (0.9–2.1)

0.10

0.7 (0.4–1.2)

0.16

 40–49

4099

135 (3.0)

1.2 (0.9–1.8)

0.23

0.8 (0.5–1.2)

0.21

  ≥ 50

3299

77 (2.7)

1.1 (0.7–1.6)

0.67

0.6 (0.4–1.0)

0.03

Education

 No primary

1859

41 (2.5)

refa

   

 Incomplete Primary

11,147

297 (2.6)

1.5 (1.0–2.2)

0.78

1.1 (0.7–1.9)

0.63

 Complete Primary

7283

286 (3.6)

1.5 (1.0–2.2)

0.04

1.4 (0.9–2.4)

0.16

 Secondary

3274

313 (9.9)

4.3 (2.9–6.3)

 < .001

3.5 (2.1–5.9)

 < .001

Marital status

 Never married

1122

30 (3.0)

refa

   

 Monogamous

1869

86 (4.5)

1.5 (0.9–2.6)

0.09

  

 Polygamous

5017

226 (4.1)

1.4 (0.8–2.3)

0.20

  

 Divorced/separated

340

17 (5.3)

1.8 (0.8–4.2)

0.14

  

 Widowed

5820

277 (5.3)

1.8 (1.1–3.0)

0.02

  

Wealth quintiles

 First (lowest)

5348

117 (2.2)

refa

   

 Second

5130

150 (3.0)

1.4 (1.1–1.8)

0.02

1.3 (0.9–1.7)

0.1

 Third

5122

200 (4.1)

1.9 (1.4–2.6)

 < .001

1.7 (1.2–2.3)

 < .001

 Fourth

4684

238 (4.6)

2.2 (1.6–2.9)

 < .001

1.6 (1.1–2.2)

 < .001

 Fifth (highest)

3294

232 (6.6)

3.1 (2.2–4.5)

 < .001

1.8 (1.2–2.7)

 < .001

Sex in the past 12 months

 No

6596

203 (3.2)

refa

   

 Yes

16,985

734 (4.5)

1.4 (1.1–1.8)

 < 0.001

1.1 (0.8–1.4)

0.54

Lifetime sexual partners

 0

1513

31 (2.1)

refa

   

 1

8002

276 (3.7)

1.8 (1.1–3.0)

0.02

1.8 (1.0–3.2)

0.04

  ≥ 2

12,505

558 (4.6)

2.2 (1.4–3.6)

 < .001

2.1 (1.2–3.7)

0.01

  1. AbbreviationsCI Confidence Intervals
  2. areferent category