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Table 2 Pearson’s chi2 test of association between independent variables and outcome STI/HIV-testing. MILSA 2.5 data on migrants from Syria and Iraq residing in Scania, Sweden who received residence permit between 2012 and 2016 (n = 3226)

From: Investigating pathways for predisposing, enabling and need factors in predicting the use of STI/HIV-testing services among Syrian and Iraqi migrants in Scania, Sweden – a cross-sectional study with directed acyclic graphs for modelling pathways to testing

  

HIV/STI testing

  

Yes

No

Total

Chi2P-value

PREDISPOSING

Sex

Male

88 (4.7%)

1768 (95.2%)

1856

.065

Female

38 (3.3%)

1098 (96.6%)

1136

Total

126 (4.2%)

2866 (95.7%)

2992 (92.7%)

Age

18–34 years

77 (6.0%)

1202 (93.9%)

1279

.000**

35–44 years

34 (3.5%)

911 (96.4%)

945

45+ years

14 (1.8%)

752 (98.1%)

766

Total

125 (4.2%)

2865 (95.8%)

2990 (92.6%)

Marital status

Married

62 (2.8%)

2142 (97.1%)

2204

.000**

Unmarried

55 (10.2%)

479 (89.7%)

534

Divorced/widow

8 (3.4%)

222 (96.5%)

230

Total

125 (4.2%)

2843 (95.7%)

2968 (92.0%)

Sexual orientation

Heterosexual

95 (4.2%)

2152 (95.7%)

2247

.002*

Bi/homosexual

11 (11.7%)

83 (88.2%)

94

Other

4 (2.9%)

132 (97.0%)

136

Total

110 (4.4%)

2367 (95.5%)

2477 (76.7%)

Education

0–9 years

26 (2.5%)

986 (97.4%)

1012

.000**

10–12 years

20 (2.8%)

685 (97.1%)

705

13+ years

77 (6.1%)

1172 (93.8%)

1249

Total

123 (4.1%)

2843 (95.8%)

2966 (91.9%)

Time waiting for residence permit

0–6 months

41 (3.2%)

1204 (96.7%)

1245

.066

7–12 months

48 (4.3%)

1047 (95.6%)

1095

13–18 months

19 (4.9%)

368 (95.0%)

387

18+ months

15 (6.9%)

201 (93.0%)

216

Total

123 (4.1%)

2820 (95.8%)

2943 (91.2%)

ENABLING VARIABLES

Financial difficulties

Often

43 (5.2%)

771 (94.7%)

814

.146

Occasionally

24 (4.2%)

543 (95.7%)

567

Never

56 (3.5%)

1506 (96.4%)

1562

Total

123(4.1%)

2820 (95.8%)

2943 (91.2)

Language

Can communicate

84 (5.4%)

1471 (94.5%)

1555

.003*

Can manage

28 (2.7%)

982 (97.2%)

1010

Cannot speak

11 (3.0%)

354 (96.9%)

365

Total

123 (4.1%)

2807 (95.8%)

2930 (90.8)

Trust health care

Yes

46 (3.1%)

1406 (96.8%)

1452

.038*

No

63 (4.6%)

1281 (95.3%)

1344

Total

109 (3.9%)

2687 (96.1%)

2796 (86.6%)

Trust interpreters

Yes

45 (3.7%)

1156 (96.2%)

1201

.430

No

57 (4.3%)

1247 (95.6%)

1304

Total

102 (4.0%)

2403 (95.9%)

2505 (77.6%)

Social support (emotional)

Yes

64 (3.7%)

1652 (96.2%)

1716

.121

No

61 (4.8%)

1187 (95.1%)

1248

Total

125 (4.2%)

2839 (95.7%)

2964 (91.8%)

Social support (practical)

Yes

98 (3.8%)

2422 (96.1%)

2520

.022*

No

28 (6.2%)

419 (93.7%)

447

Total

126 (4.2%)

2841 (95.7%)

2967 (91.9%)

NEED/RISK

Sexual harassment (past 12 months)

Yes

12 (21.0%)

45 (78.9%)

57

 

No

112 (3.8%)

2779 (96.1%)

2891

Total

124 (4.2%)

2824 (95.7%)

2948 (91.3%)

Sexual coercion (past 12 months)

Yes

21 (23.8%)

67 (76.1%)

88

.000**

No

100 (3.5%)

2690 (96.4%)

2790

Total

121 (4.2%)

2757 (95.7%)

2878 (89.2%)

Drug use (past 12 months)

Never

113 (3.9%)

2335 (81.9%)

2848

.000**

≥1 time

12 (19.3%)

50 (80.6%)

62

Total

125 (4.2%)

2785 (95.7%)

2910 (90.2%)

Alcohol consumption (past 12 months)

Never

79 (3.1%)

2405 (96.8%)

2484

.000**

≥2 times/week

10 (13.5%)

64 (86.4%)

74

1–4 times/month

36 (9.0%)

364 (91.0%)

400

Total

125 (4.2%)

2833 (95.7%)

2958 (91.6%)

  1. Test for goodness of fit between independent variables: predisposing variables, enabling variables, and need/risk factors and dependent variable HIV/STI testing
  2. *Significance level p < 0.05
  3. **Significance level p < 0.00