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Table 4 Multivariate logistic regression analysis of associations between predictor variables and 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

 

Model I

Model II

Model III

n

AOR (95%CI)

n

AOR (95%CI)

n

AOR (95%CI)

Sex

 Female (ref)

817

 

756

 

713

 

 Male

1623

1.07 (0.67–1.71)

1477

1.15 (0.70–1.91)

1407

1.10 (0.65–1.86)

Age

 18–34 years

883

2.55 (1.25–5.21)*

807

2.27 (1.09–4.71)*

771

1.88 (0.89–3.95)

 35–44 years

801

2.14 (1.03–4.46)*

729

1.77 (0.83–3.77)

694

1.67 (0.78–3.58)

 45+ years (ref)

756

 

697

 

655

 

Marital status

 Married (ref)

1874

 

1734

 

1639

 

 Unmarried

404

2.65 (1.65–4.25)**

353

2.06 (1.23–3.43)*

342

1.52 (0.88–2.62)

 Divorced/widow

162

1.64 (0.71–3.78)

146

1.90 (0.81–4.45)

139

1.43 (0.60–3.40)

Sexuality

 Heterosexual (ref)

2256

 

2053

 

1948

 

 Bi/homosexual

76

3.68 (1.83–7.41)**

69

3.04 (1.39–6.62)*

65

2.18 (0.92–5.13)

 Other

129

0.91 (0.33–2.48)

111

0.60 (0.14–2.50)

107

0.58 (0.13–2.41)

Education

 0–9 years (ref)

675

 

598

 

556

 

 10–12 years

537

1.10 (0.56–2.13)

487

1.38 (0.66–2.87)

464

1.31 (0.61–2.80)

 13+ years

1228

2.24 (1.32–3.80)*

1148

2.16 (1.14–4.09)*

1100

1.93 (1.00–3.72)*

Waiting for residence permit

 0–6 months

953

0.51 (0.23–1.13)

1019

0.58 (0.26–1.26)

968

0.55 (0.24–1.21)

 7–12 months

762

0.56 (0.25–1.25)

812

0.58 (0.26–1.28)

772

0.57 (0.25–1.27)

 13–18 months

265

0.50 (0.19–1.27)

286

0.67 (0.28–1.63)

272

0.64 (0.26–1.59)

 18+ months (ref)

106

 

116

 

108

 

Financial difficulties

 Often (ref)

  

620

 

587

 

 Occasionally

  

442

0.62 (0.33–1.17)

417

0.69 (0.32–1.24)

 Never

  

1171

0.71 (0.44–1.15)

1116

0.83 (0.50–1.37)

Language (Swedish)

 Cannot speak (ref)

  

235

 

219

 

 Can manage

  

733

1.05 (0.36–3.02)

694

1.14 (0.38–3.37)

 Can communicate

  

1265

1.70 (0.62–4.66)

655

1.77 (0.62–5.00)

Trust health care

 No (ref)

  

1121

 

1056

 

 Yes

  

1112

0.74 (0.48–1.16)

1064

0.77 (0.48–1.22)

Social support (practical)

 No (ref)

  

315

 

301

 

 Yes

  

1918

0.85 (0.48–1.16)

1819

0.92 (0.50–1.67)

Sexual coercion (past 12 months)

 Yes

    

60

 

 No (ref)

    

2060

3.75 (1.84–7.63)**

Drug use (past 12 months)

 Never (ref)

    

2075

 

  ≥ 1 time

    

45

2.06 (0.92–4.64)

Alcohol consumption (past 12 months)

 Never (ref)

    

1767

 

 1–4 times/month

    

298

2.34 (1.41–3.91)*

  ≥ 2 times/week

    

55

2.67 (1.09–6.55)*

  1. Adjusted Odds Ratios (AOR) and 95% confidence intervals (95%CI). Model I: Adjusted for sex, age, marital status, sexuality, education, and waiting time for residence permit; Model II: Adjusted for Model I + financial difficulties, language, trust in health care, social support; Model III: adjusted for Model I and II + sexual coercion, drug use, and alcohol consumption
  2. NS not statistically significant
  3. *Significance level p < 0.05
  4. **Significance level p < 0.001