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Table 2 Unadjusted and Adjusted Odds Ratios and 95% Confidence Intervals for HIV Infection by Partnership Status and Assessment of the Effect Modification by Endorsement of Inequitable Gender Norms

From: Age-disparate and intergenerational sex partnerships and HIV: the role of gender norms among adolescent girls and young women in Malawi

  

Unadjusted

Adjusted1

  

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

Overall

     
 

Age-Disparate Sex with Partner ≥ 5 years older

2.0

1.1–3.4*

1.9

1.1–3.5*

 

Intergenerational Sex with Partner ≥ 10 years older

4.1

2.0-8.2*

3.4

1.6–7.2*

Endorsement of one or more Inequitable Gender Norms

 

Age-Disparate Sex with Partner ≥ 5 years older

3.1

1.1–9.5*

3.5

1.1–11.8*

 

Intergenerational Sex with Partner ≥ 10 years older

4.4

1.1–17.6*

6.4

1.5–27.8*

Non-endorsement of Inequitable Gender Norms

 

Age-Disparate Sex with Partner ≥ 5 years older

0.9

0.73–2.6

1.1

0.7–1.5

 

Intergenerational Sex with Partner ≥ 10 years older

1.8

0.8-3.0

1.1

0.7–1.8

  1. 1 Adjusted for residence, age, education, employment, wealth quintile, and ever been married or cohabitated as married. Reference category is Age-Concordant Sex Partner.
  2. *p < 0.05