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Table 3 Association of male partner’s reaction towards HIV test disclosure for PMTCT of HIV with each explanatory variable (Crude & adjusted OR), Gondar, North West Ethiopia, 2011

From: Women’s expectation of partner’s violence on HIV disclosure for prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in North West Ethiopia

Explanatory Variable

Partner’s reaction on HIV test disclosure for prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV

Crude OR (95% CI)

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

P-value

 

Positive(1)

Negative(0)

   

Women having their own income

     

Yes

58

49

3.84 (2.41, 6.13)

2.18 (1.21, 3.92)

0.009

No

69

224

1.00

1.00

 

Residence

     

Urban

227

58

5.99 (3.66, 9.41)

2.26 (1.21, 4.22)

0.011

Rural

46

69

1.00

1.00

 

Education level

     

No Education

93

101

1.00

1.00

<0.001

Primary education

27

11

4.16 (1.73, 10.01)

2.44 (0.92, 6.49)

0.073

Secondary & above

153

15

11.08 (6.08, 20.19)

6.05 (3.12, 11.72)

<0.001

Type of health facility

     

Hospital

75

24

1.00

1.00

0.063

Health center

198

103

1.63 (.97, 2.73) 1.00

1.89 (0.97, 3.69)

 

Holding stigmatizing attitude towards people living with HIV

     

Yes

93

90

1.00

1.00

0.006

No

180

37

4.71 (2.98, 7.44)

2.15 (1.24, 3.73)

 

Attitude towards counselors

     

Positive

192

51

3.53 (2.28, 5.48)

2.46 (1.42, 4.25)

0.001

Negative

81

76

1.00

1.00

 

Accessibility of Health facility

     

Yes

237

68

5.71 (3.48, 9.37)

2.35 (1.22, 4.50)

0.010

No

36

59

1.00

1.00

 
  1. Adjusted for: frequency of antenatal care visits, comprehensive knowledge on HIV, accessibility of health facility, holding stigmatizing attitude towards people having HIV, Women having their own income, residence, education level, attitude towards counselors and type of health facility.
  2. For explanatory variables having more than two categories, the overall significance is given by their corresponding P-values.
  3. The assessment made whether the required assumptions for the application of multiple logistic regression was fulfilled showed that this parsimonious model adequately fits the data as P = 0.458 (by using Hosmer and Lemeshow test).