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Table 2 Bivariate analysis of risk factors for HIV infection among couples

From: Risk factors for HIV infection among married couples in Rakai, Uganda: a cross-sectional study

Factor

Overall Sample

HIV positive sample

Unadjusted ORs (95% CI)

p-value

N

n

%

95% CI

OR

95% CI

HIV prevalence strata

 Medium

433

40

9.2

(6.5, 12.0)

1.00

  

 Low

371

22

5.9

(3.5, 8.3)

0.62

(0.36, 1.06)

0.082

 High

510

155

30.4

(26.4, 34.4)

4.29

(2.95, 6.25)

0.000

Age-group

 15–24 years

221

42

19.0

(13.8, 24.2)

1.00

  

 25–29 years

325

59

18.2

(14.0, 22.4)

0.95

(0.61, 1.47)

0.802

 30–34 years

289

54

18.7

(14.2, 23.2)

0.98

(0.63, 1.53)

0.927

 35–39 years

258

30

11.6

(7.7, 15.6)

0.56

(0.34, 0.93)

0.026

 40+ years

221

32

14.5

(9.8, 19.1)

0.72

(0.44, 1.19)

0.204

Education level

 None

76

15

19.7

(10.6, 28.9)

1.00

  

 Lower primary

266

48

18.0

(13.3, 22.8)

0.90

(0.50, 1.79)

0.776

 Upper primary

641

105

16.4

(13.5, 19.3)

0.80

(0.44, 1.55)

0.495

 Secondary & above

331

49

14.8

(10.9, 18.7)

0.71

(0.39, 1.47)

0.432

Religion

 Catholic

782

139

17.8

(15.1, 20.5)

1.00

  

 Protestant

178

33

18.5

(12.8, 24.3)

1.05

(0.69, 1.6)

0.810

 Saved/Pentecostal

81

12

14.8

(7.0, 22.6)

0.80

(0.43, 1.53)

0.505

 Muslim

242

25

10.3

(6.5, 14.2)

0.53

(0.34, 0.84)

0.006

 Other

31

8

25.8

(10.1, 41.5)

1.61

(0.71, 3.67)

0.259

Marital order

 First

862

76

9.3

(6.9, 10.7)

1.00

  

 Second

321

93

30.5

(23.9, 34.0)

4.28

(3.10, 5.90)

0.000

 Third or higher

131

48

39.1

(28.2, 45.1)

6.26

(4.12, 9.48)

0.000

Marital duration

 1–3 years

157

69

43.9

(36.2, 51.7)

   

 4–5 years

167

40

24.0

(17.5, 30.5)

0.40

(0.25, 0.65)

0.000

 6+ years

990

108

10.9

(9.0, 12.9)

0.16

(0.11, 0.23)

0.000

Age at first marriage

 11–17 years

323

58

18

(13.8, 22.2)

1.00

  

 18–20 years

500

75

15

(11.9, 18.1)

0.81

(0.55, 1.17)

0.261

 21–24 years

255

46

18

(13.3, 22.8)

1.01

(0.66, 1.54)

0.980

 25–29 years

188

30

16

(10.7, 21.2)

0.87

(0.54, 1.41)

0.564

 30+ years

48

8

16.7

(6.0, 27.3)

0.91

(0.41, 2.06)

0.827

Ever use of condoms

 Yes

842

166

19.7

(17.0, 22.4)

1.00

  

 No

472

51

10.8

(8.0, 13.6)

0.49

(0.35, 0.69)

0.000

In polygamy

 No

1064

173

16.3

(14.0, 18.5)

1.00

  

 Yes

242

42

17.4

(12.6, 22.1)

1.08

(0.75, 1.57)

0.678

 Don’t know

8

2

25.0

(0.0, 50.1)

1.72

(0.34, 8.58)

0.510

Age difference of the couple

 Same age

186

31

16.7

(11.3, 22.0)

1.00

  

 Woman older

87

26

29.9

(20.2, 39.6)

2.13

(1.17, 3.88)

0.013

 Man 2–5 years

414

57

13.8

(10.4, 17.1)

0.79

(0.5, 1.29)

0.354

 Man 6–10 years

390

22

5.6

(3.3, 7.9)

0.51

(0.32, 0.83)

0.006

 Man 11+ years

188

32

17.0

(11.6, 22.4)

   

More than one sexual partner

 No

1102

162

14.70

(12.6, 16.8)

1.00

  

 Yes

212

55

25.94

(20.0, 32.0)

1.88

(1.31, 2.61)

0.000