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Table 5 Logistic regression analysis of socio-demographic, reproductive and awareness of HIV positive status variables versus current practice of family planning among HIV infected fecund women

From: Family planning use among women living with HIV: knowing HIV positive status helps - results from a national survey

Independent variables

Current practice of any FP

Model 1 adjusted odds ratio (95 % CI)

Model 2 adjusted odds ratio (95 % CI)

Model 3 adjusted odds ratio (95 % CI)

Yes

No

Education

     

 No formal education

29

44

Reference

Reference

Reference

 Primary

165

147

1.69(0.99,2.87)

1.53(0.87,2.68)

1.61(0.91,2.85)

 Secondary & above

57

47

2.06(1.08,3.91)a

2.17(1.08,4.36)a

2.36(1.16,4.78)a

Marital status

     

 Married/Cohabiting

190

161

1.51(1.00,2.26)a

1.17(0.76,1.81)

1.23(0.79,1.91)

 Others

61

77

Reference

Reference

Reference

Region

     

 Northern

67

42

Reference

Reference

Reference

 Central

109

50

0.53(0.28,0.99)a

0.51(0.26,0.99)a

0.50(0.26,0.98)a

 Southern

313

159

0.63(0.36,1.09)

0.71(0.40,1.27)

0.69(0.38,1.24)

Residence

     

 Urban

127

60

0.74(0.48,1.14)

0.93(0.58,1.48)

0.92(0.57,1.48)

 Rural

362

191

Reference

Reference

Reference

FP information from radio

     

 Yes

170

148

 

1.06(0.71,1.60)

1.10(0.72,1.66)

 No

81

90

 

Reference

Reference

Visited health facility past 12 months

     

 Yes

207

167

 

1.52(0.96,2.41)

1.35(0.84,2.15)

 No

44

71

 

Reference

Reference

Births in past 5 years

     

 0

87

131

 

Reference

Reference

 1

113

77

 

1.82(1.19,2.79)b

2.02(1.30,3.13)b

 2 & more

51

30

 

2.03(1.15,3.56)a

2.20(1.24,3.91)b

No of living children

     

 0

9

37

 

Reference

Reference

 1–2

103

90

 

2.99(1.29,6.88)a

2.26(0.96,5.32)

 3–4

85

73

 

3.16(1.33,7.48)b

2.60(1.08,6.28)a

 5 & more

54

38

 

4.12(1.64,10.35)b

3.03(1.18,7.82)a

Knows HIV positive status

     

 Yes

119

65

  

2.32(1.54,3.50)c

 No

132

173

  

Reference

–2 Log likelihood of the constant

677.55

677.55

677.55

−2 Log likelihood of the model

662.49

628.55

611.54

Likelihood Ratio Chi2 (p-value)

15.06 (0.020)

48.99 (0.000)

66.01 (0.000)

Nagelkerke R2

0.040

0.127

0.168

Hosmer & Lemeshow Test Chi2 (p-value)

6.40 (0.494)

2.02 (0.980)

11.40 (0.180)

  1. aP < 0.05; bp < 0.01; cp < 0.001