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Table 2 Results of regression analyses predicting multiple sexual partners and never having used condoms among pregnant women

From: Sexual HIV risk behaviour and associated factors among pregnant women in Mpumalanga, South Africa

 

Two or more sexual partners in past 12 months

Never condom use with primary partner in past 3 month

 

UOR (95% CI)

AOR1(95% CI)

UOR (95% CI)

AOR2(95% CI)

Socio-economic factors

    

Age (years)

0.96 (0.93-0.98)**

0.98 (0.94-1.02)

1.00 (0.99-1.02)

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Education (years)

0.92 (0.84-1.01)

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0.96 (0.90-1.03)

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Single (Base = married)

2.05 (1.34-3.13)***

1.62 (1.00-2.62)*

0.80 (0.63-1.02)

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Obstetrics

    

Number of own children

0.82 (0.71-0.96)**

0.91 (0.74-1.13)

1.01 (0.93-1.10)

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Number of antenatal care visits

0.93 (0.83-1.05)

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0.90 (0.84-0.96)**

0.91 (0.85-0.99)*

Current pregnancy not planned (Base = planned)

1.27 (0.91-1.78)

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1.04 (0.84-1.29)

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Father accompany to antenatal clinic (Base = No)

1.25 (0.88-1.78)

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0.79 (0.63-0.99)*

0.83 (0.64-1.06)

HIV related variables

    

HIV knowledge scores

1.04 (0.89-1.20)

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0.94 (0.85-1.04)

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Belief ARVs can cure HIV (Base = No)

0.97 (0.49-1.27)

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0.97 (0.72-1.30)

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Belief in someone treated with ARVs cannot transmit the HIV virus (Base = No)

0.97 (0.65-1.45)

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1.00 (0.77-1.30)

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HIV positive (Base = HIV negative)

1.11 (0.73-1.68)

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0.44 (0.33-0.57)***

0.39 (0.29-0.52)***

Psychosocial distress and alcohol use

    

Past month (any) alcohol use (Base = No)

4.77 (2.99-7.63)***

4.38 (2.63-7.31)***

0.56 (0.37-0.86)**

0.55 (0.35-0.86)**

Physical partner violence in the past 6 months (Base = No)

1.81 (1.09-2.98)*

1.59 (0.90-2.80)

0.83 (0.57-1.22)

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Psychological distress (Kessler 10 ≥ 28 scores) (Base = <28 scores)

1.64 (1.11-2.41)

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1.02 (0.77-1.34)

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  1. 1Hosmer-Lemeshow χ2 = 9.24, p = 0 .323; Nagelkerke R2 = 0.08; 2Hosmer-Lemeshow χ2 = 8.95, p = 0 .177; Nagelkerke R2 = 0.06; UOR = Unadjusted Odds Ratio; AOR = Adjusted Odds Ratio; CI = Confidence Interval.