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Table 4 Univariate and multivariate association for HIV positivity and participant background characteristics

From: The adult prevalence of HIV in Zambia: results from a population based mobile testing survey conducted in 2013–2014

Variable

Univariate

Multivariate

OR

95 % CI

P value

OR

95 % CI

P value

Setting

 Rural

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 Urban

1.8

1.7–1.9

0.000

2.0

1.9–2.2

0.000

Sex

 Male

0.9

0.9–1.0

0.000

0.7

0.6–0.7

0.000

 Female

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Age group

 15–24

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 25–34

1.0

1.0–1.1

0.679

3.0

2.6–3.5

0.000

 35–44

1.3

1.2–1.3

0.000

4.7

4.1–5.5

0.000

 45–54

1.2

1.1–1.3

0.000

4.1

3.5–4.8

0.000

 55–64

1.2

1.0–1.2

0.004

2.1

1.7–2.6

0.000

 65+

1.4

1.3–1.5

0.000

0.7

0.5–1.0

0.040

Education level

 None

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 Primary

0.81

0.8–0.9

0.000

1.2

1.0–1.4

0.035

 Secondary

0.9

0.8–1.0

0.002

1.2

1.0–1.4

0.120

 Tertiary

1.0

0.9–1.1

0.773

1.1

0.8–1.5

0.489

Marital status

 Never

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 Married

0.9

0.9–1.0

0.000

0.7

0.6–0.8

0.000

 Divorced

1.2

1.1–1.3

0.000

1.5

1.3–1.7

0.000

 Widowed

1.5

1.4–1.6

0.000

1.4

1.2–1.5

0.000

Wealth quintile

 Lowest

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 Second lowest

1.0

0.9–1.0

0.273

1.2

1.0–1.5

0.029

 Middle

1.2

1.1–1.3

0.000

2.0

1.7–2.4

0.000

 Fourth

1.5

1.4–1.6

0.000

2.4

2.0–2.9

0.000

 Highest

1.7

1.6–1.8

0.000

2.5

1.9–2.7

0.000