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Table 3 Bivariate analysis of factors effecting partner attendance at ANC

From: Official invitation letters to promote male partner attendance and couple voluntary HIV counselling and testing in antenatal care: an implementation study in Mbeya Region, Tanzania

Variable

Categories

Study participants N/%

Partner attended N/%

OR

95 % CI

P value

Health facility

Makongolosi

120/37.7

91/75.8

7.01

3.57–13.74

<0.001c

 

Tunduma

101/31.8

49/48.5

2.1

1.16–3.8

0.012c

 

Ruanda

97/30.5

30/30.9

1

-

-

Age

<26 years

218/68.6

126/57.8

1.74

1.08–2.8

0.022c

 

≥26 years

100/31.5

44/44

1

-

-

Travel time to clinic

≤15 min

186/58.5

108/58.1

1.56

0.99–2.46

0.051c

 

>15 min

132/41.5

62/47

1

-

-

Literate

Literate

301/95.9

157/52.2

0.33

0.088–1.22

0.08c

 

Illiterate

13/4.1

10/76.9

1

-

-

Marital status

Married

236/74.2

143/60.1

3.13

1.81–5.41

<0.001c

 

Partnership

82/25.8

27/32.9

1

-

-

Religion

Christian

284/90.5

149/52.5

1

-

-

 

Muslim + Others

30/9.5

19/63.3

1.07

0.5–2.32

0.86d

Partners age

≤26 years

117/38

69/59

1.45

0.91–2.32

0.115c

 

>26 years

191/62

95/49.7

1

-

-

Partner employment

None

10/3.6

5/50

0.81

0.23–2.85

0.041e

 

Formal

24/7.7

7/29.2

0.33

0.13–0.834

-

 

Self-employed

278/89.1

154/55.4

1

-

-

Number of children at home

None

131/46.6

67/51.2

1

-

-

 

1–2

110/39.2

50/45.6

0.79

0.48–1.32

-

 

>2

40/14.2

22/55

1.17

0.57–2.38

0.51e

IPV

IPV reported

75/24.4

28/37.3

1

-

-

 

Not reported

232 75.6

133/57.3

2.26

1.31–3.39

0.003d

Media

None

6/1.9

2/33.3

1

 

0.042e

 

Radio

190/59.8

112/59

2.87

0.51–16.25

-

 

Media plusa

122/38.4

56/45.9

1.7

0.297–9.7

-

Previous partner attendance at ANCb

Yes

27/13.9

19.4/70.4

4.17

1.63–10.67

0.002d

Self-reported HIV status (baseline)

Positive

8/2.6

1/12.5

0.11

0.01–0.92

0.025e

 

Negative

212/68.6

121/57.1

1

-

-

 

Unknown

89/28.8

43/48.3

0.7

0.43–1.16

-

  1. aMedia plus = radio + TV +/− Newspaper, or TV or Newspaper only, or TV + Newspaper without radio
  2. bData from Tunduma & Ruanda health centres
  3. P value calculated using : cChi-squared test. d Fishers exact test. eFishers exact test (homogeneity/equal odds)