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Table 4 Multivariate 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

AOR for partner attendance

95 % CI

P value*

Health facility

Makongolosi

7.55

2.8–20.4

<0.001

 

Tunduma

2.67

0.3–39.6

0.06

 

Ruanda

1

-

-

Age

<26 years

1.5

0.86–2.6

0.15

 

≥26 years

1

-

-

Travel time to clinic

≤15 min

1

-

-

 

>15 min

1.004

0.99–1.01

0.406

Marital status

Married

1.09

0.47–2.55

0.84

 

Partnership

1

-

-

Partner employment

None

1.8

0.45–7.4

0.396

 

Formal

0.83

0.28–2.5

0.74

 

Self-employment

1

-

-

Media

None

1

-

-

 

Radio

3.72

0.33–42.5

0.289

 

Media plusa

3.44

0.3–39.6

0.322

IPV

IPV reported

1.22

0.63–2.35

0.552

 

Not reported

1

-

-

Self-reported HIV status (baseline)

Positive

0.09

0.01–0.82

0.033

 

Negative

1

-

-

 

Unkown

1.17

0.57–2.38

0.67

  1. aMedia plus = radio + TV +/− Newspaper, or TV or Newspaper only, or TV + Newspaper without radio
  2. *P values calculated using a multiple logistic regression model