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Table 3 Socio demographic factors associated with unprotected sex among PLHIV in public health facilities of Debre Zeit town, Ethiopia, October - December, 2011

From: Unprotected sexual practice and associated factors among People Living with HIV at Ante Retroviral Therapy clinics in Debrezeit Town, Ethiopia: a cross sectional study

Characteristics

Unprotected sexual practice

COR

AOR

Yes

No

Sex

Male

41 (16.5%)

208 (83.5%)

1.00

1.00

Female

107 (25.6%)

311 (74.4%)

1.75 (1.17,2.61)*

2.10 (1.14, 3.90)**

Age

18-28

48 (27.1%)

129 (72.9%)

1.00

1.00

29-33

41 (24.4%)

127 (75.6%)

0.87 (0.54,1.41)

0.87 (0.47, 1.63)

34-39

37 (21.6%)

134 (78.4%)

0.74 (0.45,1.21)

0.87 (0.47, 1.64)

> = 40

22 (14.6%)

129 (85.4%)

0.46 (0.26,0.80)*

0.65 (0.29, 1.42)

Educational status

Unable to read and write

39 (20.1%)

155 (79.9%)

1.26 (0.49,3.23)

0.56 (0.10, 1.66)

Read and write

31 (19.7%)

126 (80.3%)

1.23 (0.47,3.22)

0.68 (0.23, 2.01)

Up to grade 8

37 (31.6%)

80 (68.4%)

2.31 (0.89,6.04)

1.13 (0.38, 3.36)

High school

35 (21.5%)

128 (78.5%)

1.37 (0.52,3.55)

0.82 (0.28, 2.39)

College/university

6 (16.7%)

30 (83.3%)

1.00

1.00

Current marital status

Married

111 (19.1%)

470 (80.9%)

1.00

1.00

Single

11 (31.4%)

24 (68.6%)

1.94 (0.92,4.08)

0.92 (0.22, 3.81)

Divorced/widowed/separated

26 (51%)

25 (49%)

4.40 (2.45,7.92)*

4.89 (2.07, 11.56)**

  1. *Statistically significant before multivariate analysis.
  2. **Statistically significant after multivariate analysis.