Determinants of male involvement in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV programme in Eastern Uganda: a cross-sectional survey

Table 3 Factors influencing men's involvement in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV programme (N = 387).

Factor (Variable)	Respondents with high involvement index n/N (%)	Unadjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI)	Adjusted Odds Ratio (95% CI)
Age (years)
19-29	37/146 (25)	1.0	1.0
30+	62/241 (26)	1.0 (0.6-1.6)	1.1 (0.6-1.8)
Education (years)
0-7	45/231 (20)	1.0	1.0
8+	54/156 (35)	2.2 (1.4-3.5)**	1.9 (1.1-3.3)*
Residence
Rural	65/250 (26)	1.0	1.0
Urban	34/137 (25)	0.9 (0.6-1.5)	0.8 (0.5-1.5)
Religion
Muslim	43/193 (22)	1.0	1.0
Christian	56/194 (29)	1.4 (0.9-2.2)	1.1 (0.6-1.9)
Occupation
Others	82/309 (26)	1.0	1.0
Driver/Bodaboda cyclists	4/47 (08)	0.3 (0.1-0.7)*	0.3 (0.1-0.9)*
Professional	13/31 (42)	2.0 (0.9-4.3)	1.1 (0.5-2.7)
Fears disclosure of HIV results to wife
No	78/252 (31)	1.0	1.0
Yes	14/100 (14)	0.4 (0.2-0.7)**	0.4 (0.2-0.7)**
Knows his HIV sero-status
No	78/347 (22)	1.0	1.0
Yes	21/40 (52)	3.8 (2.0-7.4)**	1.9 (0.9-4.4)
Ever heard of PMTCT
No	51/257 (20)	1.0	1.0
Yes	48/130 (37)	2.4 (1.5-3.8)**	1.6 (0.9-2.7)

I. * is 0.01 ≤ P ≤ 0.05 and ** is P < 0.01. II. The variables in the final multivariate logistic regression model were: age, education, place of residence, religion and occupation of the respondents; fears disclosure of HIV sero-status results to his wife, knows his sero-status and ever heard of PMTCT. III. The sample size was 387 men (analysed for male involvement index). IV. OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; PMTCT, prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV; HIV, Human immunodeficiency virus.

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