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Table 3 Multivariate logistic regression analysis for factors associated with the desire to have children in couples in which the man is the positive partner.

From: My partner wants a child: A cross-sectional study of the determinants of the desire for children among mutually disclosed sero-discordant couples receiving care in Uganda

Factors

Desire to have children

Crude OR (95% CI)

p value

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

p value

 

N (row %)

    

Age of participant

     

   31-45+ years

37 (47.4)

1.0

   

   15-30 years

28 (70.0)

2.59(1.13, 5.94)

0.020

-

-

Number of living children

     

   4-22 children

19 (33.9)

1.0

   

   0-3 children

46 (74.2)

5.60 (2.34, 13.4)

0.000

-

-

Belief that the partner wants to have children

     

   No

9 (17.6)

1.0

   

   Yes

56 (83.6)

23.8 (6.55, 86.2)

0.000

24.0 (9.15, 105.4)

0.000

Self or partner on ART

     

   No

29 (55.8)

1.0

   

   Yes

36 (58.1)

1.29 (0.62, 2.68)

0.495

-

-

How effective is ART? (More than 70%)

     

   No

24 (46.2)

    

   Yes

33 (68.8)

2.57 (1.10, 5.97)

0.023

3.66 (1.15, 11.7)

0.029

Relatives want you to get children

     

   Yes

21 (38.9)

1.0

   

   No

44 (68.8)

3.46 (1.55, 7.70)

0.001

-

-

Wants their HIV sero-status to remain a secret

     

   No

17 (47.2)

1.0

   

   Yes

48 (58.5)

1.58 (0.71, 3.50)

0.257

-

-

Disclosed to relatives

     

   No

20 (62.5)

1.0

   

   Yes

45 (52.3)

0.66 (0.28, 1.52)

0.325

-

-

Discussed when to get pregnant

     

   No

41 (52.6)

1.0

   

   Yes

24 (60.0)

1.35 (0.62, 2.95)

0.444

-

-

Discussed with Health workers about:

     

Contraception and HIV

     

   No

30 (66.7)

1.0

   

   Yes

35 (47.9)

0.46 (0.21, 1.01)

0.048

0.29 (0.08, 0.96)

0.042

Pregnancy and HIV

     

   No

27 (60.0)

1.0

   

   Yes

38 (52.1)

0.72 (0.34, 1.54)

0.401

-

-

  1. Note: OR: odds Ratio. CI: confidence interval.
  2. Predictive capability = 83.0%; and the Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness-of-fit test between predicted and observed probabilities is p = 0.06 which is not significant.