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Table 2 Associations between demographic characteristics and HIV-1 infections by sex among adults in Oria village, Kilimanjaro Tanzania

From: Prevalence and risk factors for HIV-1 infection in rural Kilimanjaro region of Tanzania: Implications for prevention and treatment

Variable

Category

Women (n = 890)

Men (n = 601)

  

No

HIV+

Multivariate*

No

HIV+

Multivariate*

Age groups(years)¶

15–24

340

3.5

1

219

1.0

1

 

25–34

327

10.4

2.5 (1.2–5.2)

197

5.1

5.1 (2.4–9.1)

 

35–44

223

13.0

2.8 (1.3–6.2)

185

5.9

5.3 (2.5–7.4)

Marital status

Single

202

3.5

1

266

1.8

1

 

Married

577

8.5

1.9 (1.1–3.5)

299

5.7

2.4 (1.5–11.1)

 

Separated

111

18.9

3.3 (1.2–9.0)

36

5.9

2.6 (1.3–17.8)

Polygamous marriage‡

No

523

7.6

1

277

5.3

1

 

Yes

54

9.3

1.1 (0.5–2.6)

22

9.1

1.6 (0.3–7.7)

Education level

No educ

122

13.4

1

59

6.8

1

 

Primary educ

698

7.6

0.5 (0.3–1.9)

471

3.2

0.4 (0.1–0.9)

 

Secondary+

70

8.6

0.7 (0.3–2.5)

71

2.8

0.3 (0.1–0.6)

Occupation

Farmers

805

8.2

1

545

3.5

1

 

Employed

24

4.2

0.5 (0.1–4.5)

24

0.0

0.0 (0.0-0.0)

 

Business

61

13.1

1.7 (0.7–3.8)

32

6.3

2.8 (0.5–13.9)

Religion

Catholic

223

7.7

1

163

6.2

1

 

Protestant

254

9.9

1.4 (0.7–2.8)

197

3.0

0.4 (0.1–1.2)

 

Muslim

413

8.0

1.1 (0.6–2.1)

241

2.1

0.3 (0.1–0.8)

  1. *Adjusted for age (continues variable), marital status, education level and religion, ¶: p trends across age-groups < 0.001 for both sexes, ‡: From those who report being married.