Differences in the Nonuse of any Contraception and Use of Specific Contraceptive Methods in HIV Positive and HIV Negative Rwandan Women
Table 2
Univariate and multivariate analysis of demographic and clinical characteristics associated with abstinence.
Variable
Abstinence
Proportion practicing method (%)
Univariate OR (95% CI)
Multivariate Adjusted OR (95% CI)a
HIV Status
HIV−
32 (42.1%)
()
HIV+
152 (38.7%)
0.87 (0.53–1.43)
HIV/CD4 Status
HIV−
32 (42.1%)
()
HIV+ CD4 < 200
31 (44.8%)
0.57 (0.31–1.06)
HIV+ CD4 on
60 (39.7%)
0.91 (0.52–1.59)
HIV+ CD4 ≥ 350
61 (29.2%)
1.12 (0.63–1.97)
Number of living children
0
55 (44.7%)
()
1-2
63 (41.7%)
0.89 (0.55–1.43)
3-4
48 (34.5%)
0.65 (0.40–1.07)
5+
18 (32.1%)
0.59 (0.30–1.14)
HIV Status/Partner knowledge
HIV+ Partner knows
50 (22.6%)
()
()
HIV+ Partner does not know
92 (58.6%)
3.83 (2.50–5.87)
***
1.89 (1.13–3.16)
*
HIV− Partner knows
19 (44.2%)
2.14 (1.10–4.17)
*
2.83 (1.22–6.56)
*
HIV− Partner does not know
8 (28.6%)
1.08 (0.45–2.58)
0.68 (0.25–1.87)
Age
>30
40 (35.1%)
0.57 (0.32–1.02)
30–40
106 (38.3%)
0.65 (0.39–1.08)
40+
38 (48.7%)
()
Married or living with partner
No
162 (65.3%)
()
()
Yes
22 (9.9%)
0.06 (0.04–0.10)
***
0.05 (0.03–0.09)
Genocidal rape
No
89 (39.2%)
()
Yes
35 (39.9%)
1.03 (0.71–1.49)
Employed
No
128 (39.0%)
()
Yes
60 (38.5%)
0.98 (0.64–1.48)
Income
0–10,000
79 (54.5%)
()
10,001–35,000
85 (36.1%)
0.46 (0.30–0.70)
***
35,001+
17 (20.0%)
0.20 (0.11–0.38)
***
Ever had sex for cash
No
120 (35.9%)
()
()
Yes
63 (47.4%)
1.61 (1.07–2.41)
*
0.59 (0.35–0.98)
*
aModels built by stepwise selection among all variables in this table with a value for entry of 0.05 and a value for removal of >0.1.
*
< 0.05, ** < 0.01, *** < 0.001.
