Research Article
Factors Associated with Linkage to Care following Community-Level Identification of HIV-Positive Clients in Lira District
Table 2
Association of sociodemographic characteristics and linkage to care following community-level identification.
| Variable | Linkage to care | COR | 95% CI | value | Yes 320 (%) | No 9 (%) |
| Sex | | | | | | Male | 92(28.8) | 4(44.4) | 1.00 | | | Female | 228(71.2) | 5(55.6) | 1.98 | 0.52–7.55 | 0.32 | Age categories | | | | | | 18–35 | 99(31.0) | 1(11.1) | 1.00 | | | 36–53 | 162(50.5) | 7(77.8) | 0.23 | 0.03–1.93 | 0.18 | 54–85 | 59(18.5) | 1(11.1) | 0.60 | 0.04–9.71 | 0.72 | Marital status | | | | | | Single | 131(40.9) | 5(55.6) | 1.00 | | | Married | 189(59.1) | 4(44.4) | 1.80 | 0.48–6.84 | 0.39 | Level of education | | | | | | None | 86(26.9) | 1(11.1) | 1.00 | | | Primary | 199(62.2) | 5(55.6) | 0.46 | 0.05–4.02 | 0.49 | Secondary and above | 35(10.9) | 3(33.3) | 0.14 | 0.01–1.35 | 0.09 | Occupation | | | | | | Farmer | 275(85.9) | 7(77.8) | 1.00 | | | Business and civil servants | 45 (14.1) | 2(22.2) | 1.18 | 0.14–9.64 | 0.88 |
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