Research Article

Differences in the Nonuse of any Contraception and Use of Specific Contraceptive Methods in HIV Positive and HIV Negative Rwandan Women

Table 3

Univariate and multivariate analysis of demographic and clinical characteristics associated with condom use.

VariableCondom
Proportion practicing method (%)Univariate OR (95% CI)Multivariate Adjusted OR (95% CI)a

HIV Status
 HIV−14 (18.4%)( )
 HIV+227 (57.8%)6.06 (3.28–11.18) ***
HIV/CD4 Status
 HIV−
 HIV+ CD4 < 200 84 (46.1%)( )
 HIV+ CD4 on 93 (61.6%)1.87 (1.21–2.90) ** 1.19 (0.67–2.14)
 HIV+ CD4 ≥ 350 64 (47.1%)1.04 (0.66–1.62)0.62 (0.35–1.11)
Number of living children
 0 78 (62.9%)( )
 1-2 74 (49.0%)0.57 (0.35–0.92)
 3-4 62 (44.9%)0.48 (0.29–0.79) *
 5+ 27 (48.2%)0.55 (0.29–1.04) **
HIV Status/Partner knowledge
 HIV+ Partner knows 160 (72.4%)( )( )
 HIV+ Partner does not know 60 (38.2%)0.27 (0.18–0.41) *** 0.34 (0.21–0.55) ***
 HIV− Partner knows 11 (25.6%)0.15 (0.07–0.31) *** 0.15 (0.06–0.35) ***
 HIV− Partner does not know 2 (7.1%)0.03 (0.01–0.14) *** 0.03 (0.01–0.13) ***
Age
 >30 67 (58.8%)3.63 (1.96–6.73) *** 3.59 (1.75–7.34)
 30–40 152 (54.9%)3.10 (1.79–5.35) *** 2.24 (1.20–4.20)
 40+ 22 (28.2%)( )( )
Married or living with partner
 No 101 (40.7%)( )( )
 Yes 140 (63.3%)2.52 (1.73–3.65)3.05 (1.86–5.00) ***
Genocidal rape
 No 114 (50.0%)( )
 Yes 125 (52.7%)1.12 (0.78–1.61)
Employed
 No 165 (50.1%)( )( )
 Yes 74 (57.4%)1.34 (0.89–2.02)1.86 (3.05) *
Income
 0–10,000 60 (41.4%)( )
 10,001–35,000 135 (57.4%)2.00 (1.32–3.04) **
 35,001+ 46 (54.1%)1.75 (1.02–3.00) *
Ever had sex for cash
 No 160 (47.9%)( )( )
 Yes 80 (60.1%)1.64 (1.09–2.47)2.54 (1.51–4.26)

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.
* , ** , *** .