Research Article

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

Table 4

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

VariableHormonal
Proportion practicing method (%)Univariate OR (95% CI)Multivariate adjusted OR (95% CI)a

HIV Status
 HIV−16 (21.6%)( )
 HIV+40 (10.2%)0.41 (0.22–0.79) **
HIV/CD4 Status
 HIV− 16 (21.6%)( )
 HIV+ CD4 < 200 15 (14.1%)0.60 (0.27–1.30)
 HIV+ CD4 on 13 (8.7%)0.34 (0.16–0.76) **
 HIV+ CD4 ≥ 350 12 (8.9%)0.35 (0.16–0.80) *
Number of living children
 0 10 (8.1%)( )
 1-2 19 (5.7%)1.63 (0.73–3.64)
 3-4 7 (16.7%)1.97 (0.88–4.38)
 5+ 7 (12.5%)1.61 (0.58–4.49)
HIV Status/Partner knowledge
 HIV+ Partner knows 30 (13.6%)( )( )
 HIV+ Partner does not know 9 (5.8%)0.41 (0.19–0.89) * 0.60 (0.27–1.34)
 HIV− Partner knows 7 (16.7%)1.35 (0.55–3.30)1.40 (0.57–3.48)
 HIV− Partner does not know 9 (33.3%)3.37 (1.39–8.17) ** 4.13 (1.65–10.37) **
Age
 >30 15 (13.2%)1.31 (0.53–3.25)
 30–40 33 (12.0%)1.18 (0.52–2.67)
 40+ 8 (10.4%)( )
Married or living with partner
 No 17 (6.9%)( )( )
 Yes 39 (17.9%)2.95 (1.61–5.38) *** 2.67 (1.40–5.08)**
Genocidal rape
 No 27 (11.9%)( )
 Yes 27 (11.5%)0.96 (0.54–1.69)
Employed
 No 36 (11.0%)( )
 Yes 19 (14.5%)1.40 (0.77–2.55)
Income
 0–10,000 12 (8.3%)( )
 10,001–35,000 25 (10.8%)1.26 (0.62–2.56)
 35,001+ 18 (21.4%)2.85 (1.32–6.17) **
Ever had sex for cash
 No 41 (12.4%)( )
 Yes 15 (11.4%)0.91 (0.48–1.70)

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.
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