Male Partners’ Involvement in the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV and Associated Factors in Arba Minch Town and Arba Minch Zuria Woreda, Southern Ethiopia

Table 3

Factors associated with male involvement in PMTCT of HIV among male partners (crude and adjusted OR) in Arba Minch town and Zuria woreda, southern Ethiopia, 2014.

Explanatory variable	Involved in PMTCT		Crude OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	value
	Yes (1)	No (0)
Age					<0.001
17–25	79	89	1.00	1.00
26–35	225	157	0.62 (0.43, 0.89)	0.51 (0.31, 0.85)
36–55	67	83	1.10 (0.71, 1.71)	2.07 (1.13, 3.81)
Residence
Rural	168	75	1.00	1.00
Urban	203	254	2.80 (2.02, 3.90)	2.05 (1.31, 3.22)	0.002
Education level					0.021
No education	35	12	1.00	1.00
Grades 1–4	39	34	2.54 (1.14, 5.66)	1.10 (0.39, 3.12)
Grades 5–8	133	118	2.59 (1.28, 5.22)	1.36 (0.56, 3.33)
Grades 9–12	137	75	1.60 (0.78, 3.26)	1.25 (0.50, 3.10)
>Grades 12	27	90	9.72 (4.44, 21.30)	3.53 (1.29, 9.67)
Knowledge on HIV
Yes	122	193	2.89 (2.13, 3.94)	1.97 (1.31, 2.97)	0.001
No	249	136	1.00	1.00
Knowledge on PMTCT
Yes	97	156	2.55 (1.86, 3.50)	2.18 (1.39, 3.41)	0.001
No	274	173	1.00	1.00
Knowledge on ANC services
Yes	45	238	18.83 (12.69, 27.94)	5.73 (3.64, 9.02)	<0.001
No	324	91	1.00	1.00
Accessibility of health facility
Yes	57	98	2.34 (1.62, 3.38)	1.54 (0.94, 2.55)	0.09
No	314	231	1.00	1.00
Weak perception for male involvement in PMTCT
Yes	340	223	1.00	1.00
No	30	106	5.39 (3.47, 8.36)	3.49 (1.82, 6.68)	<0.001
Attending ANC is females’ responsibility
Yes	323	179	1.00	1.00
No	48	150	5.64 (3.88, 8.19)	1.96 (1.11, 3.45)	0.02
Ever use of khat
Yes	340	284	1.00	1.00
No	31	45	1.74 (1.07, 2.82)	2.71 (1.41, 5.21)	0.003
Ever use of cigarette
Yes	369	312	1.00	1.00
No	2	17	10.05 (2.30, 43.85)	7.29 (1.21, 43.81)	0.03