Research Article
Reproductive Intentions of HIV-Positive Women on ARV Treatment in Abia State, Southeast Nigeria
Table 5
Respondents’ characteristics and the desire for more children.
| Variable | Odds ratio | S.E | 95% CI | value |
| Age (yrs) | | | | | Less than 25 | | | | | 25–29 | 7.333 | 1.280 | 0.596–89.47 | 0.001 | 30–34 | 1.253 | 0.846 | 0.238–6.573 | 0.3 | 35–39 | 0.295 | 0.820 | 0.059–1.475 | 0.06 | 40–44 | 0.295 | 0.868 | 0.053–1.620 | 0.08 | 45 years and above | 0.012 | 1.063 | 0.0015–0.016 | 0.001 | Level of education | | | | | No formal education | | | | | Primary | 0.387 | 0.709 | 0.09–1.551 | 0.09 | Secondary | 1.833 | 0.674 | 0.489–6.868 | 0.1 | Tertiary | 1.228 | 0.704 | 0.309–4.874 | 0.3 | Number of living children | | | | | None | 6.786 | 0.533 | 3.983–11.977 | 0.001 | 1 | 3.691 | 0.546 | 2.138–6.373 | 0.008 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.506 | 0.927–6.740 | 0.001 | 3 | 0.917 | 0.459 | 0.373–2.52 | 0.4 | 4 and above | N/A | N/A | N/A | | Occupation | | | | | *Housewife | | | | | Business | 1.353 | 0.293 | 0.760–2.401 | 0.1 | Civil servant | 0.299 | 0.55 | 0.166–0.537 | 0.001 | Teacher | 1.499 | 0.868 | 0.274–8.215 | 0.32 | Farming | N/A | N/A | | |
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Reference category.
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