Comprehensive Knowledge of HIV and AIDS among Ghanaian Adults from 1998 to 2014: A Multilevel Logistic Regression Model Approach

Table 3

CK of HIV and AIDS among Ghanaians (pooled dataset).

Variable	Bivariate			Multivariable
	OR	95% CI		OR	95% CI
		L	U		L	U
Region
Western	1.00			1.00
Central	1.96	1.60	2.40	1.25	1.03	1.52
Greater Accra	0.94	0.76	1.16	1.34	1.11	1.63
Volta	1.01	0.82	1.25	1.16	0.92	1.46
Eastern	1.21	1.02	1.44	1.02	0.83	1.24
Ashanti	1.35	1.10	1.67	1.11	0.94	1.31
Brong Ahafo	0.49	0.37	0.63	1.53	1.28	1.821
Northern	1.10	0.88	1.38	0.70	0.55	0.89
Upper East	0.58	0.44	0.75	1.68	1.33	2.13
Upper West	1.18	0.96	1.46	0.76	0.60	0.97
Ethnicity
Akan
Ga/Dangme	0.90	0.79	1.03	0.84	0.74	0.96
Ewe	0.80	0.72	0.90	0.86	0.76	0.97
Guan	0.99	0.79	1.25	1.31	1.06	1.62
Mole-Dagbani	0.68	0.60	0.77	1.24	1.06	1.45
Grusi	0.68	0.55	0.84	1.10	0.89	1.35
Gruma	0.32	0.25	0.41	0.77	0.61	0.97
Hausa	0.66	0.47	0.92	0.82	0.59	1.16
Others	0.83	0.61	1.14	0.96	0.79	1.18
Religion
No/other				1.00
Catholic	2.13	1.83	2.48	1.39	1.20	1.62
Anglican	3.69	2.77	4.92	1.92	1.44	2.57
Methodist	2.36	2.01	2.78	1.29	1.10	1.53
Presbyterian	2.47	2.08	2.94	1.40	1.18	1.65
Traditionalist	0.84	0.67	1.05	1.03	0.84	1.29
Other Christian	2.26	1.96	2.60	1.46	1.27	1.68
Moslem	1.66	1.40	1.98	1.42	1.19	1.69
Education
No education				1.00
Primary	1.50	1.35	1.67	1.21	1.09	1.34
Secondary	3.61	3.27	4.00	1.84	1.65	2.06
Higher	12.50	10.86	14.40	4.49	3.85	5.24
Occupation
Not working
Working	0.87	0.82	0.93	0.96	0.90	1.04
Contraceptive
Not using
Using	1.51	1.42	1.61	1.182	1.12	1.26
Place of residence
Urban
Rural	0.45	0.41	0.49	0.72	0.65	0.79
Marital status
Never married
Married	0.72	0.68	0.77	0.93	0.85	1.02
Living together	0.70	0.64	0.77	0.86	0.77	0.96
Widowed	0.52	0.43	0.63	0.85	0.68	1.07
Divorced	0.69	0.59	0.79	0.90	0.76	1.07
Not together	0.70	0.60	0.81	0.82	0.69	0.96
Gender
Male
Female	0.64	0.61	0.69	0.81	0.75	0.87
Reads newspaper
No
Yes	2.62	2.44	2.82	1.12	1.04	1.21
Listens to radio
No
Yes	1.96	1.82	2.11	1.31	1.22	1.41
Watches Tv
No
Yes	2.11	1.97	2.26	1.36	1.06	1.21
Literacy
Reads easily
Reads with difficult	0.55	0.50	0.60	0.76	0.69	0.83
Cannot read	0.28	0.26	0.31	0.62	0.57	0.68
Age of the respondent
15–19
20–24	1.27	1.17	1.37	1.25	1.15	1.38
25–29	1.28	1.17	1.39	1.37	1.22	1.53
30–34	1.08	0.99	1.19	1.32	1.15	1.51
35–39	0.93	0.85	1.02	1.23	1.08	1.41
40–44	0.92	0.83	1.02	1.27	1.09	1.49
45–49	0.85	0.77	0.94	1.21	1.05	1.4
50–54	1.36	1.17	1.59	1.25	1.02	1.52
55–59	1.16	0.96	1.41	1.01	0.78	1.29
Age of the HH head
<20
20–29	1.92	1.44	2.54	1.41	1.06	1.88
30–39	1.57	1.18	2.09	1.37	1.026	1.83
40–49	1.40	1.06	1.85	1.30	0.98	1.72
50–59	1.69	1.28	2.24	1.45	1.09	1.93
60–69	1.42	1.06	1.91	1.29	0.96	1.72
70–79	1.35	0.99	1.84	1.29	0.95	1.74
Above 80	1.29	0.89	1.86	1.38	0.96	1.97

Note. , , , OR = odds ratio,  = probability value, Cl = confidence interval, U = upper limit, L = lower limit.