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Table 2 Factors associated with never-testing for HIV among men (n = 1261) as determined by multilevel multivariate logistic regression

From: Which adults in the Paris metropolitan area have never been tested for HIV? A 2010 multilevel, cross-sectional, population-based study

  

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

  

aOR [95 % CI]

aOR [95 % CI]

aOR [95 % CI]

Individual variables

    

Age

18–29 years

2.07 [1.32–3.24]

1.88 [1.11–3.24]

1.86 [1.08–3.18]

 

30–44 years

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

 

45–59 years

1.38 [0.97–1.96]

1.76 [1.20–2.58]

1.77 [1.21–2.59]

 

60–69 years

2.89 [1.88–4.42]

3.16 [1.98–5.04]

3.23 [2.02–5.14]

Education level

    
 

None or primary school

3.29 [1.83–5.94]

2.82 [1.49–5.33]

2.51 [1.32–4.78]

 

Secondary school

1.77 [1.24–2.51]

1.72 [1.18–2.52]

1.63 [1.11–2.39]

 

Postsecondary

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Socio-occupational category

    
 

Never worked

3. 33 [1.42–7.76]

3.62 [1.44–9.09]

3.34 [1.34–8.33]

 

Blue collar

1.24 [0.73–2.09]

1.06 [0.60–1.89]

0.99 [0.56–1.77]

 

Lower white-collar

0.81 [0.52–1.24]

0.74 [0.46–1.18]

069 [0.43–1.10]

 

Tradespeople, etc.

0.91 [0.59–1.40]

0.95 [0.60–1.52]

0.90 [0.56–1.44]

 

Upper white-collar

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Health insurance status

    
 

HI + additional insurance

2.30 [1.29–4.09]

2.23 [1.19–4.18]

2.34 [1.24–4.39]

 

HI for the poor

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

 

HI with no additional insurance

2.43 [1.28–4.63]

2.43 [1.21–4.87]

2.46 [1.22–4.94]

Self-perception of HIV risk

    
 

High

 

Ref.

Ref.

 

Low

 

3.41 [2.29–5.08]

3.33 [2.24–4.96]

Knowing PLWHA

    
 

Yes

 

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No

 

1.54 [1.09–2.18]

1.57 [1.12–2.22]

Stigma towards PLWHA

    
 

Score ≤ 2

 

Ref.

Ref.

 

Score > 2

 

1.70 [1.23–2.34]

1.67 [1.21–2.30]

Lifetime number of couple relationships

   
 

None

 

2.96 [1.75–5.00]

2.97 [1.75–5.01]

 

One

 

2.19 [1.53–3.14]

2.16 [1.51–3.10]

 

≥ 2

 

Ref.

Ref.

History of STI

    
 

Yes

 

Ref.

Ref.

 

No

 

2.88 [1.64–5.07]

2.89 [1.65–5.06]

Neighborhood variables

    

Proportion of immigrants

   
 

First quartile

  

1.04 [0.64–1.70]

 

Second quartile

  

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Third quartile

  

1.12 [0.68–1.85]

 

Fourth quartile

  

1.98 [1.18–3.33]

Level 2 variance

 

0.2495 (0.1064)

0.1545 (0.0942)

0.0978 (0.0803)

p-value

 

0.019

0.101

0.223

MOR

 

1.61

1.45

1.35

  1. Empty model: level 2 variance = 0.2898 (0.1087); p = 0.008; MOR = 1.67
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