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Table 3 Factors associated with never-testing for HIV among women (n = 1360) 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

  

aOR [95 % CI]

aOR [95 % CI]

Individual variables

   

Age

18–29 years

1.70 [1.12–2.56]

1.66 [1.04–2.66]

 

30–44 years

Ref.

Ref.

 

45–59 years

2.15 [1.54–2.99]

2.18 [1.50–3.17]

 

60–69 years

2.55 [1.60–4.05]

2.69 [1.57–4.62]

Immigration status

   
 

French/French parents

Ref.

Ref.

 

French/foreign parent (s)

1.25 [0.91–1.73]

1.07 [0.75–1.55]

 

Foreigner

1.55 [1.06–2.27]

1.37 [0.89–2.10]

Child under 20 years of age

   
 

Yes

Ref.

Ref.

 

No

2.94 [2.17–3.99]

3.49 [2.41–5.07]

Education level

   
 

None or primary school

3.04 [1.77–5.23]

2.61 [1.45–4.71]

 

Secondary school

1.57 [1.15–2.12]

1.52 [1.08–2.13]

 

Post-secondary

Ref.

Ref.

Employment status

   
 

Actively employed

Ref.

Ref.

 

All others

1.54 [1.12–2.12]

1.11 [0.78–158]

Socio-occupational category

   
 

Never worked

2.39 [1.39–4.10]

1.81 [0.99–3.27]

 

Blue collar

1.28 [0.59–2.80]

1.02 [0.44–2.36]

 

Lower white-collar

1.30 [0.88–1.91]

1.12 [0.74–1.72]

 

Tradespeople, etc.

1.71 [1.15–2.54]

1.82 [1.18–2.80]

 

Upper white-collar

Ref.

Ref.

Health insurance status

   

HI + additional insurance

Ref.

Ref.

 
 

HI for the poor

0.95 [0.58–1.54]

1.29 [0.75–2.22]

HI with no additional insurance

1.72 [1.15–2.57]

2.09 [1.32–3.32]

 

Self-perception of HIV risk

   
 

High

 

Ref.

 

Low

 

5.04 [3.43–7.41]

Knowing PLWHA

   
 

Yes

 

Ref.

 

No

 

2.01 [1.49–2.71]

Sexual partnerships during previous 5 years

   
 

No partnerships

 

2.15 [1.26–3.67]

 

One partnership

 

1.73 [1.12–2.68]

 

Multiple partnerships

 

Ref.

Couple status at the time of the survey

   
 

No relationship

 

2.35 [1.15–4.78]

 

Love affair

 

2.03 [0.97–4.27]

 

Non-cohabiting couple

 

Ref.

 

Cohabiting couple

 

3.25 [1.57–6.72]

Lifetime number of couple relationships

   
 

None

 

2.63 [1.55–4.46]

 

One

 

1.39 [0.99–1.93]

 

≥ 2

 

Ref.

History of STI

   
 

No

 

1.62 [1.05–2.50]

 

Yes

 

Ref.

Sense of belonging to a community

   
 

Yes

 

1.33 [0.99–1.79]

 

No

 

Ref.

Level 2 variance

 

0.1179 (0.0637)

0.1655 (0.0804)

P-value

 

0.064

0.039

MOR

 

1.39

1.47

  1. Empty model: level 2 variance = 0.1864 (0.0698); p = 0.008; MOR = 1.51
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