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Table 3 Results from Multilevel Binary Logistic Regression Using Data from Ethiopians Youths, 2016 EDHS

From: HIV voluntary counseling and testing uptake and associated factors among Ethiopian youths: evidence from the 2016 EDHS using multilevel modeling

VCT uptake

Robust Std. Err.

Z

P > z

AOR [95% Conf. Int.]

Knowledge of HIV (Ref.:Low)

 Moderate

0.190

5.4

0.0000

1.78 [CI (1.45, 2.19)]

 Comprehensive

0.249

6.7

0.0000

2.16 [CI (1.73, 2.71)]

Wealth Status (Ref.: Poor)

 Middle

0.114

2.8

0.0050

1.28 [CI (1.07, 1.53)]

 Rich

0.189

5

0.0000

1.72 [CI (1.39, 2.14)]

Risky Sexual Behavior (Ref.: No)

 Yes

0.195

10.7

0.0000

2.39 [CI (2.04, 2.80)]

Religion (Ref.: Orthodox)

 Protestant

0.081

−2.5

0.0130

0.77 [CI (0.63, 0.95)]

 Muslim

0.061

−3.2

0.0010

0.78 [CI (0.66, 0.91)]

 Other

0.073

−3.8

0.0000

0.66 [CI (0.53, 0.82)]

Educational level (Ref: No Education)

 Primary

0.186

3

0.0030

1.46 [CI (1.13, 1.87)]

 Secondary

0.360

6.2

0.0000

2.47 [CI (1.85, 3.29)]

 Higher

0.542

8

0.0000

3.49 [CI (2.57, 4.73)]

Marital Status (Ref.: Never in a union)

 Married

1.004

9

0.0000

5.37 [CI (3.72, 7.74)]

 Other

0.704

10

0.0000

4.60 [CI (3.41, 6.21)]

Occupational Status (Ref.: Not working)

 Agricultural Workers

0.092

−0.6

0.5640

0.95 [CI (0.78, 1.14)]

 Professional Workers

0.473

2.5

0.0130

1.87 [CI (1.14, 3.07)]

 Trade/Sales

0.260

2.1

0.0360

1.45 [CI (1.03, 2.06)]

 Elementary occupation

0.194

0.6

0.5640

1.11 [CI (0.78, 1.56)]

 Others

0.233

3.2

0.0010

1.60 [CI (1.20, 2.13)]

Own a mobile telephone

 Yes

0.151

7.9

0.0000

1.88 [CI (1.61, 2.20)]

Freq. of listening to a radio (Ref.: No)

 Less than once a week

0.070

1.7

0.0860

1.11 [CI (0.98, 1.26)]

 At least once a week

0.114

3.3

0.0010

1.33 [CI (1.12, 1.57)]

Sex of the youths (Ref.: Female)

 Male

0.057

−4.3

0.0000

0.70 [CI (0.60, 0.83)]

 _cons

0.017

−11.4

0.0000

0.07 [CI (0.05, 0.12)]

Region

 var.(_cons)

0.044

  

0.14 [CI (0.75, 0.26)]

  1. AOR Adjusted Odds Ratio
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