Table 1 Distribution of HIV testing across independent variables
From: Prevalence and factors associated with HIV testing among young women in Ghana
Variable | Ever been tested for HIV | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Weighted N | Weighted % | No (%), 68.62 | Yes (%), 31.38 | ||
Currently pregnant | < 0.001 | ||||
No/unsure | 3135 | 94.37 | 70.43 [68.07,72.69] | 29.57 [27.31,31.93] | |
Yes | 187 | 5.63 | 38.12 [30.57,46.28] | 61.88 [53.72,69.43] | |
Age of respondent | < 0.001 | ||||
15–19 | 1666 | 50.14 | 86.18 [83.48,88.50] | 13.82 [11.50,16.52] | |
20–24 | 1656 | 49.86 | 50.95 [47.75,54.14] | 49.05 [45.86,52.25] | |
Marital status | < 0.001 | ||||
Never married | 2505 | 75.40 | 79.36 [77.03,81.52] | 20.64 [18.48,22.97] | |
Married | 360 | 10.83 | 37.41 [31.87,43.29] | 62.59 [56.71,68.13] | |
Cohabiting | 369 | 11.10 | 33.79 [27.76,40.39] | 66.21 [59.61,72.24] | |
Other | 88 | 2.66 | 36.46 [24.97,49.73] | 63.54 [50.27,75.03] | |
Educational level | 0.013 | ||||
No formal education | 269 | 8.09 | 64.25 [57.26,70.68] | 35.75 [29.32,42.74] | |
Primary | 611 | 18.38 | 74.40 [69.79,78.52] | 25.60 [21.48,30.21] | |
Secondary+ | 2443 | 73.53 | 67.65 [64.79,70.39] | 32.35 [29.61,35.21] | |
Parity | < 0.001 | ||||
0 | 2346 | 70.62 | 84.12 [82.14,85.92] | 15.88 [14.08,17.86] | |
1 | 593 | 17.84 | 33.26 [28.75,38.10] | 66.74 [61.90,71.25] | |
2 | 268 | 8.06 | 28.71 [22.69,35.58] | 71.29 [64.42,77.31] | |
3+ | 116 | 3.48 | 27.61 [19.72,37.18] | 72.39 [62.82,80.28] | |
Exposed to television | 0.037 | ||||
No | 705 | 21.23 | 72.40 [68.58,75.91] | 27.60 [24.09,31.42] | |
Yes | 2617 | 78.77 | 67.60 [64.77,70.30] | 32.40 [29.70,35.23] | |
Exposed to radio | 0.008 | ||||
No | 588 | 17.69 | 75.52 [70.13,80.22] | 24.48 [19.78,29.87] | |
Yes | 2734 | 82.31 | 67.13 [64.39,69.76] | 32.87 [30.24,35.61] | |
Exposed to newspaper | 0.114 | ||||
No | 2453 | 73.83 | 67.67 [64.63,70.57] | 32.33 [29.43,35.37] | |
Yes | 869 | 26.17 | 71.29 [67.80,74.54] | 28.71 [25.46,32.20] | |
Religion | 0.042 | ||||
Christianity | 2652 | 79.82 | 67.27 [64.47,69.95] | 32.73 [30.05,35.53] | |
Islam | 554 | 16.66 | 74.43 [69.16,79.06] | 25.57 [20.94,30.84] | |
Other | 117 | 3.52 | 71.61 [60.28,80.74] | 28.39 [19.26,39.72] | |
Ever had sex | < 0.001 | ||||
No | 1168 | 35.17 | 92.85 [90.70,94.54] | 7.15 [5.46,9.30] | |
Yes | 2154 | 64.83 | 55.47 [52.53,58.37] | 44.53 [41.63,47.47] | |
Wealth index | 0.003 | ||||
Poorest | 582 | 17.53 | 76.54 [72.75,79.94] | 23.46 [20.06,27.25] | |
Poorer | 633 | 19.05 | 68.44 [64.15,72.44] | 31.56 [27.56,35.85] | |
Middle | 722 | 21.74 | 65.63 [61.51,69.54] | 34.37 [30.46,38.49] | |
Richer | 740 | 22.26 | 64.23 [58.16,69.89] | 35.77 [30.11,41.84] | |
Richest | 645 | 19.42 | 69.99 [65.09,74.48] | 30.01 [25.52,34.91] | |
Place of residence | 0.533 | ||||
Urban | 1695 | 51.04 | 67.87 [64.29,71.26] | 32.13 [28.74,35.71] | |
Rural | 1627 | 48.96 | 69.39 [66.05,72.53] | 30.61 [27.47,33.95] | |
Region | 0.006 | ||||
Western | 397 | 11.94 | 70.65 [65.06,75.68] | 29.35 [24.32,34.94] | |
Central | 312 | 9.39 | 61.07 [52.56,68.96] | 38.93 [31.04,47.44] | |
Greater Accra | 595 | 17.91 | 69.42 [62.76,75.36] | 30.58 [24.64,37.24] | |
Volta | 246 | 7.41 | 65.59 [58.89,71.72] | 34.41 [28.28,41.11] | |
Eastern | 324 | 9.75 | 59.11 [54.00,64.02] | 40.89 [35.98,46.00] | |
Ashanti | 616 | 18.54 | 71.31 [64.60,77.19] | 28.69 [22.81,35.40] | |
Brong Ahafo | 306 | 9.22 | 67.12 [56.98,75.89] | 32.88 [24.11,43.02] | |
Northern | 290 | 8.74 | 80.60 [72.91,86.52] | 19.40 [13.48,27.09] | |
Upper East | 149 | 4.49 | 68.97 [61.78,75.34] | 31.03 [24.66,38.22] | |
Upper West | 87 | 2.62 | 70.44 [64.57,75.7] | 29.56 [24.3,35.43] | |