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Table 5 The association between HIV testing in the previous week and sexual abuse in the current week, using GEE

From: Experience of social harms among female sex workers following HIV self-test distribution in Malawi: results of a cohort study

Variable

Category

Reports of sexual abuse (reports/total weeks reported) (%)a

Univariable analysis OR (95% CI)

p-value

Multivariable analysis OR (95% CI)b

p-value

Test type in previous week

No test

131/1083 (12.1)

1

0.59

1

0.70

Clinic-based test

6/47 (12.8)

1.19(0.56—2.52)

0.95(0.41—2.20)

Self-test

13/100 (13.0)

1.42(0.70—2.88)

1.22(0.69—2.14)

Clinic test & Self-test

1/27 (3.7)

0.51(0.11—2.28)

0.48(0.11—2.11)

Sexual encounters in the current week

0–9

51/593 (8.6)

1

 < 0.01

1

 < 0.01

10–20

77/399 (19.3)

2.29(1.49—3.50)

2.29 (1.49—3.50)

 > 20

23/265 (8.7)

1.97(1.11—3.50)

1.98 (1.11—3.52)

Age range (years)

16—25

95/621 (15.3)

1

0.19

  

26—35

49/512 (9.6)

0.59(0.29—1.20)

 

 >  = 36

7/124 (5.6)

0.36(0.08—1.68)

 

Educational Attainment

Primary or less

102/826 (12.3)

1

0.63

  

Secondary or higher

49/431 (11.4)

0.84(0.40—1.73)

 

Received material goods or payment in exchange for sex

No

50/405 (12.3)

1

0.87

  

Yes

87/651 (13.4)

1.06(0.50—2.28)

 

Missing

14/201(7.0)

 
  1. aA total of 175 reports of sexual abuse were recorded in 1257 weeks of data collection, missing data for covariate categories was not included in the table
  2. bOnly variables showing an association with the outcome in univariable analyses were included in the multivariable model in which odds ratios were adjusted test-type in the previous week and number of sexual encounters in the current week