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Table 6 The association between HIV testing in the previous week and economic abuse (denial of economic resources) 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 economic 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

184/1083 (17.0)

1

0.24

1

0.35

Clinic-based test

8/47 (17.0)

1.15(0.63—2.10)

1.12(0.61—2.06)

Self-test

17/100 (17.0)

1.36(0.76—2.42)

1.29(0.84—1.99)

Clinic test & Self-test

1/27 (3.7)

1.94(0.92—4.06)

0.47(0.15—1.44)

Sexual encounters in the current week

0–9

84/593 (14.2)

1

0.02

1

0.02

10–20

98/399 (24.6)

1.52(1.10—2.10)

1.52(1.10—2.10)

 > 20

28/265 (10.6)

1.70(1.08—2.66)

1.70(1.09—2.67)

Age range (years)

16—25

116/621 (18.7)

1

0.56

  

26—35

82/512 (16.0)

0.79(0.38—1.62)

 

 >  = 36

12/124 (9.7)

0.48(0.11—2.09)

 

Educational Attainment

Primary or less

129/826 (15.6)

1

0.60

  

Secondary or higher

81/431 (18.8)

1.21(0.59—2.45)

 

Received material goods or payment in exchange for sex

No

90/405 (22.2)

1

0.15

  

Yes

94/651 (14.4)

0.57(0.27—1.23)

 

Missing

26/201(12.9)

 
  1. aA total of 210 reports of economic 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