Table 3: Association of caregiver characteristics and acceptance to get a HIV test.

Characteristic

Acceptance to a test

 

 

Yes n = 341 (%)

Refused n =14 (%)

Odds ratio (95% CI)

p-value

Marital status*(N = 353)

Single

Married

 

282 (95.9)

59 (96.6)

 

12 (4.1)

2 (3.4)

 

1.00

1.21 (0.26-5.57)

 

 

0.80

Age of mother/caretaker

15-27 years

28 and above

 

222 (97.3)

119 (93.7)

 

6 (2.7)

8 (6.3)

 

1.00

0.95 (0.24-2.11)

 

 

0.54

Area of residence

Rural

Urban

 

38 (88.4)

303 (97.1)

 

5 (11.6)

9 (2.9)

 

1.00

4.43 (1.41-13.91)

 

 

0.02

Level of formal education

None

Primary

Secondary/Tertiary

 

43 (87.8)

209 (97.7)

89 (96.7)

 

6 (12.2)

5 (2.3)

3 (3.3)

 

1.00

5.8 (1.7-20.0)

4.14 (0.99-17.34)

 

 

0.005

0.052

Occupation of caretaker

Unemployed#

Employed

 

250 (95.1)

91 (98.9)

 

13 (4.9)

1 (1.1)

 

1.00

4.73 (0.61-36.69)

 

 

0.065

Number of children

1-3 children

4 or more

 

230 (96.6)

111 (94.9)

 

8 (3.4)

6 (5.1)

 

1.00

0.64 (0.22-1.90)

 

 

0.425

Relationship between caregiver and child

Biological mother

Non-mother*

 

 

328 (96.2)

13 (92.9)

 

 

13 (3.8)

1 (7.1)

 

 

1.00

0.52 (0.06-4.24)

 

 

 

0.57

Income per month (N = 353)

< 50 dollars

> 50 dollars

 

296 (95.8)

45 (97.8)

 

13 (4.2)

1 (2.2)

 

1.00

1.95 (0.25-15.45)

 

 

0.52

Gender of the child

Male

Female

 

181 (98.4)

160 (93.6)

 

3 (1.6)

11 (6.4)

 

1.00

0.24 (0.07-0.88)

 

 

0.02

Childs age

0-72 months

               > 72 months

 

296 (95.8)

45 (97.8)

 

13 (4.2)

1 (2.2)

 

1.00

3.01 (0.85-11.28)

 

 

0.09

ANC testing and counseling

Yes

No

 

236 (96.3)

105 (95.4)

 

9 (3.7)

5 (4.6)

 

1.00

0.72 (0.24-2.22)

 

 

0.57

Peri-natal follow-up

Yes

No

 

15 (100.0)

326 (95.9)

 

0 (0)

14 (4.1)

 

 

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Past admission

Yes

No

 

105 (98.1)

236 (95.2)

 

2 (1.9)

12 (4.8)

 

1.00

0.42 (0.09-1.96)

 

 

0.27

#: Includes students who have no source of income; *: Includes stepmother, grandmother, sister etc.