Prevalence of HIV infection and uptake of HIV/AIDS services among fisherfolk in landing Islands of Lake Victoria, north western Tanzania

Table 4 Bivariate analysis of factors associated with HIV infection among fisherfolk in landing sites located in Muleba and Buchosa Districts, north-western Tanzania, October 2017 (N = 447)

Category	Variable	Total tested	HIV {+}	Crude OR	95% CI	p-value
Category	Variable	N = 447	N = 63	Crude OR	95% CI	p-value
Age	≤20	28	1	1
	21–35	256	32	0.25	0.03–1.97	> 0.05
	≥36	163	30	0.16	0.02–1.25	> 0.05
Location	Muleba	247	27	1
Location	Buchosa	200	36	1.79	1.04–3.06	< 0.05
Mean rank age	Age (years)	–	277.25	–	–	< 0.0001 ^a
Sex	Male	266	32	1		0.16
Sex	Female	181	31	1.51	0.89–2.58	0.16
Marital status	Married	254	24	1
	Single	101	12	1.29	0.62–2.69	> 0.05
	Widowed/Divorced/	92	27	2.81	1.54–5.13	< 0.001
	Cohabiting
Education	No formal education	54	19	1
Education	Primary+	393	44	4.31	2.27–8.17	< 0.0001
Fisherfolk occupation category	Fishing+farming	91	05
	Fish business	109	17	3.18	1.12–8.98	< 0.05
	Employed ^b	67	16	5.40	1.87–15.61	< 0.001
	Fishing	180	25	2.77	1.03–7.51	< 0.05
Religion	Christian	376	54	1
Religion	Muslim	71	09	1.16	0.54–2.46	0.7
Residence	Permanent	117	13	1
Residence	Temporary	330	50	1.42	0.75–2.74	0.36
Knowledge	Appropriate	368	50	1
Knowledge	Inappropriate	79	13	1.25	0.64–2.44	0.5
HIV Attitude	Positive	331	53	1
HIV Attitude	Negative	116	10	0.49	0.24–1.015	0.06
Condom use	Consistent	234	27	1
Condom use	Inconsistent	213	36	1.55	0.91–2.67	0.10
Circumcision (Only men)	Yes	236	24	1
Circumcision (Only men)	No	30	8	3.21	1.29–8.00	< 0.05
VCT in 1 year	Yes	343	40	1
VCT in 1 year	No	104	23	2.15	1.23–3.79	< 0.01
Multiple partners	No	289	31
Multiple partners	Yes	158	32	1.96	1.15–3.36	< 0.05
Alcohol use	No	275	27	1
Alcohol use	Yes	172	36	2.43	1.42–4.18	< 0.001

^a Mann Whitney test; ^b Employed in fishing related business (fish processing, cooking and store keeping)

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