Utilization of Voluntary Counseling and Testing Experience among Mizan-Tepi University Students in Southwestern Ethiopia

Table 2

Factors associated with Voluntary counseling and testing experience among students.

Variables	Categories	β	AOR	95% CI for Exp (β)		-value
				Lower	Upper
Sex	Female	Ref.
	Male	−600	0.549	0.330	0.910	0.020
Age	18–20	Ref.
	21–22	1.063	2.896	1.451	5.782	0.003
	23 and above	−434	0.648	0.310	1.354	0.249
Region	Oromia	Ref.
	Tigray	−389	0.678	0.221	2.077	0.496
	Amhara	0.042	1.042	0.463	2.346	0.920
	SNNPR	−308	0.735	0.343	1.572	0.427
	Addis Ababa	0.242	1.274	1.139	2.541	0.001
	Gambella	−429	0.651	0.193	2.193	0.488
	Others	−300	0.741	0.343	1.601	0.446
Mother Education	Illiterate	Ref.
	Primary School	1.265	3.544	1.643	7.648	0.001
	Secondary School	0.346	1.413	1.185	3.919	0.030
	Diploma	0.293	1.340	0.476	3.769	0.579
	Degree	−229	0.796	0.351	1.806	0.585
Father Education	Illiterate	Ref.
	Primary School	1.204	3.332	1.447	7.673	0.005
	Secondary School	1.512	4.534	1.953	10.524	0.001
	Diploma	1.269	3.557	1.394	9.071	0.008
	Degree	2.320	10.180	3.843	26.965	0.001
Service access	No	Ref.
	Yes	0.854	2.348	1.371	4.020	0.002
Source of information	Parent	Ref.
	Friend	0.644	1.904	0.736	4.927	0.184
	Health worker	−921	0.400	0.142	1.113	0.079
	Mass media	1.170	3.221	1.213	8.556	0.019
Having sexual partner	No	Ref.
	Yes	1.334	3.795	1.214	11.868	0.022
Media access	No	Ref.
	Yes	0.865	2.374	1.059	5.320	0.036
Attitudes toward VCT	Negative	Ref.
	Positive	0.273	1.330	1.173	2.838	0.017