Association between Knowledge of Sexually Transmitted Infections and Sources of the Previous Point of Care among Nigerians: Findings from Three National HIV and AIDS Reproductive Health Surveys
Table 6
Multiple logistic regression of factors affecting knowledge of STI and other related knowledge.
Variables
Good knowledge of STIa aOR (95% CI)
Good knowledge of ALLb aOR (95% CI)
2005
2007
2012
2005
2007
2012
Facilities visited
None
Referent
Health facility
1.61 (0.91–2.86)
1.86 (1.12–3.07)
1.99 (1.53–2.59)
2.64 (1.56–4.47)
1.53 (1.04–2.27)
2.35 (1.83–3.01)
Pharm/PMV
2.55 (1.32–4.91)
1.50 (0.77–2.94)
1.83 (1.34–2.48)
2.71 (1.41–5.21)
2.04 (1.19–3.50)
1.93 (1.44–2.59)
Others
1.10 (0.49–2.47)
1.78 (0.78–4.07)
1.88 (1.27–2.79)
0.65 (0.37–1.17)
1.60 (0.85–3.01)
2.44 (1.66–3.57)
Had treatment
Yes
ddm
Residence
Rural
Referent
Urban
nsb
nsb
nsb
nsb
nsb
1.18 (0.89–1.56)
Sex
Female
Referent
Male
nsb
1.72 (1.08–2.72)
nsb
nsb
nsb
nsb
Age
15–19
Referent
20–24
1.59 (0.72–3.53)
nsb
0.93 (0.62–1.39)
1.37 (0.77–2.44)
1.44 (0.88–2.38)
1.47 (1.02–2.12)
25–34
2.79 (1.31–5.94)
nsb
1.52 (1.06–2.18)
2.19 (1.23–3.90)
2.01 (1.18–3.42)
1.48 (1.02–2.15)
35–49
3.12 (1.37–7.10)
nsb
1.70 (1.16–2.49)
1.35 (0.73–2.50)
1.97 (1.07–3.63)
1.74 (1.15–2.63)
50–64
2.03 (0.44–9.37)
nsb
1.84 (1.01–3.34)
3.99 (0.74–1.52)
1.74 (0.46–6.65)
2.56 (1.37–4.78)
Zone
North West
Referent
North Central
1.39 (0.68–2.85)
0.87 (0.45–1.70)
0.67 (0.47–0.95)
2.33 (1.04–5.20)
0.55 (0.34–0.88)
0.57 (0.41–0.79)
North East
2.72 (1.25–5.89)
0.89 (0.36–2.16)
0.54 (0.36–0.82)
1.01 (0.52–1.95)
1.27 (0.68–2.39)
0.78 (0.55–1.12)
South East
1.86 (0.79–4.37)
0.77 (0.34–1.71)
0.95 (0.6–1.49)
1.30 (0.47–3.62)
0.71 (0.39–1.27)
0.62 (0.39–0.98)
South South
0.63 (0.27–1.44)
1.99 (0.93–4.23)
1.39 (0.91–2.13)
0.87 (0.36–2.11)
1.81 (0.77–4.24)
0.89 (0.58–1.37)
South West
0.44 (0.20–0.95)
1.15 (0.58–2.28)
0.76 (0.46–1.24)
1.35 (0.69–2.65)
0.99 (0.55–1.79)
0.52 (0.32–0.84)
Education
No formal education
Referent
Primary/Qur'anic
2.41 (1.10–5.30)
1.39 (0.67–2.87)
1.08 (0.76–1.53)
1.34 (0.79–2.28)
1.66 (1.02–2.73)
1.48 (1.09–2.01)
Secondary
3.03 (1.31–6.98)
0.91 (0.44–1.89)
1.11 (0.77–1.59)
3.29 (1.74–6.20)
2.32 (1.37–3.94)
2.16 (1.56–2.99)
Higher
5.14 (2.03–13.0)
1.28 (0.55–2.99)
1.25 (0.8-1.95)
5.07 (1.98–13.0)
4.36 (2.07–9.18)
4.09 (2.55-6.58)
Religion
Islam
Referent
Other Christian
nsb
1.38 (0.74–2.57)
1.36 (1.01–1.85)
1.01 (0.53–1.87)
1.37 (0.86–2.17)
1.78 (1.34–2.35)
Catholics
nsb
1.70 (0.82–3.50)
1.33 (0.92–1.92)
1.16 (0.50–2.68)
1.62 (0.91–2.87)
1.87 (1.32–2.65)
Others
nsb
na
0.54 (0.18–1.67)
0.51 (0.13–1.98)
1.12 (0.18–6.97)
0.46 (0.18–1.15)
Marital status
Currently married
Referent
Widowed
nsb
nsb
nsb
nsb
0.76 (0.32–1.79)
0.87 (0.54–1.40)
Never married
nsb
nsb
nsb
nsb
1.44 (0.92–2.25)
0.99 (0.73–1.34)
Economic status
Lowest
Referent
Middle
na
na
1.17 (0.87–1.58)
na
na
1.76 (1.32–2.34)
Highest
na
na
1.15 (0.85–1.56)
na
na
2.07 (1.51–2.84)
∗Significant at 5%; aKnowledge of STI; bKnowledge of STI and HIV transmission and prevention and PMTCT; na, Not available; nsb, Not Significant at bivariate level; ddm, Dropped due to multicollinearity; aOR, adjusted Odds ratio; CI, Confidence Interval.
