Community views about routine HIV testing and antiretroviral treatment in Botswana: signs of progress from a cross sectional study

Table 7 Logistic regression analysis of variables related to having an HIV test within the last 12 months

Variables	Crude OR	Adjusted OR	95% CI of adjusted OR	Mantel-Haenszel X²
Rural location	1.22	1.32	1.05–1.66	5.52
Male	0.49	0.55	0.43–0.69	26.45
Less than 40 years old	1.67	1.71	1.29–2.25	14.28
No school	0.63	0.68	0.47–0.97	4.48
Believe at risk of HIV	1.39	1.31	1.04–1.65	5.32
Visited government facility within last 12 m	2.73	2.47	1.86–3.27	39.80
Believe ARVs can help AIDS	2.66	1.85	1.07–3.20	4.90
In favour of routine HIV testing in govt clinics	2.65	2.01	1.14–3.51	5.92

The variables included in the original saturated model were: rural/urban location, sex of respondent, age group, education level, whether thought people with HIV should live apart, whether believed themselves at risk of HIV, whether visited a government clinic, whether believed ART could help AIDS, and whether in favour of routine HIV testing

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