Using verbal and social autopsies to explore health-seeking behaviour among HIV-positive women in Kenya: a retrospective study

Table 2 Crude and Adjusted odds ratios from multivariate logistic regression model predicting contact with formal health services among women who had died of AIDS-related illnesses

Variables			Contact with formal health services (N = 196)
Variables	Crude ORs	95% CI	Adjusted ORs	95% CI
Poverty status (Ref = non-poor)
Poor	0.2**	[0.1 – 0.6]	0.2***	[0.1 – 0.5]
Age of deceased women (Ref = 19–29 years)
30–39 years	1.1	[0.4 – 2.8]	1.0	[0.3 – 2.8]
40+ years	3.1	[0.6 – 15.4]	3.9	[0.7 – 21.8]
Marital status (Ref = Never married)
Married	0.7	[0.2 – 2.5]	0.7	[0.2 – 2.4]
Divorced/separated/widowed	0.6	[0.2 – 1.7]	0.5	[0.2 – 1.8]
Education (Ref = Primary and below)
Secondary and higher	2.9	[0.6 – 12.8]	2.6	[0.6 – 12.4]

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