TY - JOUR
T1 - Marital status and HIV prevalence among women in Nigeria
T2 - Ingredients for evidence-based programming
AU - Fagbamigbe, Adeniyi Francis
AU - Adebayo, Samson Babatunde
AU - Idemudia, Erhabor
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 The Authors
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Objective To assess the influence of marital status and other correlates on HIV infection among women in Nigeria. Methods Data were extracted from the 2012 Nigerian population-based HIV/AIDS and reproductive health survey. The survey determined the HIV status of consenting women using standard procedures. Data were weighted and analyzed using descriptive statistics and logistic regression at the 5% significance level. Results HIV prevalence among currently married and never married women was 3.4%, but was 5.9% among formerly married women. The odds of HIV infection were found to be 1.8 times higher among formerly married women compared with currently married women (odds ratio (OR) 1.8, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.3–2.5) and never married women (OR 1.8, 95% CI 1.2–2.6). Also, the odds of HIV infection were 1.5 times higher among women who had made their sexual debut before the age of 15 years (adjusted OR 1.5, 95% CI 1.1–2.1) compared with women who delayed it. The odds of HIV infection were 1.4 times higher among women who had recently had transactional sex (adjusted OR 1.4, 95% CI 1.1–2.0) compared with others. Conclusion Being formerly married, under 15 years of age at first sex, and having engaged in transactional sex were found to be the strongest HIV risk factors among women. Besides empowering formerly married women and providing better social security, these women should be targeted in HIV programming and policies.
AB - Objective To assess the influence of marital status and other correlates on HIV infection among women in Nigeria. Methods Data were extracted from the 2012 Nigerian population-based HIV/AIDS and reproductive health survey. The survey determined the HIV status of consenting women using standard procedures. Data were weighted and analyzed using descriptive statistics and logistic regression at the 5% significance level. Results HIV prevalence among currently married and never married women was 3.4%, but was 5.9% among formerly married women. The odds of HIV infection were found to be 1.8 times higher among formerly married women compared with currently married women (odds ratio (OR) 1.8, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.3–2.5) and never married women (OR 1.8, 95% CI 1.2–2.6). Also, the odds of HIV infection were 1.5 times higher among women who had made their sexual debut before the age of 15 years (adjusted OR 1.5, 95% CI 1.1–2.1) compared with women who delayed it. The odds of HIV infection were 1.4 times higher among women who had recently had transactional sex (adjusted OR 1.4, 95% CI 1.1–2.0) compared with others. Conclusion Being formerly married, under 15 years of age at first sex, and having engaged in transactional sex were found to be the strongest HIV risk factors among women. Besides empowering formerly married women and providing better social security, these women should be targeted in HIV programming and policies.
KW - HIV/AIDS
KW - Marital status of women
KW - Nigeria
KW - Sexual debut
KW - Transactional sex
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.05.002
DO - 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.05.002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84979497662
SN - 1201-9712
VL - 48
SP - 57
EP - 63
JO - International Journal of Infectious Diseases
JF - International Journal of Infectious Diseases
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