Use of effective family planning methods and frequency of sex among HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected African women

Table 4 Association of family planning method used and other risk factors with the outcome frequency of sex in HIV-uninfected women, Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE) Log-binomial Regression Model

Risk factor		Unadjusted RR^a (95% CI)^b	P-value^c	Adjusted RR (95% CI)	P-value^c
Family planning method	Effective	1.13 (1.01-1.27)	0.0356	1.10 (0.96-1.24)	0.1861
Family planning method	No or Other	1		1
Age (years)	30+	1.03 (0.82-1.30)	0.8137
	25-29	1.18 (0.94-1.48)	0.1533
	20-24	1.17 (0.94-1.46)	0.1524
	< 20	1		1
Education^d	Form 1-4 or above	1.36 (1.12-1.65)	0.0021	1.32 (1.10-1.65)	0.0131
	Grade 1-8	1.26 (1.04-1.51)	0.0156	1.26 (1.04-1.53)	0.0173
	No Schooling	1		1
Number of living children		0.97 (0.94-1.01)	0.1390	1.00 (0.96-1.04)	0.9830
Fertility intentions	Have another child	1.12 (1.01-1.24)	0.0251	1.10 (0.97-1.22)	0.1695
	Not decided/Not sure	1.17 (0.87-1.57)	0.2976	1.20 (0.89-1.63)	0.2333
	No more children	1		1
Current health status	Good or Excellent	1.08 (0.92-1.26)	0.3525
Current health status	Poor or Fair	1

^aRelative Risk (RR); ^bConfidence Interval (CI);^cP-value for test of statistical significance of the RR of sex frequency (bold signifies statistically significant); ^d Education (Grade 1-8 of the elementary school; and Form 1-4 of secondary school)
Variables with p < 0.15 in the univariate analysis were included in the multivariate model

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