Table 4 Final multivariate model of factors associated with incident sexually transmitted infections
Nn (%)Adjusted OR* (95% CI)p Value
Marital status
    Single5554 (0.7)1<0.001
    Married—no sexual violence or concern about husband’s affairs148245 (3.0)4.1 (1.5 to 11.6)
    Married—either sexual violence or concern about affairs707 (10.0)12.3 (3.5 to 43.6)
    Divorced/separated/widowed738 (11.0)12.3 (3.5 to 43.4)
Tapwater in house
    Yes97416 (1.6)10.01
    No120648 (4.0)2.1 (1.1 to 3.8)
Toilet in home0.01
    In house88513 (1.5)1
    Outside house129551 (3.9)2.1 (1.1 to 4.1)
Ethnicity
    Goan198050 (2.5)10.007
    Non-Goan20014 (7.0)2.5 (1.4 to 4.7)
Pregnant since previous round†
    No394362 (1.6)10.17
    Yes613 (4.9)2.6 (0.8 to 8.8)
Household size
    1–334815 (4.3)10.02
    4–5118625 (2.1)0.5 (0.3 to 1.0)
    6–957017 (3.0)0.9 (0.4 to 1.9)
    ⩾10767 (9.2)2.3 (0.9 to 6.0)
BV currently2
    No336442 (1.3)10.001
    Yes53822 (4.1)2.8 (1.6 to 4.8)
  • BV, Bacterial vaginosis; OR, odds ratio.

  • *Odds ratios for socioeconomic and behavioural variables are adjusted for each other. Odds ratios for bacterial vaginosis are adjusted for all other variables in the table.

  • †For these time-changing variables, the figures relate to time periods at risk (up to two per woman).