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TABLE 3: Background characteristics by knowledge about male circumcision. TABLE 4: Predictors of knowledge about male circumcision.
Variable Low High χ-value p Total Variable B SE Exp(B)
knowledge (%) knowledge (%) Age
Age 16.325 0.001 30–35 (R) - - -
15–19 28.6 71.4 - - 182 15–19 -0.361 0.386 0.697
20–24 20.1 79.9 - - 229 20–24 -0.316 0.342 0.729
25–29 19.8 80.2 - - 192 25–29 -0.552 0.321 0.576***
30–35 11.6 88.4 - - 181 Marital status
Marital status 10.197 0.006 Never married (R)
Married or living together 13.7 86.3 - - 263 Married or living together 0.379 0.289 1.461
Formerly married 19.2 80.8 - - 26 Formerly married 0.077 0.552 1.080
Never married 23.4 76.6 - - 495
Education
Education 19.618 0.000 Higher (R) - - -
Primary 29.7 70.3 - - 37 Primary -1.503 0.559 0.223*
Secondary 22.3 77.7 - - 618 Secondary -1.231 0.402 0.292*
Higher 6.2 93.8 - - 129 Wealth
Wealth status 5.616 0.060 High (R)
Low 24.3 75.7 - - 276 Low -0.209 0.249 0.811
Medium 19.4 80.6 - - 248 Medium -0.004 0.248 0.996
High 16.2 83.8 - - 260 Employment status
Employment status 8.184 0.004 Unemployed (R) - - -
Employed 16.4 83.6 - - 439 Employed 0.201 0.231 1.223
Unemployed 24.6 75.4 - - 345 Religion
Religion 4.425 0.352 No religion (R) - - -
Mainline 17.0 83.0 - - 265 Mainline 0.426 0.342 1.531
Apostolic sect 21.9 78.1 - - 169 Pentecostal 0.321 0.359 1.378
Pentecostal 18.7 81.3 - - 193 Apostolic sect 0.245 0.351 1.277
Other religion 25.3 74.7 - - 83 Other Christian 0.024 0.399 1.024
No religion 24.3 75.7 - - 74 Ethnic group
Ethnic group 0.443 0.506 Other (R) - - -
Shona 23.0 77.0 - - 710 Shona 0.175 0.316 1.191
Other 19.7 80.3 - - 74 Ever tested for HIV
Ever tested for HIV 32.765 0.000 No (R) - - -
Yes 14.1 85.9 - - 759 Yes 0.660 0.215 1.934*
No 31.3 68.7 - - 25 Approve of VCT prior to MC
Approve of VCT prior to 0.072 0.788 Disapprove (R) - - -
MC Approve 0.187 0.233 1.205
Yes 19.3 80.7 - - 171
No 20.2 79.8 - - 613 Ever heard of VMMC
No (R)
Ever heard of VMMC 9.268 0.002 Yes 1.255 0.465 3.508*
Yes 19.2 80.8 - - 759 Perception of risk to HIV infection
No 44.0 56.0 - - 25 No, not at risk at all (R) - - -
Total 157 627 - - 784 Yes, at high risk -0.085 0.322 0.919
Percentage 20.0 80.0 - - 100
Yes, at low risk -0.041 0.215 0.960
VCT, voluntary counselling and testing; MC, male circumcision; VMMC, voluntary medical
male circumcision. Attitude towards male circumcision
Unfavourable attitude (R)
Favourable attitude 0.177 0.197 1.194
compared to those who belonged to medium and low wealth
status (80.6% and 75.7%, respectively; p < 0.060). With respect Circumcision status - - -
No (R)
to employment status, 26.6% of respondents who indicated Yes 0.577 0.333 1.782***
that they were unemployed had low knowledge about male Constant 0.511 0.810 1.667
circumcision as compared to 16.4% of respondents who Observations 784 - -
indicated that they were employed. Nagelkerke 0.13.9 - -
H-L G gof test 0.993 - -
Eighty-six per cent of the respondents who had ever tested VCT, voluntary counselling and testing; MC, male circumcision; VMMC, voluntary medical
for HIV had high knowledge about male circumcision, male circumcision; H-L G gof, Hosmer-Lemeshow Goodness of fit test; B, beta values; R,
reference category.
compared to 68.8% of those who had never tested for HIV. *p < 0.05, ***p < 0.1
Finally, 80.8% of the respondents who had heard of VMMC
had high knowledge about male circumcision. about male circumcision. The results concerning age and
knowledge about male circumcision showed that men aged
Predictors of knowledge about male circumcision 25–29 years were significantly less likely to have high
knowledge about male circumcision compared to those aged
Table 4 shows the results of the binary regression examining the 30–35 years. The odds of young men aged 25–29 years having
influence of sociodemographic characteristics and knowledge high knowledge about male circumcision were 42% lower

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