Predictors of HIV status disclosure among people living with HIV (PLHIV) in Ghana: the disclosure conundrum and its policy implications in resource limited settings

Table 3 Bivariate probit regression on predictors of HIV status disclosure

Independent variables	Disclosure to partner (Module 1)			Disclosure to others (Module 2)
Independent variables	Coef	[95%	CI]	Coef	[95%	CI]
Sex
Female	−0.511	−1.161	0.138	0.160	−0.441	0.762
Male	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Marital status
In a relationship with partner	1.246***	0.737	1.755	−0.560**	−1.044	−0.076
Otherwise	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Religion
Pentecostal	0.086	−0.432	0.604	−0.040	−0.535	0.455
Other religions	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Education
Primary	−0.102	−0.602	0.399	−0.020	−0.497	0.458
Higher education	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Location
Urban	0.038	−0.452	0.529	−0.049	−0.518	0.420
Rural	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Constant	−0.242	−0.953	0.469	0.519	−0.169	-0.161
athrho	−0.497***	−0.834	−0.161
Mean dependent var	0.633
SD dependent var	0.484
Number of obs	120
Chi-square	30.105
Akaike crit. (AIC)	304.938
Prob > chi2	0.001

Independent variables	Disclosure to partner (Module 3)			Disclosure to others (Module 4)
Independent variables	Coef	[95%	CI]	Coef	[95%	CI]
Income
< GHC 500	−0.447*	−0.928	0.035	0.507**	0.011	1.004
≤ GHC 500	Ref			Ref
Financial status
Poor	0.099	−0.39	0.588	−0.391	−0.909	0.128
Not poor	Ref			Ref
Occupation
Private business	0.426**	0.012	0.841	−0.148	−0.574	0.279
Otherwise	Ref
Employment status
Employed	−0.084	−0.517	0.348	0.431*	-0.014	0.876
Not employed	Ref			Ref
Constant	0.129	−0.31	0.568	0.212	-0.232	0.656
athrho	−0.289**	−0.563	−0.015
Mean dependent var	0.654
SD dependent var	0.477
Number of obs	153
Chi-square	0.029
Akaike crit. (AIC)	407.852
Prob > chi2	0.029

Independent variables	Disclosure to partner (Module 5)			Disclosure to others (Module 6)
Independent variables	Coef	[95%	CI]	Coef	[95%	CI]
Divorced due to HIV
Yes	−1.339***	−1.773	−0.904	0.485**	0.06	0.911
No	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Place of ART attendance
ART clinic	0.07	−0.446	0.586	0.351	−0.136	0.838
Otherwise	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Knows ART side effects
Yes	−0.31	−1.341	0.722	0.519	−0.339	1.377
No	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Constant	0.942*	−0.134	2.019	−0.547	−1.459	0.364
athrho	−0.25*
Mean dependent var	0.664
SD dependent var	0.474
Number of obs	152
Chi-square	44.779
Akaike crit. (AIC)	370.920
Prob > chi2	0.000

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