Table 5

Factors associated with non-receipt of VMMC services among referred young people in Bulawayo and Mount Darwin, Zimbabwe (October–December 2018)

Sociodemographic characteristics	Total referred	No receipt for VMMC services		Unadjusted		Adjusted
Sociodemographic characteristics	Total referred	n	(%)	RR	(95% CI))	aRR	(95% CI)
Total	1287	406	(100)
Age (years)
10–14	657	202	(30.7)	Ref		Ref
15–19	433	136	(31.4)	1.02	(0.82–1.27)	1.24	(0.84–1.51)
20–24	197	68	(34.5)	1.12	(0.85–1.48)	1.29	(0.91–1.83)
Marital status
Single	1275	403	(31.6)	Ref		Ref
Married	12	3	(25.0)	0.79	(0.25–2.46)	0.87	(0.28–2.74)
School status
In-school	1009	328	(32.5)	Ref		Ref
Out of school	278	78	(28.1)	0.86	(0.67–1.10)	0.80	(0.58–1.10)
Counselling session
Individual	221	102	(46.2)	Ref		Ref
Group	1066	304	(28.5)	0.62	(0.49–0.77)	0.52	(0.41–0.66)
Type of setting
Bulawayo (urban)	748	284	(38.0)	Ref		Ref
Mount Darwin (rural)	539	122	(22.6)	0.60	(0.48–0.74)	0.52	(0.41–0.67)
Age of peer educator (years)*
15–19	290	67	(23.1)	Ref		Ref
20–24	997	339	(34.0)	1.47	(1.13–1.91)	1.13	(0.84–1.51)
Sex of peer educator†
Male	719	218	(30.3)	0.92	(0.75–1.11)	0.76	(0.62–0.94)
Female	568	188	(33.1)	Ref		Ref

In bold: statistically significant at p<0.05.
*Refers to the number of clients who were referred by peer educators aged 15–19 and 20–24 years.
†Refers to the number of clients who were referred by male and female peer educators.
aRR, adjusted relative risk; Ref, reference; RR, relative risk; VMMC, voluntary medical male circumcision.