Socio-demographic and sexual behaviour profiles of religious groups in 1998–2000 and in 2003–2005 in Manicaland, Zimbabwe: males.

**<p>p<0.001.</p>*<p>p<0.05.</p><p>Difference in behaviour variable in religious group versus Christians adjusted for age using logistic regression. Variables converted to binary variables:Variables converted to binary variables:</p><p>Lifetime sexual partners: 1&2 versus 3+; no. of sexual partners in 12 months: 0&1 versus 2+; condom use: never and less than a year vs. more than a year.</p>†<p>Married before age 18 years.</p

Principal teachings and practices of major religious groupings in Manicaland, Zimbabwe.

<p>Principal teachings and practices of major religious groupings in Manicaland, Zimbabwe.</p

Ungrouped religious affiliations of survey participants.

<p>Ungrouped religious affiliations of survey participants.</p

Comparison of HIV prevalence between religions over time, Manicaland, Zimbabwe: univariate and nested multivariate regression models for 1998–2000 and 2003–2005: males.

<p>Comparison of HIV prevalence between religions over time, Manicaland, Zimbabwe: univariate and nested multivariate regression models for 1998–2000 and 2003–2005: males.</p

Differences in HIV prevalence between long-term and new female church members by major religious grouping (2003–2005).

<p>aOR, odds of HIV infection adjusted for age-group, education and marital status.</p

Adjusted prevalence odds ratios for women.

<p>Adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for the probability of being HIV-infected, based on logistic regression models, among women, Manicaland (Zimbabwe), 2000–2011. Sample size is varying because of missing values.</p

Relationship between sequences and HIV across birth cohorts.

<p>Change in the distribution across birth cohorts of the sequences and of their HIV prevalence, Manicaland (Zimbabwe), 2000–2011. Top row: bar plot of the distribution of sequences across birth cohorts, for women (left panel) and for men (right panel). Bottom row: bar plot (with 95% confidence interval) of the HIV prevalence associated with each sequence across birth cohorts, for women (left panel) and for men (right panel).</p

Adjusted prevalence odds ratios for men.

<p>Adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for the probability of being HIV-infected, based on logistic regression models, among men, Manicaland (Zimbabwe), 2000–2011. Sample size is varying because of missing values.</p

Age at events by sequence and HIV prevalence for women.

<p>Boxplot of the age at sexual debut, age at first union, and age at first child, by sequence, sorted by median age at sexual debut (in ascending order) and coloured according to the HIV prevalence, Manicaland (Zimbabwe), 2000–2011.</p

Characteristics of women included in the sample.

<p>Descriptive statistics on socio-demographic and sexual behaviour characteristics for women, stratified by sequence, and overall, Manicaland (Zimbabwe), 2000–2011. Sequences are sorted in descending order by HIV prevalence.</p