Table 2:

Standardized factor loadings from measurement model and standardized regression coefficients from full structural model for structural pathways

Path	Estimate (95% CI)
Factor loadings for latent variables:
Social Identity Support
Gay community attachment	0.53 (0.42, 0.64)
Sexual orientation disclosure	0.52 (0.39, 0.64)
Emotional support	0.83 (0.69, 0.96)
Economic Instability
Housing instability	0.63 (0.34, 0.93)
Transactional sex	0.85 (0.52, 1.19)
Uninsured or government insurance	0.50 (0.21, 0.78)
Direct effects:
Social identity support → PrEP engagement	0.10 (−0.12, 0.32)
Economic instability → PrEP engagement	−0.19 (−0.39, 0.02)
PrEP use in network → PrEP engagement	0.29 (0.12, 0.46)
Social identity support → PrEP use in network	0.63 (0.50, 0.76)
Economic instability → PrEP use in network	0.16 (−0.04, 0.36)
Economic instability → Social identity support	−0.26 (−0.51, 0.01)
Age→ PrEP engagement	0.17 (0.04,0.30)
Race→ PrEP engagement	0.14 (−0.04,0.31)
Indirect effects:
Social identity support → PrEP use in network → PrEP engagement	0.18 (0.09, 0.28)
Economic instability → PrEP use in network → PrEP engagement	0.05 (−0.02, 0.11)
Economic instability → Social identity support → PrEP use in network	−0.16 (−0.34, 0.02)
Economic instability → Social identity support → PrEP use in network → PrEP engagement	−0.05 (−0.10, 0.01)