Table 4.
A logistic regression of the social correlates of HIV-risky behaviours among adolescents who have ever had sex in 2018.
| Moderate to High-Risk HIV Behaviour | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unadjusted OR | Age-Adjusted OR | |||
| Individual level | ||||
| Self-report of mental health | 0.32 | (0.13, 0.79) * | 1.81 | (0.89, 3.66) |
| Suicidal ideation in the past year | 2.90 | (1.35, 6.23) ** | 1.43 | (0.37, 5.54) |
| Passed out because of using drugs or alcohol in the past year | 5.79 | (2.29, 14.67) *** | 4.65 | (1.50, 14.4) ** |
| Illicit drug use (e.g cocaine, heroin, ecstasy, mushrooms, etc.) lifetime | 4.93 | (0.61, 2.11) | 4.22 | (1.95, 9.16) |
| 2 or more times | 4.93 | (2.11, 11.52) ** | 8.89 | (2.22, 35.45) ** |
| 1 or 2 times | 0.46 | (0.09, 2.41) | 0.43 | (0.06, 2.84) |
| 0 times | Ref | - | Ref | - |
| Relationship level | ||||
| Negative peer experience (being teased, excluded, and/or assaulted) | 2.69 | (1.05, 6.85) * | 1.30 | (0.43, 3.96) |
| Physical abuse | 2.48 | (1.11, 5.56) * | 0.32 | (0.025, 4.16) |
| Sexual abuse | 5.90 | (2.56, 13.63) *** | 7.77 | (0.84, 71.65) # |
| Could not say “no” to sex | 4.3 | (1.47, 12.68) ** | 14.06 | (1.98, 99.99) ** |
| Community level | ||||
| Neighbourhood safety | 0.56 | (0.39, 0.81) ** | 0.46 | (0.28, 0.76) ** |
| Family connectedness | 0.73 | (0.47, 1.12) | 0.96 | (0.52, 1.78) |
| School Safety | 0.48 | (0.32, 0.71) *** | 1.79 | (0.87, 3.70) |
| School connectedness | 0.49 | (0.271–0.87)* | 0.64 | (0.34, 1.22) |
| Societal Level | ||||
| Racial discrimination | 3.13 | (1.2, 8.16) * | 3.95 | (1.33, 11.73) * |
| Gender discrimination | 3.42 | (1.26, 9.28) * | 6.39 | (1.33, 30.75) * |
# p = 0.07 * p < 0.05 ** p < 0.1 *** p < 0.001.