Table 3: Logistic Regression Model Results.
Adjusted Effects of Ethnic Discrimination, Pressure to Acculturate, and Pressure Against Acculturation on Multiple Sex Partners Alcohol/Drug Use Before Sex, Condomless Sex with Primary Partner, and Condomless Sex with Casual Partner within the Last Three Months Among Latinx Emerging Adults in Florida and Arizona who have been Sexually Active in their Lifetimes from the 2018–2019 Project on Health among Emerging Adult Latinos Survey (N = 158)
| Independent variable | No. of sex partners OR (95% CI) |
Alcohol/Drugs before sex OR (95% CI) |
Condomless sex with primary partner OR (95% CI) |
Condomless sex with casual partner OR (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethnic discrimination | 0.402*** (0.232, 0.668) |
1.437 (0.927, 2.269) |
1.104 (0.718, 1.710) |
1.021 (0.597, 1.779) |
| Pressure to acculturate | 0.550** (0.338, 0.868) |
1.110 (0.753, 1.648) |
1.229 (0.837, 1.820) |
1.536 (0.934, 2.589) |
| Pressure against acculturation | 0.821 (0.550, 1.201) |
0.980 (0.688, 1.384) |
1.241 (0.883, 1.760) |
1.834*** (1.196, 2.887) |
Note: OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval
All models were adjusted for gender, age, skin color, nativity, Hispanic heritage, and sexual minority status, familism support, and multigroup ethnic identity measure.
Continuous variables including age, familism support, multigroup ethnic identity measure, ethnic discrimination, pressure to acculturate and pressure against acculturation were standardized for ease of interpretation.
p < 0.05;
p < 0.01