Table 3.

Hierarchical models for the factors associated with sexual risk-taking attitudes among ALHIV in Uganda

	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 4
Characteristics	β (95% CI)	β (95% CI)	β (95% CI)	β (95% CI)
Demographic factors
Age in completed years	0.11 (−0.10 to 0.33)	0.11 (−0.10 to 0.32)	0.18 (−0.03 to 0.39)	0.06 (−0.15 to 0.27)
Female gender	−0.75 (−1.56 to 0.05)	−0.56 (−1.38 to 0.26)	−0.33 (−1.11 to 0.44)	−0.45 (−1.20 to 0.31)
Orphanhood status
Double orphan	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
One parent is alive	0.13 (−1.10 to 1.37)	0.14 (−1.04 to 1.32)	0.02 (−1.16 to 1.20)	0.05 (−1.03 to 1.13)
Both parents are alive	−0.42 (−1.55 to 0.72)	−0.44 (−1.58 to 0.69)	−0.60 (−1.78 to 0.57)	−0.38 (−1.43 to 0.68)
Enrolled in school	0.22 (−1.47 to 1.91)	0.32 (−1.49 to 2.14)	0.75 (−1.06 to 2.56)	0.97 (−0.67 to 2.62)
Economic factors
Household asset ownership		−0.04 (1.49–2.14)	−0.02 (−0.16 to 0.12)	−0.03 (−0.16 to 0.11)
Caregiver is employed		−0.07 (−0.10 to −0.05)	−0.08 (−0.10 to −0.07)	−0.08 (−0.10 to −0.06)
Adolescent works for pay		1.70 (0.13 to 3.28)	1.85 (0.37 to 3.33)	1.78 (0.28 to 3.29)
Psychological factors
HIV Stigma			0.05 (−0.03 to 0.14)	0.05 (−0.03 to 0.14)
HIV status disclosure			−0.06 (−0.25 to 0.14)	−0.03 (−0.24 to 0.17)
Depression			0.25 (0.15–0.36)	0.22 (0.11–0.32)
Family and Social factors
Adults in the household				0.01 (−0.14 to 0.17)
Caregiver Communication
No communication				Ref
Communicate about HIV				1.32 (0.56–2.08)
Communicate about sex				1.09 (0.20–1.97)
Talk about bad friends				−0.36 (−1.25 to 0.54)
Talk about puberty				0.75 (−0.03 to 1.53)
Peer pressure
No peer pressure				Ref
Some peer pressure				2.51 (1.16–3.86)
A lot of peer pressure				3.37 (1.85–4.89)
Constant	9.12 (5.90–12.33)	9.15 (6.02–12.28)	4.98 (1.46–8.49)	1.62 (−2.33 to 5.56)
R²	0.0070	0.0159	0.0469	0.1143
Incremental R²		0.0089	0.0310	0.0674

Values in bold denote statistically significant results.