TABLE 1.

—Bivariate Associations Between Geographic Location and Selected Measures Among Rural and Nonrural African American Women (n = 571)

	% Rural	% Nonrural	PR	95% CI	P
Sexual health history
Ever diagnosed with an STDa	29.9	38.6	0.77	0.58, 1.03	.07
Ever diagnosed with syphilis or gonorrhea	9.0	17.4	0.51	0.29, 0.92	.02
Not counseled about HIV during last pregnancyb	25.0	13.3	1.89	1.27, 2.80	.002
No HIV or STD counseling from care providerc	97.5	93.3	1.04	0.98, 1.10	.31
Ever been HIV tested	52.6	57.4	0.92	0.75, 1.12	.38
Past or current partner has not been HIV tested	79.8	65.6	1.22	1.08, 1.37	.004
Risk perceptions
No chance of becoming infected with HIV	55.9	47.4	1.18	0.99, 1.41	.09
No preferred way to prevent HIV or STD infection because “I don't worry about HIV or STD”	18.8	11.6	1.63	1.04, 2.54	.03
Sexual risk behaviors
Never used HIV prevention methods	13.2	11.2	1.17	0.67, 2.06	.57
Never used condoms, past 2 mod	57.8	47.2	1.22	1.01, 1.48	.048
No condom use: believee partner is HIV negativef	27.2	17.4	1.56	1.02, 2.40	.04
No condom use: partner has tested HIV negativef	35.9	49.0	0.73	0.54, 0.99	.03

Note. PR = prevalence ratio; CI = confidence interval; STD = sexually transmitted disease.

^aIncludes chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, human papillomavirus, and herpes.

^bAmong 505 women who had been pregnant and could recall whether or not they were counseled.

^cAmong 264 women who had a care provider under Missouri's managed care plan.

^dAmong 441 women who reported having sex with a man (or men) in the past 2 months.

^eDespite lack of partner testing for HIV.

^fAmong 351 women who had sex in the past 2 months and did not always use condoms.