TABLE 3.

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

	AORa	95% CI	P
Sexual health history
Ever diagnosed with an STDb	0.72	0.48, 1.10	.13
Ever diagnosed with syphilis or gonorrhea	0.49	0.25, 0.94	.03
Not counseled about HIV during last pregnancyc	2.28	1.27, 3.78	.001
Past or current partner has not been HIV tested	2.07	1.24, 3.45	.005
Risk perceptions
No chance of becoming infected with HIV	1.31	0.88, 1.94	.17
No preferred way to prevent HIV or STD infection because “I don't worry about HIV or STD”	1.87	1.09, 3.23	.02
Sexual risk behaviors
Never used condoms, past 2 mod	1.77	1.15, 2.75	.009
No condom use: believee partner is HIV negativef	1.83	1.03, 3.24	.04
No condom use: partner has tested HIV negativef	0.58	0.35, 0.95	.03

Note. AOR = adjusted odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; STD = sexually transmitted disease.

^aAdjusted odds ratio; the reference category is nonrural.

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

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

^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.