Table 3.
Factors associated with age difference between the individuals and those that were contacted, results of multivariate analysis of most parsimonious model.
| a) | ||||
| variable | level | coefficient | 95% Confidence interval | p-value |
| constant | 10.20 | (7.56, 12.84) | <0.001 | |
| intensity | Physical only | baseline | ||
| Conversation only | -1.10 | (-3.64, 1.44) | ||
| Conversation & physical | -4.73 | (-7.32, -2.13) | ||
| "Sexual" contact | -7.75 | (-11.92, -3.58) | <0.001 | |
| b) | ||||
| variable | Level | coefficient | 95% Confidence interval | p-value |
| constant | 1.58 | (0.60, 2.55) | 0.002 | |
| Place of contact | Home | baseline | ||
| College | 5.28 | (3.92, 6.64) | ||
| Travel | 7.30 | (5.22, 9.38) | ||
| Shop | 13.81 | (12.24, 15.38) | ||
| Social | 2.34 | (1.09, 3.59) | ||
| Other | 5.19 | (3.36, 7.03) | <0.001 | |
Note: contact, individual and day of week, were random effects, intensity and place of contact were modelled as fixed effects. Degrees of freedom = 1783 and 1776 for Table 2a and b respectively.