TABLE 3.

Unadjusted Odds Ratio and Adjusted RR for Predictors of Adolescent Male Health Care Use in the Past Year

Predictors	Bivariate Analysisa			Multivariate Analysisb
	OR	95% CI	P	RRc	95% CI	P
Predisposing factors
Race/ethnicity (reference=non-Hispanic white)
Non-Hispanic black	0.94	(0.75–1.18)	.596	1.05	(0.96–1.15)	.283
Hispanic	0.69	(0.53–0.91)	.007	0.95	(0.85–1.06)	.326
Other race	0.74	(0.42–1.30)	.287	0.99	(0.78–1.25)	.910
Region of residence (reference=Northeast)
South	0.56	(0.42–0.75)	<.001	0.81	(0.74–0.89)	<.001
Midwest	0.74	(0.52–1.06)	.101	0.89	(0.80–0.98)	.024
West	0.61	(0.43–0.87)	.007	0.87	(0.77–0.97)	.015
Age (reference=15), y
16	0.88	(0.64–1.20)	.412	0.97	(0.88–1.07)	.538
17	0.81	(0.59–1.10)	.168	0.95	(0.86–1.06)	.344
18	0.75	(0.55–1.02)	.066	0.91	(0.82–1.02)	.099
19	0.63	(0.45–0.89)	.009	0.86	(0.75–0.98)	.021
Family composition (reference=single-parent household)
2-parent household	1.32	(1.06–1.64)	.015	1.05	(0.96–1.15)	.325
Parental communication about reproductive health (reference=no communication)
Communication with 1 parent	1.13	(0.87–1.47)	.360	1.06	(0.95–1.18)	.323
Communication with both parents	1.73	(1.34–2.24)	<.001	1.14	(1.04–1.26)	.008
Beliefs about masculinity
Less traditional beliefs	1.00	(0.75–1.31)	.981	1.00	(0.91–1.10)	.922
Neutral beliefs, reference
More traditional beliefs	0.62	(0.48–0.81)	<.001	0.86	(0.77–0.96)	.009
Enabling factors
Mother’s education level (continuous)d	1.06	(1.02–1.10)	.005	0.99	(0.98–1.01)	.416
Annual family income (continuous)e	1.12	(1.06–1.19)	<.001	1.01	(0.99–1.04)	.259
Health insurance (reference=no)	3.21	(2.49–4.15)	<.001	1.62	(1.40–1.87)	<.001
Need factors
Serious illness or injury (reference=no)	1.42	(1.08–1.87)	.013	1.13	(1.04–1.23)	.006
Ever had sex (reference=no)	0.87	(0.70–1.08)	.200	1.01	(0.93–1.10)	.788
Comorbidity of risk behaviors (reference = ≤1)
≥2	0.82	(0.63–1.06)	.134	0.99	(0.89–1.10)	.847

OR indicates odds ratio.

^aData from univariate logistic regression models.

^bData from Poisson regression, log pseuodolikelihood=−1471.61; pseudo R2=.018; N=1617.

^cData are adjusted RRs and 95% confidence intervals representing relationship between independent variable and physical examination in the past year while controlling for all other independent variables in this table.

^dMissing data (n=170) were replaced using sample mean and dummy for missings included in final model (P not significant).

^eMissing data (n=104) were replaced using sample mean and dummy for missings included in final model (P not significant).