Table III.
Hierarchical logistic regression analysis for variables predicting re-contact at 3 months (logit coefficients reported, standard errors in parentheses)
| Variable | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 |
| Process and design | ||||||
| Pieces of contact information | 0.504 (0.108)* | 0.623 (0.119)* | 0.623 (0.119)* | 0.624 (0.120)* | 0.625 (0.121)* | 0.636 (0.122)* |
| Recruitment of peers | 0.234 (0.104)* | 0.241 (0.106)* | 0.247 (0.107)* | 0.229 (0.107)* | 0.204 (0.108) | 0.201 (0.108) |
| Demographics and health | ||||||
| Age | −0.013 (0.129) | −0.027 (0.132) | −0.049 (0.132) | 0.000 (0.137) | 0.059 (0.141) | |
| Income | −0.187 (0.117) | −0.196 (0.118) | −0.160 (0.120) | −0.184 (0.123) | −0.183 (0.124) | |
| Education | 0.019 (0.113) | 0.017 (0.113) | 0.058 (0.116) | 0.038 (0.118) | 0.063 (0.120) | |
| Full-time employment | 0.215 (0.269) | 0.231 (0.270) | 0.165 (0.275) | 0.213 (0.280) | 0.251 (0.281) | |
| HIV status | ||||||
| HIV positive | −0.049 (0.298) | −0.058 (0.299) | −0.084 (0.301) | −0.086 (0.309) | −0.040 (0.310) | |
| HIV status unknown/untested | −0.265 (0.326) | −0.274 (0.326) | −0.214 (0.331) | −0.169 (0.335) | −0.157 (0.337) | |
| Heavy alcohol use | −0.008 (0.264) | −0.019 (0.264) | −0.041 (0.266) | −0.054 (0.270) | −0.067 (0.271) | |
| Drug use | 0.230 (0.235) | 0.232 (0.235) | 0.360 (0.248) | 0.391 (0.256) | 0.399 (0.258) | |
| Chicago | −0.912 (0.256)* | −0.931 (0.258)* | −0.881 (0.262)* | −0.838 (0.268)* | −2.082 (0.616)* | |
| Residential stability | ||||||
| Time in area | 0.061 (0.104) | 0.101 (0.108) | 0.117 (0.110) | −0.212 (0.182) | ||
| Currently in a relationship | −0.072 (0.226) | −0.043 (0.228) | −0.011 (0.231) | 0.016 (0.233) | ||
| Acculturation/attachment to the United States | ||||||
| Interview in English | −0.498 (0.269) | −0.599 (0.283)* | −0.595 (0.285)* | |||
| Attachment to United States | 0.118 (0.144) | 0.090 (0.153) | 0.042 (0.155) | |||
| Gay related | ||||||
| Social attachment | 0.245 (0.166) | 0.246 (0.167) | ||||
| Sense of community | 0.076 (0.249) | 0.106 (0.250) | ||||
| Perceived stigma | 0.300 (0.174) | 0.305 (0.176) | ||||
| Experienced stigma | −0.147 (0.207) | −0.153 (0.208) | ||||
| Internalized stigma | −0.008 (0.220) | −0.022 (0.221) | ||||
| Gay network size | −0.036 (0.112) | −0.041 (0.113) | ||||
| Interactions | ||||||
| City × time in the area | 0.507 (0.221)* | |||||
| Nagelkerke R2 | 0.080 | 0.131 | 0.132 | 0.142 | 0.155 | 0.169 |
| Model χ2 (df) | 30.00 (2)* | 50.13 (11)* | 50.57 (13)* | 54.53 (15)* | 60.06 (21)* | 65.40 (22)* |
*P ≤ 05.