Table IV.

Hierarchical logistic regression analysis for variables predicting re-contact at 6 months (logit coefficients reported, standard errors in parentheses)

Variable	Step 1	Step 2	Step 3	Step 4	Step 5
Design and process
Pieces of contact information	0.577 (0.104)*	0.689 (0.113)*	0.707 (0.114)*	0.706 (0.114)*	0.713 (0.116)*
Recruitment of peers	0.161 (0.095)	0.186 (0.097)	0.204 (0.098)*	0.193 (0.099)*	0.176 (0.101)
Demographics and health
Age		−0.137 (0.120)	−0.147 (0.124)	−0.159 (0.124)	−0.147 (0.129)
Income		0.002 (0.111)	0.002 (0.113)	0.026 (0.116)	0.023 (0.117)
Education		−0.004 (0.105)	−0.013 (0.106)	0.007 (0.108)	0.029 (0.109)
Full-time employment		−0.026 (0.253)	−0.016 (0.255)	−0.057 (0.259)	−0.063 (0.263)
HIV status
HIV positive		0.306 (0.284)	0.261 (0.285)	0.252 (0.286)	0.169 (0.292)
HIV status unknown/untested		0.153 (0.321)	0.121 (0.322)	0.157 (0.325)	0.230 (0.331)
Heavy alcohol use		−0.260 (0.244)	−0.282 (0.245)	−0.299 (0.246)	−0.304 (0.250)
Illicit drug use		0.424 (0.224)	0.440 (0.225)	0.514 (0.236)*	0.545 (0.243)*
Chicago		−0.834 (0.239)*	−0.869 (0.243)*	−0.834 (0.246)*	−0.794 (0.254)*
Residential stability
Time in area			0.032 (0.098)	0.057 (0.102)	0.081 (0.104)
Currently in a relationship			−0.452 (0.215)	−0.441 (0.215)*	−0.485 (0.219)*
Acculturation/attachment to the United States
Interview in English				−0.175 (0.242)	−0.130 (0.269)
Attachment to United States				0.077 (0.135)	−0.054 (0.145)
Gay related
Social attachment					0.100 (0.154)
Sense of community					0.314 (0.232)
Perceived stigma					−0.306 (0.175)
Experienced stigma					0.030 (0.196)
Internalized stigma					−0.116 (0.205)
Gay network size					0.063 (0.106)
Nagelkerke R2	0.095	0.147	0.158	0.161	0.181
Model χ2 (df)	38.56 (2)*	60.45 (11)*	65.07 (13)*	66.53 (15)*	75.24 (21)*

*P ≤ 0.05.