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. 2009 Jul;70(4):508–515. doi: 10.15288/jsad.2009.70.508

Table 5.

Generalized estimating equation modelsa predicting any unprotected sex, unprotected sex with main partners, and unprotected sex with casual partners on days when sexually active

Predictor Any unprt. sexb OR (95% CI) Unprt. w/ mainc OR (95% CI) Unprt. w/ casuald OR (95% CI)
Years age 1.05 1.05 1.09
(1.02–1.08) (0.99–1.10) (1.04–1.14)
Ethnicity, 0.83 1.72 0.89
 white = 1 (0.39–1.80) (0.43–6.90) (0.40–1.99)
Frequency of cocaine use 1.00 1.01 1.00
 last 90 days (0.99–1.01) (0.99–1.03) (0.99–1.02)
Partner alcohol problem, 1.65 2.14 0.62
 yes = 1 (0.68–4.03) (0.26–18.00) (0.24–1.58)
Sex work, 0.23 1.18 0.37*
 yes = 1 (0.12–0.43) (0.27–5.11) (0.15–0.94)
Any alcohol use, 0.86 0.82 1.19
 yes = 1 (0.51–1.44) (0.32–2.08) (0.79–1.79)

Notes: Unprt. = unprotected; OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval.

a

The specified working correlation structure was autoregressive lag 1; coefficients give the population averaged estimated effects on the odds of having sex on the observed day; any alcohol use is a time-varying covariate assessed using Timeline Followback methodology; all other predictors are time-invariant covariates assessed at baseline; confidence interval estimates and tests of significance are based on the sandwich (robust) standard errors;

b

n = 242 participants sexually active on 9,334 person-days;

c

n = 216 participants sexually active with a main partner on 7,731 person-days;

d

n = 101 participants sexually active with a casual partner on 2,218 person-days.

*

p < .05;

p < .01.