Table 5. Multivariable logistic regression models for self-reported economic exchange with main partners among 1,288 sexually active men aged 15-26 participating in the Stepping Stones HIV Prevention Study in the rural Eastern Cape, South Africa.
| Giving to Main Partners | Getting from Main Partners | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1: Predictors | Model 2: Predictors & Correlated Behavior | Model 1: Predictors | Model 2: Predictors & Correlated Behavior | |||||||||
| Variable | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | ||||
| Demographics | ||||||||||||
| Age1 | 1.08 | 0.97 | 1.19 | 1.07 | 0.96 | 1.19 | 1.00 | 0.91 | 1.10 | 0.97 | 0.88 | 1.08 |
| 10 or more years education | 0.65 | 0.45 | 0.95 | 0.57 | 0.38 | 0.85 | -- | -- | ||||
| Ever earned money (respondent) | 1.48 | 1.04 | 2.11 | -- | 2.01 | 1.41 | 2.85 | 1.67 | 1.16 | 2.40 | ||
| Socioeconomic status (household) 1 | 1.29 | 1.13 | 1.46 | 1.21 | 1.06 | 1.38 | -- | -- | ||||
| Early Sex and Child Trauma | ||||||||||||
| First sex under age 15 | -- | -- | 1.50 | 1.06 | 2.12 | -- | ||||||
| Childhood Trauma Scale1 | 1.19 | 1.02 | 1.38 | -- | 1.23 | 1.06 | 1.42 | -- | ||||
| Ever coerced into sex by a man | 2.86 | 1.34 | 6.13 | 2.60 | 1.16 | 5.85 | -- | -- | ||||
| Attitudes and Beliefs | ||||||||||||
| Exposure to Media1 | -- | -- | -- | |||||||||
| Peer Pressure Resistance1 | 0.85 | 0.71 | 1.00 | -- | 0.82 | 0.70 | 0.97 | -- | ||||
| Gender r'ships and control Q13 | 1.00 | REF | 1.00 | REF | 1.00 | REF | 1.00 | REF | ||||
| Gender r'ships and control Q2 | 0.66 | 0.40 | 1.08 | 0.68 | 0.41 | 1.15 | 0.89 | 0.55 | 1.44 | 0.89 | 0.54 | 1.46 |
| Gender r'ships and control Q3 | 0.68 | 0.42 | 1.11 | 0.63 | 0.38 | 1.05 | 0.99 | 0.62 | 1.56 | 0.92 | 0.57 | 1.49 |
| Gender r'ships and control Q4 | 0.62 | 0.37 | 1.03 | 0.55 | 0.32 | 0.94 | 0.57 | 0.34 | 0.96 | 0.43 | 0.25 | 0.74 |
| No score (no current main girlfriend) | 0.47 | 0.24 | 0.93 | 0.55 | 0.27 | 1.10 | 0.56 | 0.28 | 1.10 | 0.58 | 0.29 | 1.18 |
| Sexual Partners and Alcohol | ||||||||||||
| Partners in lifetime2 | 1.25 | 1.13 | 1.39 | 1.19 | 1.08 | 1.31 | ||||||
| Alcohol problem | 1.92 | 1.32 | 2.79 | 1.82 | 1.26 | 2.63 | ||||||
| Perpetration of GBV | ||||||||||||
| Ever perpetration of emotional abuse | -- | -- | ||||||||||
| IPV: None | 1.00 | ref | 1.00 | ref | ||||||||
| Physical IPV only | 1.59 | 1.05 | 2.40 | 1.50 | 1.01 | 2.25 | ||||||
| Sexual IPV only | 2.50 | 1.15 | 5.41 | 2.25 | 1.04 | 4.88 | ||||||
| Both physical and sexual IPV | 4.97 | 2.73 | 9.04 | 4.08 | 2.25 | 7.41 | ||||||
| Non-IPV sexual assault | -- | 1.81 | 1.23 | 2.66 | ||||||||
1
per one unit increase in age or score
2
per increase of 5 lifetime partners
3
Q1-Q4 represent quartiles of the distribution, with increasing scores representing more equitable attitudes and relationships