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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2009 Apr 6;68(11):2037–2044. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.03.009

Table 3.

Odds ratios for associations between social network characteristics and perceived consistent condom use by male social network contacts among male partners of female sex workers, La Romana, Dominican Republic (N=318)

Characteristic Unadjusted
OR
95% CI Adjusted
OR
95% CI
≥ 28 years 1.58 1.01 – 2.47 1.50 0.97 – 2.33
≥ 9th grade 0.70 0.45 – 1.20
Married/Lives with partner 1.07 0.68 – 1.69
Had ≥ 4 sex partners in last 3 months 0.41 0.26 – 0.65 0.45 0.25 – 0.82
Median age of network contacts ≥ 29 1.37 0.88 – 2.15
All contacts are married 1.88 1.11 – 3.18 1.33 0.61 – 2.93
All contacts are male 0.81 0.44 – 1.48
All contacts provide high level of social
support
1.80 1.13 – 2.85 1.32 0.75 – 2.31
Density 0.61 0.37 – 1.00 0.57 0.35 – 0.94
All contacts talk about condoms 1.47 0.92 – 2.35
All male contacts don’t like using condoms 0.31 0.17 – 0.60 0.24 0.11 – 0.52
All contacts encourage condom use with
female sex workers
3.16 1.83 – 5.44 3.26 1.91 – 5.56

Note. Only variables significant in the bivariate analysis were included in the final adjusted model.