Table 5.
Factors associated with UAI in the last 12 months (among those having had anal sex) - Venue-recruited MSM (n = 272) & internet-recruited MSM (n = 182)
| Group V | Group I | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UAI | Univariate | Multivariate OR | UAI | Univariate | Multivariate OR | |||
| Row% | (n) | OR | (95%CI) | Row% | (n) | OR | (95%CI) | |
| Socio-demographics | ||||||||
| Age groups | ||||||||
| 18-29 | 37.5 | (72) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 54.3 | (69) | 1.00 | --- |
| ≥30 | 25.0 | (20) | 0.56* | 0.54(0.29,0.98)* | 50.9 | (28) | 0.87 | |
| Number of items showing perceived discrimination against MSM (to the above 3 items) | ||||||||
| 0 - 2 discrimination responses | 30.1 | (63) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 60.8 | (45) | 1.00 | --- |
| 3 discrimination responses | 46.0 | (29) | 1.98* | 2.33(1.28,4.26)** | 48.1 | (52) | 0.60 | |
| Best friends supporting their sexual orientation | ||||||||
| No/unaware of one's sexual orientation | 25.0 | (20) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 42.5 | (34) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| Yes | 37.5 | (72) | 1.80* | 1.97 (1.07, 3.62)* | 61.8 | (63) | 2.19* | 1.94(1.05,3.57)* |
| Number of friends having MSM behaviors | ||||||||
| A few or none | 34.7 | (43) | 1.00 | --- | 47.9 | (67) | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| All or most of them | 33.3 | (49) | 0.94 | 71.4 | (30) | 2.72** | 2.38(1.11,5.11)* | |
Group V: Venue-recruited MSM; Group I: Internet-recruited MSM.
Multivariate OR: Odds ratio obtained from stepwise multivariate logistic regression using univariately significant variables as candidate variables.
Variable considered included all those listed in Tables 1, 2 and 3. For Group V (venue-recruited MSM), univariately significant variables included age group, number of items showing perceived discrimination against MSM, and having best friends supporting one's sexual orientation. For Group I (internet-recruited MSM), univariately significant variables included having best friends supporting one's sexual orientation, and number of friends having MSM behaviors. Only multivariately significant variables are summarized in Table 5.
*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.
--- univariately not significant (and was not considered in the multivariate model)