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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Behav. 2011 May;15(4):875–884. doi: 10.1007/s10461-010-9694-z

Table 2.

Sequential logit model giving the estimated effects of marijuana, alcohol, and selected covariates on the odds of sex-risk decisions

Predictor Wald χ2 (df = 4)a Equation
Sexually activeb Yes/no Partner typec Casual/main Unprt. sex w maind Unprt./Prt. Unprt. sex w casuale Unprt./Prt.
Years age 12.20* 1.04 (0.97, 1.12) 0.92 (0.75, 1.13) 1.29** (1.12, 1.51) 1.13 (0.87, 1.47)
Race (white) 8.44 1.50 (1.12, 2.01)** 0.59 (0.27, 1.28) 1.01 (0.51, 1.97) 1.19 (0.33, 4.29)
College (yes) 19.55** 0.57 (0.42, 0.75)** 0.93 (0.45, 1.92) 0.71 (0.40, 1.28) 2.48 (0.60, 4.16)
Employed (yes) 2.57 0.96 (0.75, 1.23) 0.73 (0.38, 1.42) 1.31 (0.74, 2.31) 0.62 (0.20, 1.87)
Impulsivity 5.13 1.03 (1.00, 1.07) 0.99 (0.92, 1.07) 0.99 (0.92, 1.07) 1.04 (0.94, 1.16)
Any recent cocaine (yes) 2.73 0.82 (0.61, 1.12) 1.23 (0.61, 2.51) 1.44 (0.65, 3.18) 0.92 (0.32, 2.62)
Used alcohol (yes) 43.15** 1.46 (1.24, 1.73)** 1.61 (1.08, 2.38)* 1.15 (0.84, 1.60) 0.79 (0.46, 1.37)
Used marijuana (yes) 32.49** 1.60 (1.33, 1.93)** 1.18 (0.69, 2.00) 0.88 (0.59, 1.31) 2.58 (1.10, 6.09)*

Significance tests and 95% confidence interval estimates are based on robust variance estimators adjusted for within subject clustering (n = 308 participants observed for 28,198 person days)

*

P < 0.05,

**

P < 0.01

a

Test of the null hypothesis that the four coefficients giving the estimated effect of the predictor on the four decisions are jointly 0

b

Estimated effect on the odds (95% CI) of being sexually active

c

Estimated effect on the odds (95% CI) of a casual partner on days when sexually active

d

Estimated effect on the odds (95% CI) of having unprotected sex on days when sexually active with a main partner

e

Estimated effect on the odds (95% CI) of having unprotected sex on days when sexually active with a casual partner