Table 3.
Results of structural equation model for frequency of condom use with casual partner, MVP's perceived supports condom use, and respondent's attitude towards condom use
| b (β) |
MVP's perceived support of condom use | Respondent's attitude towards condom use | Frequency of condom use with casual partner | ||||||
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| Year | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 |
| Condom attitudes and access | |||||||||
| Respondent's condom attitude | 9.641*** (0.719) |
5.639*** (0.570) |
2.083*** (0.201) |
1.316***bc (0.101) |
1.316***ac (0.132) |
1.316***ab (0.131) |
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| Social support | |||||||||
| MVP's perceived support of condom use | -0.050***b (-0.673) |
-0.050***a (-0.496) |
0.078***bc (0.081) |
0.078***ac (0.077) |
0.078***ab (0.081) |
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| Discussed RH issues | 0.026**bc (0.087) |
0.026**ac (0.085) |
0.026**ab (0.080) |
0.314* (0..095) |
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| Range of persons respondent discussed FP, STD, AIDS with | 0.272** (0.158) |
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| Mean condom use attitude for the MVP category | 0.710***bc (0.088) |
0.710***ac (0.085) |
0.710***ab (0.130) |
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| Socio-demographic characteristics | |||||||||
| Sex (1: female) | -0.278**bc (-0.066) |
-0.278**ac (-0.083) |
-0.278**ab (-0.089) |
-0.029**bc (-0.092) |
-0.029**ac (-0.085) |
-0.029**ab (-0.095) |
0.232**c (0.069) |
0.232**b (0.077) |
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| Age | 0.088***bc (0.122) |
0.088***ac (0.153) |
0.088***ab (0.166) |
0.053***bc (0.075) |
0.053***ac (0.091) |
0.053***ab (0.103) |
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| Currently in school | -0.196*bc (-0.057) |
-0.196*ac (-0.071) |
-0.196*ab (-0.076) |
0.027***bc (0.105) |
0.027**ac (0.096) |
0.027**ab (0.107) |
0.177**bc (0.054) |
0.177**ac (0.064) |
0.177**ab (0.071) |
| Assets index | 0.005*bc (0.069) |
0.005*ac (0.062) |
0.005*ab (0.058) |
0.037*bc (0.043) |
0.037*ac (0.050) |
0.037*ab (0.047) |
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| Self-efficacy | |||||||||
| Can convince casual partner to use condom | 0.058***bc (0.149) |
0.058***ac (0.139) |
0.058***ab (0.116) |
1.369***bc (0.268) |
1.369***ac (0.327) |
1.369***ab (0.272) |
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| Can avoid AIDS | 0.059**bc (0.095) |
0.059**ac (0.112) |
0.059**ab (0.064) |
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| AIDS severity | |||||||||
| AIDS not a community problem | 0.746* (0.155) |
-0.334* (-0.084) |
0.320* (0.087) |
-0.467** (-0.122) |
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| AIDS curable/not terminal | 0.011*bc (0.065) |
0.011*ac (0.063) |
0.011*ab (0.071) |
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| AIDS risk perception | |||||||||
| AIDS risk | 0.016* (0.114) |
0.114* (0.080) |
-0.138** (-0.118) |
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| Sexual risk behavior | |||||||||
| Number of partners, past 12 months | 0.079** (0.168) |
0.041***bc (0.090) |
0.041***ac (0.117) |
0.041***ab (0.113) |
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| Frequency of intercourse, past month | 0.042***c (0.145) |
0.042***b (0.132) |
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| Time required to obtain condom | -0.002***b (-0.155) |
-0.002***a (-0.159) |
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| R2 | 7.6% | 8.1% | 9.8% | 8.7% | 11.0% | 7.2% | 16.3% | 17.7% | 18.0% |
a) coefficient constrained to equal the 2000 coefficient;
b) coefficient constrained to equal the 2002 coefficient;
c) coefficient constrained to equal the 2003 coefficient
Significance: *: p < 0.050; **: p < 0.010; ***: p < 0.001
χ2(109) = 107.680, p = 0.518, RMSEA = 0.021, NFI = 0.968