Table 2.

Bivariate Associations Among Risky Sexual Behavior, Poverty, and Natural Resource Availability and Change, Haiti Demographic and Health Survey, Rural Respondents, 2000

Used a condom during last sex? Significant associations in bold				Number of partners, other than husband or cohabiting partner, For respondents in union; Significant associations in bold
Primary Predictor Variables	Mean	Sig	N	Primary Predictor Variables	Mean	Sig
by SES1				by SES1
yes	2.19	0.00	1012	0	1.85	0.44
no	0.79			1+	1.77
by NDVI, 20002				by NDVI, 20002
yes	55.18%	0.18	1012	0	0.58	0.42
no	57.60%			1+	0.59
by change NDVI, 1990–20002				by change NDVI, 1990–20002
yes	−0.06	0.57	1012	0	−0.06	0.78
no	−0.06			1+	−0.06
by % change NDVI, 1990–20002				by % change NDVI, 1990–20002
yes	−9.67%	0.83	1012	0	−9.82%	0.8
no	−10.04%			1+	−9.57%
Control Variables				Control Variables
by awareness of ways to avoid AIDS				by awareness of ways to avoid AIDS
aware - no condom	92.68%	0.00	1013	aware - extra-union partners	21.23%	0.32
not aware - no condom	98.13%			not aware - extra-union partners	18.55%
Age (in years)				Age (in years)
yes	25.85	0.03	1002	yes	30.56	0.00
no	28.59			no	25.42
Education (in years)				Education (in years)
yes	3.79	0.00	1012	yes	2.94	0.47
no	2.82			no	2.83
With partner (married or cohabiting)				Catholic
with partner - no condom	96.27%			Catholic - extra-union partners	22.05%
no partner - no condom	89.74%	0.00	1013	Not Catholic - extra-union partners	17.77%	0.11
Catholic
Catholic - no condom	94.64%
Not Catholic -- no condom	95.93%	0.33	1013

¹asset index: higher value = more assets, lower level of poverty

²NDVI = “greenness” measure calculated from satellite imagery.