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. 2012 Jul 20;7(7):e40821. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040821

Table 4. Prevalence and adjusted odds ratios or coefficients from multiple variable regression models for associations between having had a relationship or sex predicated on their material provision, sex with a woman in prostitution or both of these or neither and psychological measures.* .

Gender equitable men scale Rape myth scale Hostility towards women scale
mean Coef 95% CI p value mean Coef 95% CI p value mean Coef 95% CI p value
Relationship or sex predicated on men providing (n = 839) 23.00 ref 9.71 ref 4.48 ref
Sex with a woman in prostitution (n = 51) 23.20 −0.44 −2.08, 1.21 0.60 9.21 0.39 −0.53, 1.31 0.41 3.80 −0.10 −1.09, 0.90 0.85
Both (n = 245) 22.45 −0.99 −1.80, −0.17 0.02 9.89 0.59 0.14, 1.04 0.01 4.34 0.49 −0.01, 0.98 0.06
Neither (n = 510) 24.49 1.40 0.75, 2.04 <0.0001 9.12 −0.59 −0.94,−0.24 <0.0001 3.31 −1.14 −1.54, −0.75 <0.0001
Psychopathy: blame externalisation Empathy Psychopathy: Machiavellian egocentricity
% aOR 95% CI p value mean Coef 95% CI p value % aOR 95% CI p value
Relationship or sex predicated on men providing (n = 839) 40.6 ref 13.36 ref 20.0 ref
Sex with a woman in prostitution (n = 51) 39.6 1.03 0.54, 1.97 0.92 15.78 1.25 −0.46,3.97 0.15 14.6 0.92 0.39, 2.19 0.858
Both (n = 245) 51.1 1.50 1.08, 2.07 0.014 13.61 −0.32 −1.15, 0.52 0.46 30.2 2.31 1.59, 3.34 <0.0001
Neither (n = 510) 22.8 0.41 0.31, 0.54 <0.0001 14.94 1.91 1.26, 2.56 <0.0001 10.6 0.46 0.32, 0.67 <0.0001
*

each was modelled separately using multiple regression and each model adjusted for age, race, education, income, marital status, stratum.