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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Transm Dis. 2012 Sep;39(9):687–693. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31825ef325

Table 3.

GEE Logistic Regression Models: Condom Breakage/Slippage among Those Who Had Vaginal Sex with a Main Partner (4,839 partnerships) and Non-Main Partner (4,420 partnerships)

Predictors MAIN PARTNERS NON-MAIN PARTNERS

Males (2,299 partnerships) Females (2,540 partnerships) Males (2,785 partnerships) Females (1,635 partnerships)

Odds
Ratio
P* [95% CI] Odds
Ratio
P* [95% CI] Odds
Ratio
P* [95% Cl] Odds
Ratio
P* [95% Cl]
RESPONDENT

Education <HS 1.35 0.0174 1.05 1.73 1.21 0.1080 0.96 1.54 1.36 0.0129 1.07 1.74 1.39 0.0287 1.04 1.88
HS grad + Ref N/A N/A N/A Ref N/A N/A N/A Ref N/A N/A N/A Ref N/A N/A N/A

Respondent had sex while high
Ever 1.30 0.0287 1.03 1.64 1.50 0.0005 1.19 1.88 1.82 <0.0001 1.46 2.27 1.26 0.0925 0.96 1.66
Never Ref N/A N/A N/A Ref N/A N/A N/A Ref N/A N/A N/A Ref N/A N/A N/A

Respondent had STI symptoms prior 3 months
Yes 1.12 0.4279 0.85 1.49 1.31 0.0210 1.04 1.64
No or not known Ref N/A N/A N/A Ref N/A N/A N/A

PARTNER

Partner had STI prior 3 months
Yes 2.42 0.0042 1.32 4.44 1.65 0.2203 0.74 3.66
No or not known Ref N/A N/A N/A Ref N/A N/A N/A

Partner had STI symptoms prior 3 months
Yes 1.36 0.0297 1.03 1.80 1.23 0.1838 0.90 1.68
No or not known Ref N/A N/A N/A Ref N/A N/A N/A

Perceived partner STI risk
Very likely, likely, or unlikely 1.29 0.0424 1.01 1.64 1.63 0.0008 1.22 2.17
Very unlikely Ref N/A N/A N/A Ref N/A N/A N/A

PARTNERSHIP

How long partners knew each other before initiating sex
Less than 1 month 1.27 0.0439 1.01 1.60 1.06 0.6419 0.84 1.33 1.26 0.0292 1.02 1.56 0.93 0.5908 0.71 1.21
1 month or longer Ref N/A N/A N/A Ref N/A N/A N/A Ref N/A N/A N/A Ref N/A N/A N/A

Discussed condoms with partner
Ever 1.23 0.2116 0.89 1.71 1.42 0.0444 1.01 2.00
Never or not known Ref N/A N/A N/A Ref N/A N/A N/A

Discussed STI with partner
Ever 1.17 0.1594 0.94 1.46 1.24 0.0378 1.01 1.53 1.35 0.0059 1.09 1.68 1.66 <0.0001 1.28 2.14
Never or not known Ref N/A N/A N/A Ref N/A N/A N/A Ref N/A N/A N/A Ref N/A N/A N/A

Number of protected vaginal sex acts 1.01 0.0288 1.00 1.01 1.01 <0.0001 1.01 1.02 1.03 0.0046 1.01 1.05 1.03 0.0934 1.00 1.06

Percent protected vaginal sex acts
1%–99% condom use 1.05 0.6840 0.83 1.32 0.95 0.6025 0.76 1.17 1.21 0.0969 0.97 1.52 1.07 0.66 0.79 1.44
100% condom use Ref N/A N/A N/A Ref N/A N/A N/A Ref N/A N/A N/A Ref N/A N/A N/A

Length of sexual partnership
1 month or longer 0.77 0.0221 0.62 0.96 0.91 0.4878 0.70 1.18
< 1 month Ref N/A N/A N/A Ref N/A N/A N/A