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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 18.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Care. 2011 May 24;23(9):1117–1127. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2011.554522

Table 3.

Factors associated with the duration since last HIV testing (in years) among men as determined by multilevel linear regression and multivariate anova analysis, taken into account the time lived in France and the difficulties mastering French (model 2) or not (model 1).

MEN Model 1 Model 2
coef.(95CI) Mean Square F p coef.(95CI) Mean Square F p
Model 88.62 4.46 <0.01 74.43 3.75 <0.01

Age
 18–29 years Ref. 126.04 6.34 <0.01 Ref. 116.05 5.84 <0.01
 30–44 years 2.10(0.88,3.33)** 2.07(0.84,3.30)**
 45–59 years 2.48(1.24,3.72)** 2.35(1.10,3.60)**
 60 and over 2.75(1.30,4.19)** 2.69(1.23,4.14)**

Number of steady relationships
 0 Ref. 5.93 0.30 0.83 5.47 0.28 0.84
 1 0.35(−0.70,1.40) 0.35(−0.70,1.40)
 2 −0.06(−1.29,1.18) −0.05(−1.28,1.19)
 3 or more 0.08(−1.35,1.50) 0.16(−1.27,1.60)

Birth after 1990
 No Ref. 169.49 8.52 <0.01 191.24 9.62 <0.01
 Yes 1.30(0.43,2.18)** 1.39(0.51,2.27)**

Socio-occupational categories
 Never employed Ref. 22.39 1.13 0.35 20.19 1.02 0.41
 Worker 0.27(−1.72–2.26) 0.31(−1.72,2.33)
 Employee −0.64(−2.69–1.41) −0.64(−2.70,1.43)
 Intermediary position 0.22(−1.78–2.23) 0.14(−1.88,2.17)
 Executive/management 0.66(−1.29–2.62) 0.6(−1.37,2.58)
 Craftsmen/shopkeepers 1.01(−1.41–3.44) 0.91(−1.53,3.34)

Nationality
 French 91.24 4.59 <0.01 40.18 2.02 0.11
 Sub-Saharan African −2.48(−4.15,−0.82)** −1.88(−3.68,−0.07)*
 Northwest African −2.13(−3.93,−0.33)* −1.66(−3.54,0.22)
 Other −1.15(−2.73,0.44) −0.57(−2.29,1.14)

Time lived in France
 0–4 years 21.64 1.09 0.35
 5–9 years −0.87(−4.13,2.40)
 10–14 years −0.89(−3.85,2.07)
 15 or more years 0.55(−1.97,3.06)

Difficulty reading/writing French
 Yes 16.91 0.85 0.36
 No −0.66(−2.05,0.74)

Residual 19.88 19.87

Total 21.65 21.65
*

p<0.05,

**

p<0.01