Table 4.
Differences between low and high intenders on the underlying scales of the variables in the multivariate regression analysis
| Belief |
Surinamese |
Dutch-Antilleans |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low intention | High intention | p-value | Low intention | High intention | p-value | |
| Health motivation – if people can see me enter the test facility |
3.7 |
3.9 |
.22 |
3.5 |
4.0 |
.003 |
| Health motivation – if people can gossip about me |
3.7 |
3.9 |
.02 |
3.6 |
4.2 |
<.001 |
| Health motivation – if I am afraid of being infected |
4.0 |
4.0 |
.50 |
3.9 |
4.3 |
.001 |
| Cues to action – knowing someone tested for a STI |
13% |
22% |
.02 |
15% |
40% |
<.001 |
| Cues to action – knowing someone tested for HIV |
28% |
37% |
.05 |
30% |
42% |
.05 |
| Subjective norms – parents find frequent testing important |
2.4 |
3.3 |
<.001 |
2.3 |
3.4 |
<.001 |
| Subjective norms – family find frequent testing important |
2.2 |
3.2 |
<.001 |
2.2 |
3.1 |
<.001 |
| Subjective norms – friends find frequent testing important |
2.3 |
3.2 |
<.001 |
2.2 |
3.3 |
<.001 |
| Subjective norms – community find frequent testing important |
2.6 |
3.2 |
<.001 |
2.7 |
3.4 |
<.001 |
| Risk behavior – got tested for STI because I had unsafe sex |
28% |
38% |
.15 |
27% |
34% |
.42 |
| Risk behavior – got tested for STI because I had physical complaints |
18% |
17% |
.82 |
19% |
15% |
.60 |
| Risk behavior – got tested for STI because I was afraid of being infected |
16% |
12% |
.38 |
6% |
21% |
.01 |
| Risk behavior – not got tested for STI because I was afraid of test result |
2% |
5% |
.26 |
2% |
12% |
.005 |
| Risk behavior – got tested for HIV because I had unsafe sex |
24% |
38% |
.07 |
11% |
29% |
.02 |
| Risk behavior – got tested for HIV because I had physical complaints |
3% |
5% |
.38 |
4% |
7% |
.54 |
| Risk behavior – got tested for HIV because I was afraid of being infected |
19% |
11% |
.14 |
6% |
14% |
.20 |
| Risk behavior – not got tested for HIV because I was afraid of test result |
3% |
6% |
.25 |
6% |
9% |
.51 |
| I was test before for a STI or HIV |
41% |
58% |
.001 |
42% |
67% |
<.001 |
| Open communication – normal to talk about sexuality with family |
2.4 |
2.9 |
.002 |
2.7 |
3.1 |
.05 |
| Open communication – normal to talk about sexuality with friends |
3.7 |
3.9 |
.12 |
3.6 |
4.1 |
.001 |
| Open communication – normal to talk about sexuality within my community | 2.7 | 3.0 | .02 | 3.0 | 3.3 | .03 |