Table 2. Socio-demographic characteristics, sexual behavior, and sexual attraction by lifetime history of male-on-male sexual violence victimization.
| Category | Characteristic | SV Victims (n = 162) | Non-Victims (n = 1,526) | p-Value | Odds Ratio (95% CI) | aORa (95% CI) | ||
| Percent (Number) | 95% CI | Percent (Number) | 95% CI | |||||
| Demographics | Racial group | |||||||
| Non-black African | 9.4 (15) | (5.4–15.7) | 15.7 (240) | (11.9–20.5) | 0.02 | Ref | Ref | |
| Black African | 90.6 (145) | (84.3–94.6) | 84.3 (1,286) | (79.5–88.1) | 1.85 (1.03–3.30) | 2.06 (1.04–4.10) | ||
| Age group | ||||||||
| 18–24 y | 34.6 (56) | (48.7–54.7) | 53.5 (817) | (50.4–56.6) | <0.001 | Ref | Ref | |
| 25 y and older | 65.4 (106) | (57.2–72.9) | 46.5 (709) | (43.4–49.6) | 2.18 (1.54–3.08) | 1.68 (1.08–2.61) | ||
| Secondary education | 41.0 (66) | (33.0–49.5) | 40.5 (615) | (37.5–43.6) | 0.91 | 1.00 (0.71–1.41) | ||
| SES | Mean SES score (range: 6–19) | 11.7 (n/a) | (11.3–12.2) | 12.6 (n/a) | (12.5–12.8) | <0.001 | 0.87 (0.81–0.93) | 0.89 (0.82–0.96) |
| Hunger in household | 65.5 (93) | (57.3–72.9) | 50.3 (708) | (47.1–53.5) | 0.001 | 1.88 (1.30–2.72) | ||
| Employed | 60.4 (96) | (51.6–68.6) | 54.0 (820) | (51.1–56.8) | 0.15 | 1.32 (0.94–1.85) | ||
| Family and relationships | Ever had sex with a woman | 98.8 (160) | (95.2–99.7) | 95.2 (1,449) | (93.8–96.3) | 0.04 | 4.02 (0.97–16.7) | |
| Ever married a woman | 59.8 (95) | (51.7–67.3) | 44.6 (671) | (41.7–47.4) | 0.06 | 1.85 (1.32–2.59) | ||
| Ever fathered children | 63.4 (102) | (55.8–70.4) | 44.0 (657) | (41.1–46.9) | <0.001 | 2.20 (1.56–3.11) | 1.68 (1.09–260) | |
| Current female partner | 79.9 (127) | (73.1–85.3) | 76.4 (1,158) | (73.6–79.0) | 0.33 | 1.22 (0.73–2.06) | ||
| Current male partner | 5.6 (9) | (3.0–10.0) | 1.2 (18) | (0.8–1.8) | <0.001 | 4.94 (2.11–11.6) | ||
| Current male and female partners (both) | 4.4 (7) | (2.1–8.9) | 1.0 (15) | (0.6–1.6) | <0.001 | 4.93 (1.90–12.8) | ||
| Sexual attraction | Women | 82.7 (134) | (76.0–87.8) | 86.6 (1,313) | (84.7–88.3) | <0.001 | Ref | |
| Men/both | 14.8 (24) | (10.1–21.3) | 6.8 (103) | (5.6–8.2) | 2.29 (1.40–3.75) | |||
| Not sure | 2.5 (4) | (0.9–6.5) | 6.7 (101) | (5.4–8.1) | 0.39 (0.14–1.09) | |||
| Other male–male experiences | Consensual male–male sex | 19.9 (32) | (14.7–26.3) | 4.0 (61) | (3.1–5.2) | <0.001 | 6.16 (3.79–10.0) | 7.34 (4.30–12.5) |
| Male SV perpetrator | 5.8 (9) | (3.1–10.6) | 2.7 (41) | (2.0–3.7) | 0.02 | 2.20 (1.03–4.72) | ||
Values in bold are significant at p<0.05.
a
Only correlates significant at p<0.05 presented.
n/a, not applicable; Ref, reference value; SV, sexual violence.