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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J HIV AIDS Soc Serv. 2013 Sep 5;12(3-4):404–423. doi: 10.1080/15381501.2013.819312

Table 6.

Predictors of Condom Use by Gender

Male Female
Univariate Multivariate Univariate Multivariate
OR(CI) p OR(CI) p OR(CI) p OR(CI) p

Age
18 0.99(0.36-
2.7)
0.99 N/A 1.5(0.5-4.1) 0.43 N/A
17 0.82 1.2(0.4-3.7) 0.73
16 0.89(0.32-
2.5)
1
1 1 1
Age of first

partner
1.2(1.005-
1.4)
0.044 1.2(1.0-1.5) 0.06 1.3(1.01-1.7) 0.043 1.4(1.01-
1.9)
0.04*
Partners age
group
>21
16-21
0.2(0.03-
1.03)
1
0.07
1
0.2(0.03-
1.1)
1
0.07
1
0.45(0.2-1.1)
1
0.07
1
0.3(0.1-0.9)
1
0.03*
1
Pressure to
engage in sex
Pressure
No pressure
1.3(0.6-2.8)
1
0.47
1
N/A 0.29(0.1-0.7)
1
0.004
1
0.4(0.1-1.1)
1
0.04*
1
Attitudes about
sex
0.8(0.7-1.05) 0.12 N/A 1.0(0.7-1.4) 0.998 N/A
Hazardous
alcohol use
Yes 0.7(0.3-1.8) 0.47 N/A 0.7(0.2-2.3) 0.52 N/A
No 1 1 1 1
Illegal drug use
Yes 0.9(0.4-1.9) 0.73 N/A 0.74(0.3-2.1) 0.57 N/A
No 1 1 1 1
Depression 0.9(0.88-1.0) 0.051 0.9(0.9-1.0) 0.08 0.9(0.88-
0.98)
0.004 0.98(0.9-
1.1)
0.6
Self esteem
High 1.1(0.4-3.2) 0.81 N/A 2.7(0.8-8.6) 0.1 1.9(0.5-6.9) 0.4
Low 0.6(0.1-3.8) 0.59 0.3(0.09-1.2) 0.09 1.3(0.2-7.9) 0.7
Normal 1 1 1 1 1 1
PAC
High 0.8(0.4-1.8) 0.62 N/A 2.4(1.1-5.4) 0.031 2.2(0.8-6.1) 0.1
Low 1 1 1 1 1 1
Experienced an
act of violence
Yes 1.6(0.7-3.9) 0.26 N/A 0.51(0.2-1.2) 0.11 N/A
No 1 1 1 1
Ever
hit/physically
hurt by partner
Yes 0.4(0.1-1.03) 0.06 0.5(0.1-2.1) 0.3 0.51(0.2-1.2) 0.11 N/A
No 1 1 1 1 1 1
Ever physically
coerced into
sex?
Yes
No
0.2(0.06-0.9)
1
0.03
1
0.5(0.2-1.5)
1
0.2
1
0.3(0.1-0.97)
1
0.045
1
0.3(0.06-
1.3)
1
0.1
1

Note: OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; “1” refers to the reference category

*

p < .05