TABLE 2—
Tetrachoric Correlations of Model Variables Among MSW, MSMW, and MSM From 11 Jurisdictions That Collected Gender of Sexual Partners: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, United States, 2005 and 2007
| Variable | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| MSW | |||||||||
| Felt sad | … | ||||||||
| Binge drinking | 0.09* | … | |||||||
| Marijuana use | 0.12* | 0.57* | … | ||||||
| Cocaine use | 0.23* | 0.65* | 0.71* | … | |||||
| Risky sex | 0.11* | 0.42* | 0.42* | 0.60* | … | ||||
| Intimate partner violence | 0.19* | 0.11* | 0.17* | 0.32* | 0.27* | … | |||
| Threatened with weapon | 0.33* | 0.17* | 0.15* | 0.41* | 0.26* | 0.21* | … | ||
| Had something stolen | 0.26* | 0.10* | 0.10* | 0.27* | 0.16* | 0.16* | 0.45* | … | |
| Forced to have sex | 0.21* | 0.17* | 0.26* | 0.44* | 0.39* | 0.48* | 0.31* | 0.21* | … |
| Suicide attempt | 0.36* | 0.30* | 0.32* | 0.63* | 0.33* | 0.20* | 0.38* | 0.26* | 0.40* |
| MSMW | |||||||||
| Felt sad | … | ||||||||
| Binge drinking | 0.37* | … | |||||||
| Marijuana use | 0.30* | 0.83* | … | ||||||
| Cocaine use | 0.10 | 0.71* | 0.87* | … | |||||
| Risky sex | 0.16* | 0.65* | 0.77* | 0.94* | … | ||||
| Intimate partner violence | 0.30* | 0.61* | 0.63* | 0.68* | 0.62* | … | |||
| Threatened with weapon | 0.25* | 0.41* | 0.57* | 0.66* | 0.47* | 0.48* | … | ||
| Had something stolen | 0.33* | 0.39* | 0.29* | 0.54* | 0.24* | 0.47* | 0.67* | … | |
| Forced to have sex | 0.44* | 0.64* | 0.70* | 0.60* | 0.60* | 0.85* | 0.57* | 0.48* | … |
| Suicide attempt | 0.66* | 0.57* | 0.68* | 0.81* | 0.62* | 0.66* | 0.70* | 0.55* | 0.74* |
| MSM | |||||||||
| Felt sad | |||||||||
| Binge drinking | −0.17* | ||||||||
| Marijuana use | 0.21* | 0.58* | |||||||
| Cocaine use | 0.33* | 0.49* | 0.78* | ||||||
| Risky sex | 0.12 | 0.46* | 0.43* | 0.52* | |||||
| Intimate partner violence | 0.26* | 0.40* | 0.46* | 0.42* | 0.16 | ||||
| Threatened with weapon | 0.21* | 0.40* | 0.41* | 0.67* | 0.29* | 0.66* | |||
| Had something stolen | 0.09 | 0.44* | 0.23* | 0.63* | 0.47* | 0.14 | 0.51* | ||
| Forced to have sex | 0.33* | 0.31* | 0.23* | 0.41* | 0.22 | 0.35* | 0.43* | 0.12 | |
| Suicide attempt | 0.43* | 0.48* | 0.61* | 0.85* | 0.65* | 0.73* | 0.76* | 0.41* | 0.74* |
Note. MSM = men who have sex with men; MSMW = men who have sex with men and women; MSW = men who have sex with women. We produced correlations in Mplus with a model that accounted for the complex sampling design. The 11 jurisdictions were Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Delaware; Maine; Massachusetts; New York City, NY; San Diego, CA; Vermont; Rhode Island; Wisconsin; and Milwaukee, WI.
*P < .05.