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. 2014 Feb;104(2):287–294. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301744

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.