Table 2. Patient and Health Care Provider Factors Associated With Knowledge of Sexual Orientation in Multiple Regression Analysis.
Variables | Coefficient*† | Wald Statistic | Significance | Prevalence Ratio |
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Patient is African-American | − 1.844 | 7.635 | 0.006 | 0.48 |
Patient is Latino | − 0.037 | 0.004 | 0.951 | 0.99 |
Patient is partnered vs. single | 0.469 | 2.097 | 0.148 | 1.11 |
Patient lives in urban or suburban vs. rural area | − 1.102 | 4.853 | 0.028 | 0.71 |
Patient's age | 0.037 | 5.153 | 0.023 | |
Patient has more than HS education | − 0.865 | 4.990 | 0.025 | 0.84 |
Patient income less than $15,000 | − 1.179 | 6.302 | 0.012 | 0.70 |
HCP is gay or lesbian | 2.843 | 7.129 | 0.008 | 1.35 |
HCP is female | 1.948 | 10.782 | 0.001 | 1.31 |
HCP's age | − 0.020 | 1.039 | 0.308 |
Positive coefficient indicates patient is more likely to report HCP aware of their sexual orientations; Negative coefficient indicates patient is less likely to report HCP aware of their sexual orientations.
Number of cases included in analysis is 259; 12 cases were excluded in multiple regression because of missing data on one or more predictors.