Table 2.
Differences in person, environment, and behavior variables between participants who were tested for HIV/STI
| Tested yearly for HIV (n=480) |
Tested yearly for STI (n=424) |
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Yes n (%) |
No n (%) |
p |
Yes n (%) |
No n (%) |
p | |
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| Race/Ethnicity | 0.839 | 0.704 | ||||
| Black | 16 (3.4) | 13 (3.0) | 14 (3.4) | 15 (3.1) | ||
| Hispanic | 67 (14.4) | 66 (15.1) | 61 (14.8) | 72 (14.6) | ||
| White | 334 (71.5) | 319 (72.8) | 292 (70.7) | 361 (73.4) | ||
| Other | 50 (10.7) | 40 (9.1) | 46 (11.1) | 44 (8.9) | ||
| Academic classification | 0.017 | 0.176 | ||||
| Freshman | 51 (13.9) | 64 (18.8) | 51 (16.0) | 64 (16.4) | ||
| Sophomore | 67 (18.2) | 75 (22.0) | 56 (17.6) | 86 (22.1) | ||
| Junior | 92 (25.0) | 75 (22.0) | 74 (23.2) | 93 (23.9) | ||
| Senior | 99 (26.9) | 97 (28.5) | 88 (27.6) | 108 (27.7) | ||
| Graduate student | 59 (16.0) | 30 (8.8) | 50 (16.7) | 39 (10.0) | ||
| Enrollment status | 0.234 | 0.115 | ||||
| Full-time | 403 (84.3) | 390 (87.1) | 353 (83.7) | 440 (87.3) | ||
| Part-time | 75 (15.7) | 58 (13.0) | 69 (16.4) | 64 (12.7) | ||
| Sexual identity | 0.166 | 0.526 | ||||
| Gay | 426 (88.8) | 381 (84.9) | 371 (87.5) | 436 (86.3) | ||
| Bisexual | 42 (8.8) | 49 (10.9) | 42 (9.9) | 49 (9.7) | ||
| Other | 12 (2.5) | 19 (4.2) | 11 (2.6) | 20 (4.0) | ||
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Yes mean (SD) |
No mean (SD) |
p |
Yes mean (SD) |
No mean (SD) |
p | |
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| Age | 21.0 (0.1) | 20.4 (0.1) | 0.000 | 20.9 (0.1) | 20.5 (0.1) | 0.000 |
| Internalized homonegativity | 2.2 (0.0) | 2.5 (0.0) | 0.002 | 2.2 (0.0) | 2.5 (0.0) | 0.001 |
| Outness | 4.4 (0.0) | 4.1 (0.1) | 0.000 | 4.4 (0.0) | 4.1 (0.1) | 0.000 |
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| Environmental | ||||||
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Yes n (%) |
No n (%) |
p |
Yes n (%) |
No n (%) |
p | |
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| Institution type | 0.564 | 0.388 | ||||
| Community college/technical or business school | 109 (23.3) | 104 (23.4) | 102 (24.7) | 111 (22.3) | ||
| Liberal arts college | 41 (8.8) | 48 (10.8) | 39 (9.4) | 50 (10.4) | ||
| State university | 220 (47.1) | 213 (48.0) | 185 (44.8) | 248 (49.8) | ||
| Private university | 97 (20.8) | 79 (17.8) | 87 (21.0) | 89 (17.9) | ||
| Community’s population density | 0.045 | 0.002 | ||||
| Rural | 126 (26.3) | 145 (32.2) | 102 (24.1) | 169 (33.4) | ||
| Urban | 354 (73.8) | 305 (67.8) | 322 (75.9) | 337 (66.6) | ||
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Yes mean (SD) |
No mean (SD) |
p |
Yes mean (SD) |
No mean (SD) |
p | |
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| Community’s acceptance of homosexuality | 3.7 (0.0) | 3.7 (0.0) | 0.402 | 3.8 (0.0) | 3.7 (0.0) | 0.100 |
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Yes mean (SD) |
No mean (SD) |
p |
Yes mean (SD) |
No mean (SD) |
p | |
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| No. protected male anal sex partners last 3 months | 1.5 (0.1) | 0.7 (0.1) | 0.000 | 1.6 (0.1) | 0.7 (0.1) | 0.000 |
| No. unprotected male anal sex partners last 3 months | 0.8 (0.1) | 0.6 (0.1) | 0.142 | 0.8 (0.1) | 0.6 (0.1) | 0.111 |
Note: Fisher’s exact tests were used when expected cell sizes of categorical values were below 5, otherwise statistical significance was calculated using Pearson’s chi-square tests. A total of 397 of the participants tested annually for HIV and STIs.