Table 3.

Associations with the perception that HIV testing is mandatory upon entry to the NC prison system, 2010–2011

Characteristic	Level	RR	95% CI	p-value	aRR^a	95% CIs	p-value
Gender	Female	0.87	0.71, 1.05	0.1420
	Male	1

Race	Black	0.92	0.81, 1.03	0.1600
	Other	0.91	0.73, 1.14	0.4018
	White	1

Age group (years)	<25	1.16	0.97, 1.38	0.1065	1.45	1.24, 1.71	<.0001
	25 – 40	1.20	1.03, 1.39	0.0196	1.14	0.99, 1.33	0.0768
	41+	1			1

Education	< HS	1.03	0.88, 1.20	0.7513
	HS or GED	1.05	0.90, 1.22	0.5475
	>HS	1

Prior Incarcerations	Yes	1.09	0.92, 1.28	0.3215
	No	1

Risk Perception^a	High	0.90	0.67, 1.21	0.4710
	Moderate	1.12	0.99, 1.26	0.0680
	Low	1

HIV testing prior to this incarceration	Yes	1.06	0.91, 1.24	0.4430
	No	1

Admission prison	M1	1			1
	M2	1.14	0.87, 1.51	0.3457	1.05	0.77, 1.44	0.7414
	M3	1.18	0.90, 1.55	0.2418	1.08	0.80, 1.45	0.6201
	M4	1.32	1.01, 1.74	0.0452	1.19	0.87, 1.63	0.2783
	M5	0.53	0.34, 0.81	0.0039	0.41	0.27, 0.63	<.0001
	F1	0.89	0.59, 1.34	0.5764	0.89	0.60, 1.33	0.5736
	F2	1.01	0.72, 1.42	0.9399	0.99	0.72, 1.36	0.9594

HIV Knowledge^b	Low	0.92	0.73, 1.15	0.4594
	High

HIV Course in Prison	Attended	1.35	1.18, 1.55	<.0001	1.08	0.88, 1.31	0.4708
	Not Attended	1			1

Preferred testing policy	Mandatory	2.49	1.51, 2.49	<.0001	1.81	1.41, 2.31	<.0001
	Voluntary	1			1

Note: Boldface indicates statistical significance, p <0.05

aRR, adjusted relative risk; CI, confidence interval; F, female prison; HS, high school; GED, General Equivalency Diploma; M, male prison;

Risk perception: I don’t do things that put me at risk for HIV: Disagree a lot (= High), Agree a little or Disagree a little ( = Moderate), Agree a lot (= Low)

“Low” defined as a mean score of < 0.5 and represents the 10^th percentile or lower