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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 5.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Transm Infect. 2012 Feb;88(1):63–68. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2011-050280

Table 2.

Association between incarceration and high-risk sexual partnerships by sex: Monitoring STIs in the Population, 2006-09


5+ partners past year

% PR 95% CI adj PR a 95% CI
WOMEN
 Incarcerated for 24+ hours in past yr (n=55) 16.2 5.6 (2.5, 12.4) 3.4 (1.3, 8.9)
 Incarcerated for 24+ hours >1 yr ago (n=125) 10.7 3.7 (1.8, 7.4) 3.1 (1.5, 6.4)
 Never incarcerated (n=1655) 2.9 1 1
 Partner incarcerated 24+ hrs past yr (n=260) 10.6 7.0 (3.5, 13.8) 4.7 (2.4, 9.0)
 Partner incarcerated >1 year ago (n=379) 6.3 4.2 (2.1, 8.4) 3.2 (1.6, 6.2)
 Partner never incarcerated (n=1184) 1.5 1 1
MEN
 Incarcerated for 24+ hours in past yr (n=103) 28.0 2.8 (1.8, 4.4) 2.1 (1.3, 3.4)
 Incarcerated for 24+ hours >1 yr ago (n=136) 18.1 1.8 (1.2, 2.9) 1.5 (0.8, 2.6)
 Never incarcerated (n=850) 9.9 1 1
 Partner incarcerated 24+ hrs past yr (n=41) 50.5 5.0 (3.3, 7.8) 4.0 (2.6, 6.2)
 Partner incarcerated >1 year ago (n=67) 25.4 2.5 (1.5, 4.2) 2.1 (1.2, 3.5)
 Partner never incarcerated (n=974) 10 1 1

Partner past yr had other partner(s) b

WOMEN
 Incarcerated for 24+ hours in past yr (n=55) 45.5 2.7 (1.9, 4.0) 2.4 (1.6, 3.7)
 Incarcerated for 24+ hours >1 yr ago (n=125) 34.0 2.0 (1.5, 2.8) 1.7 (1.2, 2.4)
 Never incarcerated (n=1657) 16.6 1 1
 Partner incarcerated 24+ hrs past yr (n=262) 38.0 3.3 (2.5, 4.4) 2,6 (2.0, 3.5)
 Partner incarcerated >1 year ago (n=379) 27.5 2.4 (1.8, 3.2) 2.0 (1.5, 2.7)
 Partner never incarcerated (n=1184) 11.4 1 1
MEN
 Incarcerated for 24+ hours in past yr (n=103) 32.2 3.1 (2.0, 4.7) 2.6 (1.7, 4.1)
 Incarcerated for 24+ hours >1 yr ago (n=136) 23.1 2.2 (1.4, 3.4) 1.8 (1.1., 3.0)
 Never incarcerated (n=850) 10.4 1 1
 Partner incarcerated 24+ hrs past yr (n=41) 48.2 4.3 (2.7, 6.8) 3.8 (2.4, 5.9)
 Partner incarcerated >1 year ago (n=67) 35.9 3.2 (2.1, 4.9) 2.6 (1.6, 4.2)
 Partner never incarcerated (n=974) 11.2 1 1
a

PR adjusted for race, age, employment, education, marital status, and illicit drug use (cocaine or injection drugs) in the past year

b

Partner concurrency was assessed from the survey question, "As far as you know, during the past year, did any of your partners have other sexual partners during the time you were having sex with them?"