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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Sex Behav. 2015 May 27;45(6):1403–1410. doi: 10.1007/s10508-015-0508-2

Table 2.

Bivariate and multivariate GEE analysis of factors associated with women reporting having sex with women (WSW) compared to non-WSW (n=557)

Characteristic Unadjusted Adjusted (violence) Adjusted (sexual
violence)

Odds Ratio
(95% CI)
Odds Ratio
(95% CI)
Odds Ratio
(95% CI)
Youth (<22 years)
  (yes vs. no) 4.13 (2.67 – 6.38)a 2.89 (1.81 – 4.60)a 3.00 (1.90 – 4.76)a
Aboriginal ancestry*
  (yes vs. no) 0.63 (0.39 – 1.01) - -
Homelessness
  (yes vs. no) 1.97 (1.43 – 2.71)a 1.42 (1.00 – 2.02)b 1.42 (1.00 – 2.03)b
Education**
  (yes vs. no) 0.96 (0.61 – 1.52) - -
Heavy alcohol use
  (yes vs. no) 2.12 (1.50 – 3.00)a 1.43 (0.99 – 2.08) 1.38 (0.95 – 2.01)
Injection drug use
  (yes vs. no) 0.77 (0.56 – 1.07) - -
Binge drug use
  (yes vs. no) 1.31 (0.99 – 1.74) - -
Any daily heroin
  (yes vs. no) 1.13 (0.78 – 1.62) - -
Any daily cocaine
  (yes vs. no) 0.66 (0.34 – 1.29) - -
Daily methamphetamine
  (yes vs. no) 1.50 (0.79 – 2.84) - -
Daily crack use
  (yes vs. no) 0.93 (0.68 – 1.28) - -
Share syringe or pipe
  (yes vs. no) 1.44 (1.03 – 2.01)b 1.35 (0.92 – 1.98) 1.39 (0.95 – 2.03)
Police harassment without arrest
  (yes vs. no) 1.51 (1.08 – 2.11)b - -
Incarceration
  (yes vs. no) 1.52 (1.04 – 2.23)b - -
Sex work involvement
  (yes vs. no) 1.11 (0.77 – 1.58) - -
Drug/alcohol treatment
  (yes vs. no) 0.57 (0.41 – 0.80)b 0.68 (0.46 – 0.99)b 0.62 (0.42 – 0.90)b
Barriers to treatment
  (yes vs. no) 1.69 (1.09 – 2.60)b - -
Violence
  (yes vs. no) 2.22 (1.58 – 3.11)a 1.78 (1.22 – 2.59)b Excluded
Sexual violence
  (yes vs. no) 4.38 (2.61 – 7.36)a Excluded 3.47 (2.08 – 5.78)a
*

Aboriginal ancestry is defined as self-report of First Nations, Inuit or Métis ancestry,

In the last 6 months,

**

completion of high school education or higher vs. no completion of high school,

>4 drinks per day on average,

a

<0.001,

b

<0.05