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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Commun. 2016 Jun 23;21(7):809–817. doi: 10.1080/10810730.2016.1177139

Table 3.

Bivariate Logistic Regression of Social Media Characteristics and HIV Related Behaviors (n=829)

Sex Partner Online
Concurrent Sex
Protective Sex (with condom)
Recent HIV Test
OR CI OR CI OR CI OR CI




SNS Use (Daily=1) 1.34 0.96 1.86 # 0.67 0.5 0.91 ** 0.91 0.68 1.22 1.5 1.12 2 **
Who do you talk to on SNS’s
 Street Friends 1.3 1.01 1.77 * 1.46 1.12 1.9 ** 0.84 0.65 1.09 0.89 0.68 1.16
 Boyfriend/Girlfriend/Partner 1.28 0.95 1.7 1.3 0.99 1.7 0.88 0.68 1.15 1.38 1.06 1.81 *
 People Met Online 0.94 0.65 1.37 1.03 0.74 1.44 1.24 0.91 1.7 1.43 1.04 1.96 *
 Family1 0.88 0.66 1.17 0.99 0.76 1.28 1.05 0.78 1.28 1.08 0.84 1.39
 Caseworkers/Socialworkers/Staff 0.63 0.39 1.03 0.83 0.51 1.37 0.97 0.61 1.53 1.66 1.06 2.63 *
 Friends from home 1.15 0.88 1.51 1.22 0.94 1.6 1.04 0.81 1.34 1.18 0.91 1.52
What do you talk about on SNS’s
 Drinking, drugs, partying 0.98 0.7 1.36 2 1.55 2.74 **** 1.05 0.8 1.4 1.17 0.88 1.55
 Practicing safer sex 0.55 0.32 0.96 * 1.01 0.58 1.75 1.78 1.06 2.9 * 2.76 1.63 4.67 ****
 Being homeless 1.13 0.78 1.64 1.6 1.17 2.2 ** 1.01 0.74 1.39 1.02 0.74 1.4
 School/Work 0.88 0.62 1.25 1.04 0.75 1.43 1.43 1.06 1.93 * 1.16 0.85 1.57
 Sex 1.8 1.04 3.1 * 1.01 0.58 1.75 1.12 0.82 1.53 1.24 0.9 1.7
 Family Issues 0.7 0.52 0.96 * 0.94 0.67 1.31 0.83 0.6 1.14 1.06 0.77 1.45
 Goals/Future Plans 0.62 0.41 0.94 * 0.82 0.54 1.23 2.02 1.39 2.94 *** 0.95 0.65 1.41




#

p< .10

*

p<0.05.

**

p<0.01

***

p<0.001

****

p<0.0001