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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 4.

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

Sex Partner Online
Concurrent Sex
Protected Sex (with condom)
Recent HIV Test
OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI




Demographics
 Age 1.05 0.97 1.13 1.01 0.93 1.08 0.95 0.88 1.02 1.00 0.93 1.07
 Female (Male=1) 1.68 0.93 3.05 0.72 0.52 1.00 0.88 0.61 1.27 0.80 0.57 1.12
 LGBQ (Heterosexual=1) 0.55 0.37 0.80 ** 0.79 0.57 1.11 0.95 0.69 1.32 0.61 0.43 0.86 **
Race/Ethnicity (Ref=White)
 Latino 1.10 0.65 1.89 1.04 0.63 1.73 1.02 0.60 1.73 1.06 0.65 1.73
 African-American 1.11 0.70 1.75 0.71 0.45 1.12 1.39 0.90 2.14 1.20 0.80 1.81
 Other Race 0.99 0.64 1.54 0.99 0.66 1.50 1.07 0.70 1.64 1.18 0.79 1.77
Recruitment Site
Housing 1.14 0.78 1.66 1.03 0.72 1.47 1.00 0.70 1.43 1.65 1.17 2.32 ***
 Literal Homelessness 1.48 1.00 2.19 1.26 0.87 1.82 0.88 0.60 1.30 0.97 0.66 1.42
SNS Use (Daily=1) 1.28 0.90 1.81 0.73 0.52 1.02 __ __ __ 0.73 0.52 1.03
Who do you talk to on SNS’s
   Street Friends 1.20 0.86 1.68 1.07 0.77 1.49 __ __ __ __ __ __
   Boyfriend/Girlfriend/Partner __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ 1.10 0.81 1.50
   People Met Online __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ 1.23 0.83 1.81
   Family1 __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
   Caseworkers/Socialworkers/Staff __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
   Friends from home __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ 1.34 0.81 2.20
What do you talk about on SNS’s
   Drinking, drugs, partying __ __ __ 1.97 1.41 2.76 ****
   Practicing safer sex 0.37 0.25 0.56 **** __ __ __ 1.93 1.30 2.85 * 2.00 1.14 3.53 **
   Being homeless __ __ __ 1.09 0.75 1.57 __ __ __ __ __ __
   School/Work __ __ __ __ __ __ 1.21 0.85 1.72 __ __ __
   Sex 1.95 1.37 2.78 **** __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
  Family Issues 0.72 0.49 1.05 __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
  Goals/Future Plans 0.73 0.47 1.15 __ __ __ 2.35 1.57 3.51 **** __ __ __





n 792 779 779 809
 AIC 938.05 993.33 987.65 1061.33
 SC 1008.17 1054.10 1053.10 1122.37
 -2 log likelihood 908.05 967.33 959.65 1035.327
 Wald chi-square 57.72**** 14b 37.47*** 12b 38.38*** 12b 37.96*** 12b

Note

AIC = Akaike information criterion; LGBQ = lesbian, gay, bisexual, or questioning; CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio; SC = Schwarz criterion;

b

df = degrees of freedom

*

p<0.05

**

p<0.01

***

p<0.001

****

p<0.0001