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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2017 Sep 1;76(1):13–22. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000001463

TABLE 3.

Multivariable assessing which sociocontextual factor predict differences across clusters between social capital and selected indicators along the HIV care continuum in Philadelphia, PA Census Tracts (N=378), 2007–2011

Social capital and late HIV diagnosis
  Type of clustering HH LL LH HL
 Variable (Inter quartile range) N=33 N=67 N=23 N=27
IRR (95% CI)
Male to female ratio (0.77, 1.00)0.89
Percent black (9.64, 85.17)48.79 0.73 (0.29, 1.79) 0.46 (0.20, 1.07) 0.33 (0.13, 0.85) REF
Percent 16 older unemployed (8.35, 19.24) 13.67
Percent of families in poverty (7.3, 30.41) 18.76
Percent 25 years older with college education or higher (9.13, 31.2)5 2.93 (0.78, 10.93) 0.17 (0.03, 0.97) 2.03 (0.51, 8.09) REF
Median household income ($25,084, $50,732)$40,868 2.19 (0.48, 10.03) 0.04 (0.01, 0.32) 0.02 (0.00, 0.15) REF
Income inequality (Gini coefficient) (0.41, 0.49)0.46 1.09 (0.38, 3.10) 0.29 (0.83, 1.46) 0.16 (0.05, 0.50) REF
Density of HIV testing/treatment centers, per square mile (0, 1.53)1.50
Density of alcohol outlets, per square mile (2.10, 7.09)5.78 0.28 (0.11, 0.70) 2.13 (0.71, 7.50) 1.10 (0.44, 2.73) REF
Social capital and linkage to HIV care
  Type of clustering HH LL LH HL
 Variable (Inter quartile range)214 N=35 N=48 N=50 N=31
IRR (95% CI)
Male to female ratio (0.77, 1.00)1
Percent black (9.64, 85.17)43.61 REF 2.05 (0.94, 4.43) 1.04 (0.52, 2.09) 2.26 (1.10, 4.61)
Percent 16 older unemployed (8.35, 19.24) 13.76
Percent of families in poverty (7.3, 30.41) 18.67
Percent 25 years older with college education or higher (9.13, 31.2) 25.89
Median household income ($25,084, $50,732)$48,0448 REF 0.01 (0.01, 0.03) 0.04 (0.01, 0.14) 0.66 (0.27, 1.58)
Income inequality (Gini coefficient) (0.41, 0.49)0.46 REF 0.28 (0.10, 0.77) 0.28 (0.10, 0.74) 1.27 (0.54, 3.02)
Density of HIV testing/treatment centers, per square mile (0, 1.53)1.00 REF 1.10 (0.38, 3.17) 0.51 (0.17, 1.57) 2.41 (0.91, 6.41)
Density of alcohol outlets, per square mile (2.10, 7.09)5.04 REF 2.48 (0.82, 7.46) 3.12 (1.19, 8.13) 0.74 (0.30, 1.82)

Social Capital is X and HIV is Y, for the clustering patterns. HH=High-High, LL=Low-Low, LH=Low-High, HL=High-Low.

Factors in bold font are statistically significant at p <.05