. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 5.

Published in final edited form as: Sex Health. 2008 Sep;5(3):243–250. doi: 10.1071/sh07051

Table 1.

Multivariate predictors of overall risk-enhancing preferences sought by men who placed ads seeking unprotected sex with other men

Predictor variable	b(β)	Statistical significance
Age	−0.02(0.12)	P = 0.0001
Race = African American	−0.31(0.05)	P = 0.0341
Self-identification as ‘bottom’ or ‘versatile bottom’	0.60(0.20)	P = 0.0001
Does not care about potential partner’s HIV serostatus	0.46(0.15)	P = 0.0001
Prefers having sex while under the influence of drugs	0.25(0.08)	P = 0.0022
HIV serostatus = HIV-negative	−0.25(0.08)	P = 0.0081
Level of seriousness of site usage	0.03(0.16)	P = 0.0001
R-squared	0.138	P = 0.0001