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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Behav. 2019 May;23(5):1353–1367. doi: 10.1007/s10461-019-02391-1

Table 3:

Social Network Factors, SNS/Technology Use, and Trans Status Association with HIV Risk Behaviors through Robust Hierarchical Logistic Regression

No Technology Use with Alters Technology Use with Alters
Outcome: HIV Risk Behaviors Trans Alters Cisgender Alters Trans Alters Cisgender Alters
aOR 95% CI Sig. aOR 95% CI Sig. aOR 95% CI Sig. aOR 95% CI Sig.
Age (in years) 0.92 0.88 – 0.97 p =0.001 0.93 0.89 – 0.97 p = 0.001 0.96 0.93 – 0.99 p = 0.045 0.95 0.92 – 0.98 p = 0.002
Racial/Ethnic Identity
 Hispanic/Latina ref. cat. ref. cat. ref. cat. ref. cat.
 African American/Black 0.77 0.20 – 3.01 p =0.709 0.52 0.15 – 1.82 p = 0.304 0.70 0.27 – 1.81 p = 0.460 0.56 0.23 – 1.34 p = 0.193
 Non-Black/Non-Hispanic 1.23 0.32 – 4.66 p =0.762 0.59 0.15 – 1.83 p = 0.440 0.79 0.27 – 2.28 p = 0.657 0.64 0.23 – 1.80 p = 0.394
Education Level
 Less than High School/GED ref. cat. ref. cat. ref. cat. ref. cat.
 High School/GED 3.07 0.83 – 11.34 p =0.093 1.39 0.38 – 5.14 p = 0.623 0.56 0.22 – 1.40 p = 0.213 0.69 0.30 – 1.61 p = 0.393
 Greater than High School/GED 3.49 0.75 – 16.13 p =0.110 1.17 0.32 – 4.31 p = 0.814 1.47 0.46 – 4.74 p = 0.520 0.67 0.26 – 1.73 p = 0.410
Homelessness
 Yes 5.36 0.36 – 80.80 p =0.225 67.79 0.57 – 8087.38 p = 0.084 7.25 1.17 – 45.0 p = 0.033 6.61 1.25 – 34.9 p = 0.026
Alter Homophily
 Risk Behavior Homophily 7.12 0.34 −149.83 p =0.207 0.32 0.01 – 13.78 p = 0.552 5.87 1.33 – 25.8 p = 0.019 4.10 1.27 – 13.2 p = 0.018
Social Network Characteristics
 Size 1.01 0.73 – 1.38 p =0.976 0.79 0.59 – 1.07 p = 0.127 1.02 0.96 – 1.08 p = 0.569 1.03 0.97 – 1.10 p = 0.331
 Density 0.99 0.76 – 1.30 p =0.951 0.98 0.70 – 1.38 p = 0.913 1.10 0.91 – 1.33 p = 0.340 1.21 1.03 – 1.42 p = 0.022
 Duration 1.05 0.99 – 1.12 p =0.091 0.99 0.93 – 1.06 p = 0.930 1.01 0.96 – 1.05 p = 0.820 1.00 0.97 – 1.02 p = 0.682
Social Network Variables Interaction Effects
 Size*Homophily 0.96 0.70 – 1.32 p =0.798 1.21 0.89 – 1.65 p = 0.223 0.94 0.88 – 1.02 p = 0.121 0.96 0.89 – 1.04 p = 0.382
 Density*Homophily 1.04 0.78 – 1.39 p =0.792 1.05 0.73 – 1.51 p = 0.796 0.93 0.75 – 1.13 p = 0.469 0.80 0.67 – 0.97 p = 0.020
 Duration*Homophily 0.92 0.85 – 0.99 p =0.022 0.99 0.93 – 1.06 p = 0.797 1.01 0.95 – 1.08 p = 0.644 1.01 0.98 – 1.04 p = 0.554

Trans/No Tech: Wald χ2(13) = 24.28; p =0.029; Pseudo R2 = 0.2546; Not Trans/No Tech: Wald χ2(13) = 30.95; p =0.003; Pseudo R2 = 0.2983

Trans/Tech Use: Wald χ2(13) = 19.99; p =0.096; Pseudo R2 = 0.1354; Not Trans/Tech Use: Wald χ2(13) = 24.78; p =0.027; Pseudo R2 = 0.1204;

Bold indicates α ≤ 0.10.