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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 20.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Transm Dis. 2017 Sep;44(9):565–570. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000655

TABLE 3.

Bivariate and Multivariate Associations With Concurrent Male Sexual Partnerships

Variable % concurrent OR (95% CI) P aOR (95% CI) P
Age, y
 18–19 72.8 1.0 0.4747 1.0 0.7892
 20–24 58.7 1.9 (0.9–4.0) 1.5 (0.7–3.3)
 25–29 62.1 1.6 (0.6–4.2) 1.9 (0.6–5.8)
 30–34 53.5 2.3 (0.7–7.4) 1.3 (0.4–4.4)
 ≥ 35 56.3 2.1 (0.8–5.7) 1.2 (0.4–3.6)
Highest level of education
 Less than primary 29.6 1.0 0.0198 1.0 0.0094
 Primary 63.2 0.3 (0.1–0.7) 0.2 (0.1–0.6)
 Secondary 63.6 0.2 (0.1–0.6) 0.3 (0.1–0.6)
 University 64.4 0.2 (0.1–0.6) 0.3 (0.1–0.7)
Marital status to a woman
 Never married 61.8 1.0 0.2131
 Married, divorced, separated, or widowed 48.5 1.7 (0.7–4.0)
Problematic consumption of alcohol (AUDIT-C score greater than or equal to 4)
 Yes 60.9 1.0 0.8899
 No 59.8 1.0 (0.5–1.9)
Recreational use of noninjectable drugs
 Yes 45.7 1.0 0.2548
 No 61.3 0.5 (0.2–1.6)
Sexuality
 Gay/homosexual 63.1 1.0 0.4857
 Bisexual/straight 58.7 1.2 (0.7–2.0)
People informed of same-sex behaviors
 MSM and non-MSM 64.5 1.0 0.0477 1.0 0.0385
 Only MSM 50.1 1.8 (1.0–3.3) 1.9 (1.0–3.5)
Have a profile on an MSM website
 Yes 66.8 1.0 0.6509
 No 60.5 1.3 (0.4–4.3)
High internalized homophobia (above the mean: 2.45)
 Yes 66.5 1.0 0.1264
 No 56.9 1.5 (0.9–2.5)
Low social cohesion (below the mean: 2.88)
 No 67.9 1.0 0.0167 1.0 0.0542
 Yes 52.9 0.5 (0.3–0.9) 0.6 (0.3–1.0)
Total no. male sex partners in the last 6 mo
 1 56.5 1.0 0.0540 1.0 0.0631
 2 80.7 0.4 (0.2–0.8) 0.4 (0.2–0.8)
 3+ 66.3 0.9 (0.5–1.6) 0.8 (0.5–1.5)
Unprotected anal intercourse during last sex with a male
 Yes 55.7 1.0 0.3616
 No 62.2 1.3 (0.7–2.3)
Given a man money, goods, or services in exchange for sex
 Yes 60.3 1.0 0.9445
 No 60.8 1.0 (0.6–1.8)
Ever experienced forced sex
 Yes 73.0 1.0 0.0617 1.0 0.4204
 No 58.5 1.9 (1.0–3.8) 1.4 (0.6–2.8)
Had oral, vaginal, or anal sex with a woman
 Yes 59.4 1.0 0.1988
 No 68.6 0.7 (0.4–1.2)
Had an STI in the past 12 mo
 Yes 68.5 1.0 0.3319
 No 59.5 1.5 (0.8–3.3)
Tested for HIV in the last 12 mo
 Yes 67.2 1.0 0.0499 1.0 0.2027
 No 54.9 1.7 (1.0–2.8) 1.4 (0.8–2.5)
Knows someone with HIV
 Yes 75.9 1.0 0.0066 1.0 0.0109
 No 57.2 2.4 (1.3–4.4) 2.6 (1.2–5.3)
Complete knowledge of HIV
 Yes 63.4 1.0 0.3334
 No 57.2 1.3 (0.8–2.2)
HIV status
 Negative 60.0 1.0 0.5597
 Positive 65.4 0.8 (0.4–1.7)
Unaware
 Yes 57.4 1.0 0.3560
 No 76.0 2.1 (0.4–10.2)