Table 4.

Logistic regression models examining whether migration to affirm their sexual orientation (model A) and to avoid persecution (model B) are associated with becoming HIV-positive after controlling for demographic characteristics, time living in US and country of origin

n = 276	Model for migration to affirm their sexual orientation			Model for migration to avoid persecution
	B (SE)a	Odds ratio	95% CI	B (SE)a	Odds ratio	95% CI
Intercept	−4.03 (0.99)	-	-	−4.22(1.01)	-	-
Age	0.05 (0.03)	1.05	0.99–1.10	0.05 (0.03)	1.05	0.99–1.10
Monthly Income in the US (ref=>$1600)
< $1,600	−0.78 (0.38)*	0.46	0.22–0.96	−0.74 (0.38)	0.48	0.22–1.01
Education (ref=less than high school)
Completed high school/GED or vocational school	−0.47 (0.53)	0.95	0.34–2.71	−0.26 (0.55)	0.77	0.26–2.26
Some college	0.10 (0.54)	1.11	0.38–3.19	0.09 (0.54)	1.10	0.38–3.18
Completed college	−0.25 (0.53)	0.78	0.28–2.21	−0.28 (0.54)	0.75	0.26–2.18
Graduate school	−0.73 (0.69)	0.48	0.13–1.85	−0.74 (0.70)	0.48	0.12–1.88
Time living in USA	0.12 (0.03)***	1.13	1.06–1.20	0.13 (0.03)***	1.13	1.07–1.20
Country of birth (ref=Dominican)
Brazilian	−0.27 (0.46)	0.76	0.31–1.89	−0.32 (0.46)	0.73	0.29–1.81
Colombian	−0.01 (0.42)	1.01	0.45–2.28	−0.06 (0.42)	0.94	0.42–2.14
Sexual migration (ref=no)
To affirm their sexual orientation: “to live my homosexual life more openly” and/or “to live with a lover or boyfriend”	0.29 (0.34)	1.32	0.69–2.58	-	-	-
To avoid persecution: to escape violence or persecution due to being gay	-	-	-	1.13 (0.44)**	3.09	1.30–7.36

^aStandard error (SE)

^*p < 0.05

^**p < 0.01

^***p < 0.001