Table 2.

Correlation matrix among variables of interest

		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Mean (SD)
1	Number of hours spent online per week	1.00								19.8 (20.7)
2	Number of sex partners in the last month	−0.01	1.00							1.6 (0.9)
3	Using shared needles in the past month	−0.02	0.39**	1.00						1.4 (1.4)
4	Perceived HIV risk	−0.08	0.40**	0.29**	1.00					2.1 (1.02)
5	Search online for general information	0.33**	−0.04	0.09	−0.02	1.00				3.7 (1.1)
6	Searching online for health-related information	.163**	0.03	0.07	0.05	0.54**	1.00			2.9 (1.1)
7	Search online for sexual partners	0.13*	0.26**	0.11	0.28**	0.10	0.13*	1.00		1.5 (0.9)
8	Online HIV information seeking behavior	0.08	0.16**	0.07	.116*	0.17**	0.35**	0.33**	1	1.8 (0.9)

^**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).

^*Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).