Table 2.
Factors associated with waiting and seeing if potential STI symptoms passed1
| Bivariate | Multivariate | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
No M (SD)/n (%) |
Yes M (SD)/n (%) |
OR | 95% CI | p value | AOR | 95% CI | p value | |
| Sociodemographic characteristics | ||||||||
| Age (in years) | 26.4 (6.76) | 25.0 (6.44) | 0.97 | 0.94, 1.00 | .034 | |||
| Race | ||||||||
| Black | 329 (71.4) | 132 (28.6) | REF | REF | ||||
| Colored | 53 (73.6) | 19 (26.4) | 0.92 | 0.53, 1.61 | .766 | 1.08 | 0.54, 2.16 | .819 |
| Other | 40 (76.9) | 12 (23.1) | 0.76 | 0.39, 1.49 | .421 | 2.01 | 0.83, 4.89 | .122 |
| Education | ||||||||
| Low | 187 (70.3) | 79 (29.7) | REF | |||||
| High | 234 (73.6) | 84 (26.4) | 0.85 | 0.59, 1.22 | .378 | |||
| Ever married | ||||||||
| No | 385 (71.4) | 154 (28.6) | REF | |||||
| Yes | 39 (81.3) | 9 (18.8) | 0.58 | 0.27, 1.22 | .150 | |||
| Country | ||||||||
| South Africa | 251 (70.5) | 105 (29.5) | REF | REF | ||||
| Botswana | 41 (80.4) | 10 (19.6) | 0.61 | 0.30, 1.25 | .177 | 0.65 | 0.24, 1.80 | .411 |
| Namibia | 74 (66.1) | 38 (33.9) | 1.44 | 0.93, 2.24 | .107 | 1.31 | 0.69, 2.50 | .410 |
| Zimbabwe | 58 (85.3) | 10 (14.7) | 0.41 | 0.21, 0.83 | .013 | 0.21 | 0.08, 0.58 | .003 |
| Regular income | ||||||||
| No | 211 (70.8) | 87 (29.2) | REF | |||||
| Yes | 205 (73.2) | 75 (26.8) | 0.89 | 0.62, 1.28 | .519 | |||
| Medical Aid | ||||||||
| No | 258 (69.7) | 112 (30.3) | REF | REF | ||||
| Yes | 161 (76.3) | 50 (23.7) | 0.72 | 0.49, 1.05 | .090 | 0.63 | 0.37, 1.07 | .087 |
| Psychosocial characteristics | ||||||||
| Sexual identity | ||||||||
| Lesbian or gay | 321 (71.7) | 127 (28.3) | REF | |||||
| Other | 102 (75.0) | 34 (25.0) | 0.84 | 0.54, 1.31 | .444 | |||
| Gender role identity | ||||||||
| Masculinity | 2.53 (1.23) | 2.66 (1.20) | 1.09 | 0.94, 1.26 | .272 | |||
| Femininity | 2.99 (1.30) | 2.77 (1.23) | 0.88 | 0.76, 1.01 | .073 | |||
| Concealment of sexual orientation | 2.05 (0.87) | 2.08 (0.88) | 1.04 | 0.84, 1.27 | .741 | |||
| Internalized homophobia | 1.59 (0.68) | 1.56 (0.61) | 0.93 | 0.70, 1.23 | .601 | 0.69 | 0.46, 1.04 | .075 |
| Sense of belonging | ||||||||
| Sense of belonging to community | 2.89 (0.67) | 2.77 (0.62) | 0.77 | 0.58, 1.01 | .061 | |||
| Sense of belonging to LGBT community | 3.26 (0.61) | 3.24 (0.59) | 0.94 | 0.69, 1.27 | .676 | |||
| Sexual experience | ||||||||
| No. of female partners in past 3 months | ||||||||
| 0 partners | 55 (87.3) | 8 (12.7) | REF | REF | ||||
| 1 partner | 234(75.2) | 77 (24.8) | 0.68 | 0.47, 0.99 | .041 | 1.99 | 0.76, 5.22 | .161 |
| 2 or more partners | 108 (60.3) | 71 (39.7) | 2.24 | 1.52, 3.29 | <.001 | 3.26 | 1.21, 8.81 | .020 |
| Consensual sex with man in past 3 months | ||||||||
| No | 347 (71.5) | 138 (28.5) | REF | |||||
| Yes | 77 (75.5) | 25 (24.5) | 0.82 | 0.50, 1.34 | .419 | |||
| Forced sex with women | ||||||||
| No | 361 (73.2) | 132 (26.8) | REF | REF | ||||
| Yes | 63 (67.0) | 31 (33.0) | 1.35 | 0.84, 2.16 | .219 | 1.61 | 0.81, 3.21 | .177 |
| Forced sex with men | ||||||||
| No | 311 (70.4) | 131 (29.6) | REF | REF | ||||
| Yes | 113 (77.9) | 32 (22.1) | 0.67 | 0.43, 1.05 | .079 | 0.44 | 0.23, 0.83 | .001 |
| Transactional sex with woman | ||||||||
| No | 363 (72.9) | 135 (27.1) | REF | |||||
| Yes | 61 (68.5) | 28 (31.5) | 1.23 | 0.76, 2.01 | .399 | |||
| Transactional sex with man | ||||||||
| No | 379 (72.2) | 146 (27.8) | REF | |||||
| Yes | 45 (72.6) | 17 (27.4) | 0.98 | 0.54, 1.77 | .948 | |||
| Sexual health | ||||||||
| Ever received STI/HIV information specifically for WSM | ||||||||
| No | 265 (73.8) | 94 (26.2) | REF | |||||
| Yes | 159 (69.7) | 69 (30.3) | 1.22 | 0.85, 1.77 | .282 | |||
| STI knowledge | 1.34 (0.69) | 1.47 (0.75) | 1.29 | 1.01, 1.66 | .046 | |||
| Knowledge about HIV transmission | 7.53 (1.48) | 7.41 (1.51) | 0.95 | 0.83, 1.07 | .373 | |||
| Perceived risk of HIV | ||||||||
| No risk | 268 (76.1) | 84 (23.9) | REF | |||||
| Some risk | 145 (66.2) | 74 (33.8) | 1.63 | 1.12, 2.36 | .010 | |||
| No. of STI symptoms in past year | 1.57 (2.04) | 2.57 (2.38) | 1.22 | 1.12, 1.33 | <.001 | 1.20 | 1.07, 1.34 | .002 |
| Diagnosed STI in past year | ||||||||
| No | 398 (73.6) | 143 (26.4) | REF | |||||
| Yes | 26 (56.5) | 20 (43.5) | 2.14 | 1.16, 3.95 | .015 | |||
| Ever tested for HIV | ||||||||
| No | 76 (61.3) | 48 (38.7) | REF | REF | ||||
| Yes | 348 (75.2) | 115 (24.8) | 0.52 | 0.34, 0.80 | .002 | 0.47 | 0.27, 0.82 | .007 |
| Self-Reported HIV status | ||||||||
| Positive | 27 (65.9) | 14 (34.1) | REF | |||||
| Negative or don’t know | 397 (72.7) | 149 (27.3) | 0.72 | 0.37, 1.42 | .346 | |||
| Mental distress | ||||||||
| Frequency of alcohol consumption | 1.63 (1.48) | 1.86 (1.49) | 1.11 | 0.98, 1.26 | .113 | |||
| Ever used drugs | ||||||||
| No drug | 231 (78.8) | 62 (21.2) | REF | REF | ||||
| Some drug | 193 (65.6) | 101 (34.4) | 1.95 | 1.35, 2.82 | <.001 | 2.31 | 1.41, 3.76 | .001 |
| Mental distress | 2.08 (0.87) | 2.24 (0.85) | 1.25 | 1.01, 1.53 | .037 | 1.24 | 1.92, 1.66 | .159 |
| Health Care | ||||||||
| Being open about orientation to medical providers | 2.86 (1.07) | 2.60 (1.09) | 0.79 | 0.66, 0.94 | .009 | 0.77 | 0.59, 1.00 | .050 |
| Expected positive impact of disclosing orientation to medical provider | 2.90 (1.04) | 2.65 (1.09) | 0.80 | 0.68, 0.95 | .011 | 0.83 | 0.64, 1.07 | .142 |
1.
Due to missing values, not all numbers add up to 591. For range of scale scores, see Table 1.