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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 4.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2021 May 13;279:113913. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.113913

Table 2.

Association between neighborhood social cohesion and sexual risk behaviors by religious participation (N = 354)

Outcomes
In the previous 12 months
Alcohol in the context of sex Drugs in the context of sex Condomless anal sex with casual partners Six or more casual sex partners Group sex Asked partner’s HIV status

aPR (95% CI) aPR (95% CI) aPR (95% CI) aPR (95% CI) aPR (95% CI) aPR (95% CI)
Neighborhood Cohesion, tertiles
 High (Q3) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Medium (Q2) 1.22 (0.89, 1.67) 1.06 (0.74, 1.53) 1.41 (0.94, 2.10) 1.35 (0.77, 2.36) 1.10 (0.62, 1.96) 1.05 (0.85, 1.29)
 Low (Q1) 1.56 (1.16, 2.11)** 1.34 (0.95, 1.89) 1.55 (1.03, 2.32)* 1.01 (0.56, 1.84) 0.99 (0.54, 1.80) 0.91 (0.73, 1.15)

Stratified by religious participation
High (≥10) (n=203)
Neighborhood Cohesion
 High (Q3) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Medium (Q2) 1.16 (0.76, 1.77) 1.06 (0.66, 1.71) 1.31 (0.75, 2.30) 0.95 (0.45, 2.00) 0.76 (0.35, 1.64) 1.02 (0.79, 1.33)
 Low (Q1) 1.52 (0.99, 2.31) 1.46 (0.89, 2.40) 1.63 (0.95, 2.80) 0.94 (0.41, 2.15) 1.05 (0.47, 2.33) 0.93 (0.70, 1.25)
Low (2-9) (n=143)
Neighborhood Cohesion
 High (Q3) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Medium (Q2) 1.25 (0.76, 2.06) 0.86 (0.48, 1.55) 1.40 (0.77, 2.53) 2.76 (1.10, 6.93)* 1.64 (0.65, 4.10) 1.24 (0.87, 1.75)
 Low (Q1) 1.66 (1.05, 2.62)* 1.07 (0.62, 1.84) 1.29 (0.70, 2.36) 1.31 (0.46, 3.72) 0.98 (0.38, 2.56) 1.02 (0.69, 1.51)

Stratified by religious service attendance
High (n=195)
Neighborhood Cohesion
High (Q3) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Medium (Q2) 1.13 (0.72, 1.78) 0.99 (0.60, 1.64) 1.18 (0.69, 2.02) 0.59 (0.25, 1.38) 0.79 (0.35, 1.80) 1.00 (0.77, 1.29)
Low (Q1) 1.48 (0.95, 2.30) 1.55 (0.95, 2.53) 1.49 (0.89, 2.49) 0.71 (0.31, 1.62) 0.62 (0.27, 1.42) 1.04 (0.80, 1.34)
Low (n=153)
Neighborhood Cohesion
High (Q3) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Medium (Q2) 1.26 (0.81, 1.98) 0.93 (0.56, 1.54) 1.43 (0.80, 2.57) 3.81 (1.29, 11.26)* 0.88 (0.31, 2.44) 1.17 (0.80, 1.71)
Low (Q1) 1.53 (1.01, 2.30)* 1.05 (0.65, 1.71) 1.46 (0.83, 2.58) 1.69 (0.56, 5.14) 1.06 (0.38, 2.91) 0.85 (0.56, 1.29)

Stratified by Private religiosity
High (n=237)
Neighborhood Cohesion
High (Q3) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Medium (Q2) 1.13 (0.77, 1.68) 0.93 (0.61, 1.40) 1.77 (1.03, 3.05)* 1.19 (0.60, 2.36) 0.94 (0.46, 1.91) 1.00 (0.81, 1.25)
Low (Q1) 1.54 (1.05, 2.27)* 1.31 (0.87, 1.99) 1.98 (1.15, 3.38)* 1.03 (0.49, 2.16) 1.03 (0.50, 2.13) 0.79 (0.60, 1.03)
Low (n=110)
Neighborhood Cohesion
High (Q3) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Medium (Q2) 1.24 (0.71, 2.16) 1.19 (0.57, 2.50) 0.98 (0.54, 1.78) 2.38 (1.00, 5.64)* 1.29 (0.41, 4.06) 1.29 (0.77, 2.15)
Low (Q1) 1.47 (0.89, 2.45) 1.25 (0.62, 2.51) 1.05 (0.58, 1.89) 1.12 (0.41, 3.09) 0.87 (0.25, 2.96) 1.25 (0.71, 2.20)
a

Adjusted for age, Hispanic/Latino ethnicity, sexual orientation, education, annual income, employment status, incarceration, recruitment city, and HIV results