Table 4:
Individual, partner and partnership characteristics and cognitive factors predictive of consistency of condom use during receptive anal intercourse for women and men who have sex with men (MSM), Safe in the City Trial, 2003-5.a,b
| Covariate | Women (N=171) | MSM (N=184) | ||||
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| 0%-99% (N=133) |
100% (N=38) |
0%-99% (N=114) |
100% (N=70) |
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| INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS | Mean SD | Mean SD | p | Mean SD | Mean SD | p |
| Respondent’s age | 27.6 ± 7.7 | 29.9 ± 10.5 | 0.3404 | 31.3 ± 8.7 | 30.9 ± 8.5 | 0.7047 |
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| Total number of sex partners | 2.5 ± 3.3 | 2.8 ± 4.8 | 0.8774 | 4.9 ± 5.3 | 5.2 ± 7.7 | 0.5437 |
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| Respondent’s risk for STI/HIV | 2.5 ± 1.0 | 2.6 ± 1.1 | 0.3585 | 2.8 ± 0.9 | 2.6 ± 0.8 | 0.0549 |
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| COGNITIVE FACTORS | ||||||
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| Intention to use condoms with all partners | 2.2 ± 0.5 | 2.5 ± 0.4 | 0.0030 | 2.1 ± 0.5 | 2.6 ± 0.5 | <.0001 |
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| Intention for safer-sex behaviors with all partners | 2.0 ± 0.5 | 2.0 ± 0.5 | 0.7270 | 1.9 ± 0.5 | 1.9 ± 0.6 | 0.7491 |
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| Condom use knowledge | 0.9 ± 0.2 | 0.8 ± 0.2 | 0.5168 | 0.9 ± 0.1 | 0.9 ± 0.1 | 0.3035 |
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| STI knowledge | 0.7 ± 0.2 | 0.7 ± 0.2 | 0.8057 | 0.8 ± 0.2 | 0.8 ± 0.2 | 0.8665 |
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| Comfort level in obtaining condoms | 0.8 ± 0.2 | 0.8 ± 0.2 | 0.9374 | 0.9 ± 0.2 | 0.9 ± 0.2 | 0.7208 |
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| Condom use beliefs | 2.2 ± 1.0 | 2.5 ± 1.0 | 0.0734 | 2.0 ± 0.9 | 2.5 ± 1.0 | 0.0010 |
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| Ability to stop having sex without condoms | 2.6 ± 0.9 | 3.1 ± 0.8 | 0.0031 | 2.5 ± 0.9 | 3.1 ± 0.6 | <.0001 |
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| Partner support for condom use | 2.6 ± 0.9 | 3.0 ± 0.7 | 0.0131 | 2.6 ± 0.8 | 3.2 ± 0.7 | <.0001 |
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| Condom use self-efficacy in the partnership | 2.5 ± 1.1 | 3.1 ± 1.0 | 0.0037 | 2.6 ± 1.0 | 3.5 ± 0.7 | <.0001 |
a
P-values are given for two-sided Wilcoxon rank-sum test with t-approximation
b
For some covariates, valid N is smaller than indicated due to missing values