Table 4.

Interactions between youth violence and connectedness at Wave I and self-reported sexually transmitted infection at Wave IV

Predictora	Control variablesb AOR (95% CI)	Main effectsc AOR (95% CI)	Interaction effectsc AOR (95% CI)
Biological sex
Male	Referent	Referent	Referent
Female	2.87 (2.51–3.28)	2.92 (2.51–3.40)	2.93 (2.51–3.41)
Age	.96 (.92–1.01)	.95 (.90–.99)	.95 (.90–1.00)
Race/ethnicity
White	Referent	Referent	Referent
African-American	2.46 (2.11–2.86)	2.52 (2.14–2.97)	2.53 (2.14–2.98)
Hispanic/Latino	1.39 (1.11–1.75)	1.40 (1.11–1.78)	1.41 (1.11–1.78)
Other	1.23 (.83–1.83)	1.12 (.78–1.62)	1.13 (.78–1.63)
Parent’s education
Less than high school completed	.91 (.69–1.18)	.82 (.63–1.08)	.82 (.63–1.08)
High school graduate or equivalent	1.03 (.88–1.20)	1.00 (.85–1.17)	1.00 (.85–1.17)
More than high school	Referent	Referent	Referent
Parent’s marital status
Married	.81 (.70–.93)	.85 (.73–.98)	.85 (.73–.98)
Not married	Referent	Referent	Referent
Youth violence victimization
No victimization		Referent	Referent
Victimization		1.19 (.99–1.43)	1.17 (.97–1.41)
Youth violence perpetration
No perpetration		Referent	Referent
Perpetration		1.11 (.94–1.29)	1.11 (.95–1.30)
Parent–family connectedness		.97 (.95–.98)	.94 (.89–.99)
School connectedness		.98 (.95–.998)	1.00 (.94–1.06)
Parent–family connectedness × violence victimization			1.01 (.97–1.05)
School connectedness × violence victimization			.98 (.93–1.02)
Parent–family connectedness × violence perpetration			1.01 (.98–1.04)
School connectedness × violence perpetration			1.00 (.97–1.04)

AOR = adjusted odds ratio; CI = confidence interval.

^aReported at Wave I.

^bn = 12,142.

^cn = 11,650.