TABLE 2.

Associations Among African American Adolescent Females Between Perceived Monitoring Knowledge Frequency and (a) STIs and (b) Sexual Partnership Characteristics

	OR	95% CI	P	AOR*	95% CI	P
STIs
Chlamydia	0.72	0.40–1.30	0.271	0.67	0.36–1.24	0.201
Gonorrhea	0.31	0.13–0.73	0.007	0.25	0.10–0.63	0.003
Chlamydia and/or gonorrhea	0.60	0.35–1.04	0.070	0.55	0.31–0.99	0.045
Sexual partnership characteristics
Current boyfriend	1.54	0.79–3.01	0.208	1.59	0.80–3.16	0.186
Boyfriend ever had sex with another woman during relationship†	1.16	0.63–2.14	0.633	1.48	0.77–2.84	0.240
Current casual sex partner	0.51	0.31–0.85	0.009	0.49	0.29–0.82	0.007
Casual partner ever had sex with another woman during relationship‡	1.16	0.52–2.62	0.718	1.24	0.52–2.96	0.625
Partners generally ≥4 y older	0.43	0.20–0.89	0.023	0.53	0.25–1.12	0.097
Partner recently drunk or high during sex	0.74	0.46–1.20	0.223	0.89	0.54–1.49	0.667
Partner recently released from incarceration	0.55	0.28–1.07	0.077	0.61	0.31–1.22	0.164

^*Adjusted for age, parental communication about sex, history of physical abuse, and alcohol use.

^†n = 214.

^‡n = 94.

OR indicates odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; AOR, adjusted odds ratio.