Table 2.
Partial correlations between Global Men’s Health and Rights Survey 4 (GMHR-4) predictor and GMHR-4 proxy measures for COVID-19 outcome variablesa.
| Predictors | HIV testing | Condoms | PrEPb | Access to HIV provider | Access to ARTc refills | Low income | Poor mental health |
| Community engagement | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.13 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.02 | –0.06 |
| Comfort with provider | 0.21 | 0.19 | 0.25 | 0.26 | 0.26 | –0.17 | –0.15 |
| Sexual stigma | –0.15 | –0.19 | –0.21 | –0.21 | –0.18 | 0.17 | 0.15 |
| Provider discrimination | –0.07 | –0.08 | –0.06 | –0.05 | –0.04 | 0.09 | 0.10 |
aValues calculated for partial correlations were used as anchors for the range of partial correlations used in smpc and smmatch, with the range set at ±5% and ±10% of values.
bPrEP: pre-exposure prophylaxis.
cART: antiretroviral therapy.