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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Behav. 2012 May;16(4):934–942. doi: 10.1007/s10461-011-9925-y

Table 3.

Multilevel analysis of condom use—OLS regression vs. hierarchical linear model results

Fixed effectsa OLS estimate (cluster effect ignored) S.E. (OLS) t-value Hierarchical linear model estimate S.E. (HLM) t-value
Individual-level
 Knowledge 0.063 0.019 3.32* 0.064 0.026 2.46*
 Attitude 0.061 0.012 5.08** 0.062 0.018 3.44**
 Self-efficacy 0.051 0.017 3.00* 0.05 0.030 1.67
Establishment-level
 Establishment rule 0.704 0.113 6.23** 0.705 0.128 5.51**
City-level
 Peer education 0.251 0.098 2.56* 0.250 0.110 2.27*
 Managerial training 0.628 0.158 3.97** 0.628 0.264 2.38**
 Combined 1.306 0.098 13.33** 1.304 0.278 4.69**
Cross-level interaction
 Peer × establishment rule 0.421 0.124 3.40** 0.421 .147 2.86**
 Managerial × estab. rule 0.563 0.176 3.20** 0.563 .209 2.69**
 Combined × estab. rule 0.840 0.238 3.53** 0.840 .325 2.58**

Estimation of variance components for hierarchical models
 Variation between GROs 0.79 (S.E. = 0.063)
 Variation between establishments 0.31 (S.E. = 0.069)
 Variation between cities 0.18 (S.E. = 0.031)*
a

Model also controlled for age, education and marital status and baseline condom use

*

P < 0.05

**

P < 0.01