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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Mens Health. 2015 Oct 5;11(3):498–507. doi: 10.1177/1557988315609110

Table 3.

Multivariate Logistic Regression of Transactional Sex by Partner Type, N = 357

Any Transactional Sex Transactional Sex with
Regular Partner		 Transactional Sex with Casual
Partner
AOR 95% CI AOR 95% CI AOR 95% CI
Age 1.09 .99-1.20 1.13* 1.02-1.24 1.05 .94-1.16
Race/Ethnicity1
 Black/African American 1.53 .81-2.91 1.72 .89-3.33 5.91*** 2.31-15.11
 Latino 1.94 .87-4.35 1.92 .85-4.36 7.23*** 2.51-20.81
 Other Race/Ethnicity 2.77* 1.02-7.5 3.12* 1.12-8.75 5.06** 1.45-17.67
Sexual Identity2
 Bisexual 1.29 .51-3.24 1.31 .51-3.33 1.66 .65-4.20
 Other Sexual Identity .87 .36-2.15 .65 .26-1.64 1.26 .49-3.28
Educational Attainment .71** .56-.89 .67*** .53-.85 .92 .71-1.18
Employment Status3
 Part-Time 1.62 .86-3.07 1.89 .99-3.64 2.28* 1.06-4.90
 Unemployed 2.61** 1.56-5.42 2.49* 1.18-5.23 4.77*** 2.03-11.23
Living in Poverty4 .83 .45-1.56 .78 .41-1.48 .611 .30-1.26
Residentially Unstable5 1.34 .68-2.65 1.42 .71-2.83 2.10* 1.03-4.28
In a Relationship6 2.34*** 1.41-3.90 2.34*** 1.40-3.91 1.54 .86-2.76
HIV Status7
 Positive .58 .24-1.39 .44 .18-1.09 1.01 .40-2.58
 Unknown .58 .27-1.24 .63 .29-1.39 .87 .35-2.13
Prior STI Diagnosis8 1.56 .65-2.41 1.25 .65-2.39 .70 .33-1.49
Depression Symptoms 1.62 .93-2.81 1.32 .76-2.31 1.35 .72-2.52
Anxiety Symptoms 1.49* 1.04-2.15 1.47* 1.02-2.12 1.40 .95-2.07
Prior Mental Health Diagnosis 1.81 .71-4.60 2.51 .98-6.43 2.15 .78-5.93
Alcohol Use 1.17 .98-1.40 1.25* 1.04-1.51 1.17 .95-1.44
Marijuana Use 1.11 .97-1.27 1.12 .97-1.28 1.07 .92-1.25
Hard Drug Use 1.48 .57-3.86 1.55 .58-4.15 2.78* 1.03-7.55
*

Notes. p ≤ .05,

**

p ≤ .01,

***

p ≤ .001.

1

White participants serve as referent group;

2

Gay-identified participants serve as referent group;

3

Full-time workers serve as referent group;

4

Living above poverty line serve as referent group;

5

Participants who did not experience residential instability in the prior 30 days serve as referent group;

6

Single participants serve as referent group;

7

HIV-negative participants serve as the referent group;

8

YMSM who have never had a diagnosed STI serve as referent group.