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Table 4 Multilevel Poisson regression results for the various AIDS knowledge dimensions

From: AIDS knowledge and sexual activity among Flemish secondary school students: a multilevel analysis of the effects of type of education

b (se)

Myths

Transmission

Risk behaviors

Blood transfusions

Severity

Constant

1.358*** (0.032)

1.438*** (0.023)

1.050*** (0.033)

-0.808*** (0.092)

-0.307*** (0.053)

Education type (ref: General)

     

   Artistic

-0.075* (0.036)

-0.032 (0.018)

-0.048 (0.032)

-0.154 (0.104)

0.032 (0.071)

   Technical

-0.089*** (0.015)

-0.040*** (0.009)

-0.062*** (0.016)

-0.269*** (0.039)

-0.086** (0.030)

   Vocational

-0.188*** (0.024)

-0.110*** (0.021)

-0.174*** (0.031)

-0.488*** (0.061)

-0.097* (0.044)

Grade

0.088*** (0.007)

0.036*** (0.005)

0.069*** (0.006)

0.201*** (0.017)

0.084*** (0.011)

Sex: Female

0.066*** (0.009)

0.062*** (0.007)

0.035*** (0.008)

-0.117*** (0.024)

0.030 (0.019)

Minority status

-0.192* (0.084)

-0.217** (0.078)

-0.175 (0.104)

-0.051 (0.219)

-0.008 (0.139)

Interaction sex & minority status

-0.006 (0.047)

0.041 (0.041)

-0.027 (0.062)

-0.210 (0.160)

0.012 (0.084)

Study motivation

-0.004*** (0.001)

0.001 (0.001)

0.000 (0.001)

-0.007* (0.003)

-0.003 (0.002)

SES (ref: High)

     

   Low

-0.069*** (0.012)

-0.034** (0.010)

-0.070*** (0.016)

-0.190*** (0.046)

-0.067* (0.029)

   Medium

-0.030** (0.009)

-0.020** (0.007)

-0.030** (0.009)

-0.086** (0.028)

-0.052** (0.017)

Variance components

     

School level

0.005***

0.001***

0.003***

0.014***

0.007***

  1. Significance: * p < 0.050; ** p < 0.010; *** p < 0.001