Table 3 Tests of association between independent variables and self-reported STIs over the previous 12 months

Age

n = 445

n = 97

n = 323

n = 46

<30

154 (34.6)

33 (21.4)

0.95

104 (32.2)

15 (14.4)

0.26

30–39

128 (28.8)

29 (22.7)

69 (21.4)

14 (20.3)

40+

163 (36.6)

35 (21.5)

150 (46.4)

17 (11.3)

Educational qualifications

n = 418

n = 91

n = 288

n = 39

None

8 (1.9)

4 (50.0)

0.15

10 (3.5)

1 (10.0)

0.55

GCSEs/O-levels/Standards

72 (17.2)

14 (19.4)

37 (12.8)

9 (24.3)

A-levels/Highers

65 (15.6)

12 (18.5)

53 (18.4)

7 (13.2)

Vocational

8 (1.9)

3 (37.5)

11 (3.8)

1(9.1)

HNC or HND

24 (5.7)

9 (37.5)

18 (6.3)

3 (16.7)

Undergraduate degree

194 (46.4)

39 (20.1)

130 (45.1)

14 (10.8)

Postgraduate degree

47 (11.2)

10 (21.3)

29 (10.1)

4 (13.8)

Ethnicity

n = 450

n = 100

n = 332

n = 50

White (UK)

357 (79.3)

80 (22.4)

0.73

257 (80.6)

32 (12.5)

0.06

White (Irish)

16 (3.6)

3 (18.8)

19 (6.0)

4 (21.1)

White (other)

45 (10.0)

8 (17.8)

34 (10.7)

7 (20.6)

All non-white

32 (7.1)

9 (28.1)

22 (0)

7 (31.8)

Employment status

n = 444

n = 97

n = 324

n = 46

Employed

283 (63.7)

63 (22.3)

0.08

220 (67.9)

35 (15.9)

0.34

Self-employed

38 (8.6)

10 (26.3)

26 (8.0)

3(11.5)

Unemployed

50 (11.3)

13 (26.0)

35 (10.8)

4 (11.4)

Student

61(13.7)

9 (14.8)

15 (4.6)

2 (13.3)

Retired

12 (2.7)

2 (16.7)

28 (8.6)

2 (7.1)

Self-reported HIV status

n = 385

n = 89

0.11

n = 253

n = 23

0.93

HIV negative

246 (63.9)

56 (22.8)

235 (92.9)

19 (8.1)

HIV positive

139 (36.1)

33 (23.7)

18 (7.1)

4 (22.2)

Number of UAI partners

n = 445

n = 97

n = 296

n = 31

0

219 (49.2)

30 (13.7)

<0.001

172 (58.1)

12 (7.0)

<0.001

1

129 (29.0)

28 (21.7)

80 (27.0)

7 (8.8)

2–4

78 (17.5)

27 (34.6)

25 (8.4)

9 (36.0)

5–10

10 (2.2)

6 (60.0)

7 (2.4)

1 (14.3)

>10

9 (2.0)

6 (66.7)

12 (4.1)

2 (16.7)