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Table 2 Univariate correlates of event level condom use at last sex reported by participants attending a publicly funded STI clinic in Jackson, Mississippi

From: Condom use and incarceration among STI clinic attendees in the Deep South

Variable

% Used Condom at Last Sex with Partner

Odds ratio (95 % CI)

P-value

Demographics

 Female

  Yes

42.3

0.76 (0.63, 0.90

0.002

  No

48.8

 

 Age

  24 or younger

47.0

1.26 (1.05, 1.50)

0.011

  25 or older

41.1

 

 Single

  Yes

46.2

1.63 (1.23, 2.15)

0.001

  No

35.3

 

 Sexual Orientation

  Heterosexual

44.9

REF

 

  Gay/Lesbian

50.9

1.21 (0.73, 1.99)

0.457

  Bisexual

43.9

0.39 (0.69, 1.39)

0.914

 Education

  High school or less

40.1

REF

 

  Some college

48.5

1.23 (0.89, 1.69)

0.210

  College degree or higher

47.7

1.60 (1.19, 2.14)

0.002

 Stable Housing

  Yes

43.5

0.89 (0.75, 1.05)

0.165

  No

46.4

 

 Attends religious services at least once a month

  Yes

47.6

1.27 (1.06, 1.51)

0.008

  No

42.0

 

 Main partner

  Yes

34.2

0.37 (0.32, 0.44)

<0.001

  No

57.4

 

 Depend on partner

  Yes

27.4

0.39 (0.31, 0.47)

<0.001

  No

49.3

 

 Partner depends on participant

  Yes

24.7

0.34 (0.28, 0.43)

<0.001

  No

49.7

 

Substance Use & Sexual History

 Binge drinking

  Never

46.5

REF

 

  Less than monthly

40.6

0.77 (0.60, 0.97)

0.026

  Monthly

46.5

1.00 (0.75, 1.34)

0.975

  At least once a week

33.9

0.61 (0.35, 1.04)

0.069

 Cocaine/crack use ever

  Yes

34.4

0.52 (0.33, 0.85)

0.008

  No

45.7

 

 Alcohol use at last sex

  Yes

44.2

1.03 (0.82, 1.29)

0.810

  No

45.2

 

 Partner alcohol use at last sex

  Yes

41.2

0.95 (0.77, 1.17)

0.659

  No

44.7

REF

  Don’t know

59.9

1.75 (1.27, 2.43)

 Drug use at last sex

  Yes

40.5

0.79 (0.61, 1.03)

0.078

  No

45.5

 

 Partner drug use at last sex

  Yes

38.4

0.83 (0.65, 1.07)

0.148

  No

44.9

REF

  Don’t know

59.4

1.60 (1.14, 2.25)

0.006

 Lifetime number of sex partners

  1–5

45.3

REF

 

  6–10

45.7

1.02 (0.81, 1.28)

0.880

   > 10

44.3

0.83 (0.64, 1.07)

0.970

 Ever had anal sex with partner

  Yes

43.6

0.80 (0.62, 1.03)

0.080

  No

47.3

 

Incarceration Experiences

 Ever incarcerated

  Yes

43.0

0.92 (0.73, 1.13)

0.413

  No

45.6

 

 Incarcerated less than 6 months

  Never

45.5

REF

 

  Once

42.1

0.90 (0.60, 1.33)

0.597

  2 or more times

34.6

0.66 (0.36, 1.21)

0.183

 Incarcerated more than 6 months

  Never

45.6

  

  Once

45.1

0.99 (0.62, 1.56)

0.954

  2 or more times

26.3

0.47 (0.27, 0.82)

0.008

 Partner incarcerated past 6 months

  Yes

39.5

0.79 (0.57, 1.10)

0.165

  No

45.6

 
  1. REF reference category