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Table 3 Multivariable model results for incarceration correlates of 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

Adjusted Odds Ratio (95 % CI)

P-value

Covariates

Female

0.71 (0.58, 0.87)

0.001

 Education

  High school or less

REF

 

  Some college

1.35 (1.11, 1.65)

0.004

  College degree or higher

1.45 (1.08, 1.94)

0.014

Attends religious service at least once a month

1.18 (0.98, 1.43)

0.075

Main partner

0.42 (0.35, 0.50)

<0.001

Partner depends on participant

0.50 (0.40, 0.63)

<0.001

 Heavy episodic drinking

  Never

REF

 

  Less than monthly

0.71 (0.55, 0.92)

0.008

  Monthly

0.96 (0.71, 1.31)

0.802

  At least once a week

0.58 (0.32, 1.05)

0.070

 Lifetime number of sex partners

  1–5

REF

 

  6–10

0.90 (0.70, 1.14)

0.374

   > 10

0.73 (0.58, 0.93)

0.010

Incarceration Variables

 Incarcerated less than 6 months

  Once vs. Never

0.78 (0.42, 1.46)

0.440

  2 or more times vs. never

1.73 (0.49, 6.08)

0.391

 Incarcerated more than 6 months

  Once vs. Never

1.29 (0.79, 2.12)

0.303

  2 or more times vs. never

0.44 (0.24, 0.81)

0.008

Partner incarcerated past 6 months

0.93 (0.65, 1.34)

0.710

  1. REF reference category