Unadjusted and adjusted analyses measuring the association between gang involvement and sexual behaviours among detained adolescent males, Georgia, 2001–3
| Behaviours | Bivariate analyses | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gang membership | Multivariable analyses | ||||||
| Yes | No | PR* | 95% CI† | p Value | OR‡ (95% CI) | p Value | |
| *PR, prevalence ratio; adolescents having no history of gang involvement was the referent for computing the PR. | |||||||
| †95% CI, 95% confidence interval. | |||||||
| ‡OR, odds ratio adjusted for age, ethnicity, behaviour medication, receipt of TANF, and perceived family social support. | |||||||
| §In the 2 months before being admitted to the detention centre. | |||||||
| Sexual activity | |||||||
| Had sex | 95 | 77 | 1.2 | 1.1 to 1.4 | 0.001 | 5.7 (1.8 to 17.3) | 0.002 |
| Condoms | |||||||
| No male condom last sex | 45 | 34 | 1.3 | 0.9 to 1.9 | 0.13 | 1.0 (0.5 to 1.9) | 0.09 |
| Condom availability§ | 62 | 41 | 1.5 | 1.1 to 2.2 | 0.02 | 3.4 (1.5 to 7.9) | 0.004 |
| Pregnancy | |||||||
| Ever got a girl pregnant | 39 | 15 | 2.5 | 1.5 to 4.0 | 0.001 | 3.2 (1.5 to 6.6) | 0.002 |
| Current pregnancy | 18 | 07 | 2.8 | 1.3 to 6.1 | 0.01 | 2.6 (1.0 to 7.2) | 0.06 |
| Sexual | |||||||
| Had multiple partners§ | 46 | 21 | 2.2 | 1.4 to 3.3 | 0.001 | 3.4 (1.8 to 6.6) | 0.000 |
| Sex while high on drugs§ | 73 | 46 | 1.6 | 1.2 to 2.0 | 0.001 | 3.4 (1.7 to 6.4) | 0.000 |
| Sex while partner high on drugs§ | 58 | 35 | 1.7 | 1.2 to 2.3 | 0.002 | 3.3 (1.7 to 6.4) | 0.000 |