Factors associated with bisexual concurrency (active regular relationships with both a man and a woman at study interview) among African MSM, 2008
| Total | Bisexually concurrent | Univariate | Multivariate | ||
| n (%) | Yes n (%) | No n (%) | OR (95% CI) | aOR (95% CI) | |
| Always wear condoms | 65/389 (16.7%) | 20/64 (31.3%) | 44/64 (68.7%) | 1.7 (1.0 to 3.1) | 1.6 (0.9 to 3.1) |
| Always wear condoms with casual partners | 117/527 (22.2%) | 32/115 (27.8%) | 83/115 (72.2%) | 2.5 (1.5 to 4.0)† | 2.7 (1.6 to 4.5)† |
| Always wear condoms with regular partners | 92/529 (17.4%) | 35/91 (38.5%) | 56/91 (61.5%) | 4.6 (2.8 to 7.7) | 4.8 (2.7 to 8.2)† |
| Received money for Transactional Sex | 184/533 (34.5%) | 41/180 (22.8%) | 139/180 (77.2%) | 2.0 (1.2 to 3.1)† | 1.9 (1.1 to 3.1)† |
| Paid money for transactional sex | 151/534 (28.3%) | 35/148 (23.6%) | 113/148 (76.4%) | 2.0 (1.2 to 3.2)† | 1.7 (1.0 to 2.9)* |
| Taken part in transactional sex | 240/532 (45.1%) | 48/235 (20.4%) | 187/235 (79.5%) | 1.7 (1.1 to 2.7) | 1.6 (0.9 to 2.6) |
| Having been tested for HIV | 295/530 (55.7%) | 36/288 (12.5%) | 252/288 (87.5%) | 1.8 (1.1 to 2.9) | 1.7 (1.0 to 2.8)* |
| HIV-positive | 93/534 (17.4%) | 15/93 (16.1%) | 78/93 (83.8%) | 0.96 (0.5 to 1.8) | 0.6 (0.3 to 1.3) |
| Employed | 251/534 (47.0%) | 52/247 (21.1%) | 195/247 (78.9%) | 1.8 (1.2 to 2.9) | 1.8 (1.0 to 3.0)* |
| Less than 24 years old | 289/534 (54.1%) | 43/283 (15.2%) | 240/283 (84.8%) | 0.8 (0.5 to 1.3) | 1.0 (0.6 to 1.8) |
Not all columns add up due to missing values.
↵* Statistically significant (p<0.05).
↵† Statistically significant (p<0.01).
For multivariate analysis, we retained variables with a p value less than 0.05 and common confounders (education, employment and age) but excluded variables with significant colinearity.