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Table 3 Generalized hierarchical linear model (HLM) analyses examining the effects of personal- and area/site-level in the log number of times HIV tested in the past 2 years among those with any test

From: Associations between HIV testing and multilevel stigmas among gay men and other men who have sex with men in nine urban centers across the United States

  

Model 1

(N = 2,528)

Model 2

(N = 2,184)

Model 3

(N = 2,184)

β (SE), p-value

β (SE), p-value

β (SE), p-value

Personal-level stigma and discrimination

Stigma from family

0.022 (0.008) p = 0.012

0.015 (0.009), p = 0.105

0.015 (0.009), p = 0.105

Anticipated healthcare stigma

0.003 (0.012), p = 0.784

0.011 (0.013), p = 0.409

0.011 (0.013), p = 0.413

General social stigma

0.009 (0.007), p = 0.164

0.011 (0.007), p = 0.132

0.011 (0.007), p = 0.145

Covariates

Age in years

 

-0.003 (0.001), p < 0.001

-0.003 (0.001), p < 0.001

Education

 

0.038 (0.17), p = 0.024

0.039 (0.017), p = 0.022

Sexual orientation

 

-0.070 (0.066), p = 0.293

-0.070 (0.066), p = 0.288

Site-level stigma and discrimination

Stigma from family site average

  

-0.431 (0.282), p = 0.127

Anticipated healthcare stigma site average

  

0.928 (0.682), p = 0.173

General social stigma site average

  

0.261 (0.112), p = 0.020

Criminalization

  

-0.067 (0.035), p = 0.059

  1. Note. Bold font indicates factors remained significantly related to the outcome controlling for all included personal-level, demographic covariates; Age, stigma from family, anticipated healthcare stigma, general social stigma, and site average predictors are continuous; Education (0 = high school graduate/GED or less; 1 = some college or above); Sexual orientation (0 = heterosexual or “straight”; 1 = homosexual, gay, lesbian, bisexual, other); HIV criminalization (0 = no HIV-specific criminalization laws; 1 = HIV-specific criminalization and/or sentence enhancement laws/statues)