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Table 4 Logistic regression models of social and demographic characteristics associated with having had a transactional relationship or sex, or sex with a woman in prostitution

From: Transactional relationships and sex with a woman in prostitution: prevalence and patterns in a representative sample of South African men

 

Any transactional relationship or sex

Sex with woman in prostitution

 

OR

95% CI

P value

OR

95% CI

P value

Age: 18-24

1.00

  

1.00

  

25-34

1.90

1.42, 2,56

<0.0001

1.17

0.84, 1.63

0.361

35-49

1.43

0.98, 2.08

0.064

1.03

0.65, 1.63

0.907

Education: no more than primary

1.00

  

1.00

  

Secondary

0.67

0.47, 0.96

0.029

1.25

0.79, 1.97

0.345

Matric or higher

0.71

0.49, 1.04

0.082

1.25

0.78, 2.00

0.363

Race: African

1.00

  

1.00

  

Coloured

1.15

0.59, 2.22

0.685

2.14

1.16, 3.95

0.015

Indian

0.53

0.33, 0.84

0.008

1.20

0.74, 1.96

0.462

White

0.47

0.19, 1.17

0.106

1.49

0.56, 3.95

0.422

Monthly income: none

1.00

  

1.00

  

R 1-500

1.64

1.17, 2.30

0.004

1.24

0.81, 1.91

0.327

R 500 - 2000

1.89

1.35, 2.65

<0.0001

2.09

1.46, 3.01

<0.0001

R 2001- 5000

1.11

0.68, 1.82

0.672

2.20

1.30, 3.73

0.003

R 5000 +

1.22

0.68, 2.19

0.516

2.03

1.06, 3.87

0.032

Marital status: married

1.00

  

1.00

  

cohabiting

1.86

1.15, 3.00

0.011

2.08

1.27, 3.41

0.004

divorced/widowed

2.23

1.06, 4.72

0.035

1.75

0.80, 3.81

0.161

single

1.25

0.92, 1.70

0.155

1.22

0.82, 1.81

0.324