Table IV. Hierarchical logistic regression analysis for variables predicting re-contact at 6 months (logit coefficients reported, standard errors in parentheses)
| Variable |
Step 1 |
Step 2 |
Step 3 |
Step 4 |
Step 5 |
|
Design and process
|
| Pieces of contact information |
0.577 (0.104)* |
0.689 (0.113)* |
0.707 (0.114)* |
0.706 (0.114)* |
0.713 (0.116)* |
| Recruitment of peers |
0.161 (0.095) |
0.186 (0.097) |
0.204 (0.098)* |
0.193 (0.099)* |
0.176 (0.101) |
Demographics and health
|
| Age |
|
–0.137 (0.120) |
–0.147 (0.124) |
–0.159 (0.124) |
–0.147 (0.129) |
| Income |
|
0.002 (0.111) |
0.002 (0.113) |
0.026 (0.116) |
0.023 (0.117) |
| Education |
|
–0.004 (0.105) |
–0.013 (0.106) |
0.007 (0.108) |
0.029 (0.109) |
| Full-time employment |
|
–0.026 (0.253) |
–0.016 (0.255) |
–0.057 (0.259) |
–0.063 (0.263) |
HIV status
|
| HIV positive |
|
0.306 (0.284) |
0.261 (0.285) |
0.252 (0.286) |
0.169 (0.292) |
| HIV status unknown/untested |
|
0.153 (0.321) |
0.121 (0.322) |
0.157 (0.325) |
0.230 (0.331) |
| Heavy alcohol use |
|
–0.260 (0.244) |
–0.282 (0.245) |
–0.299 (0.246) |
–0.304 (0.250) |
| Illicit drug use |
|
0.424 (0.224) |
0.440 (0.225) |
0.514 (0.236)* |
0.545 (0.243)* |
| Chicago |
|
–0.834 (0.239)* |
–0.869 (0.243)* |
–0.834 (0.246)* |
–0.794 (0.254)* |
Residential stability
|
| Time in area |
|
|
0.032 (0.098) |
0.057 (0.102) |
0.081 (0.104) |
| Currently in a relationship |
|
|
–0.452 (0.215) |
–0.441 (0.215)* |
–0.485 (0.219)* |
Acculturation/attachment to the United States
|
| Interview in English |
|
|
|
–0.175 (0.242) |
–0.130 (0.269) |
| Attachment to United States |
|
|
|
0.077 (0.135) |
–0.054 (0.145) |
Gay related
|
| Social attachment |
|
|
|
|
0.100 (0.154) |
| Sense of community |
|
|
|
|
0.314 (0.232) |
| Perceived stigma |
|
|
|
|
–0.306 (0.175) |
| Experienced stigma |
|
|
|
|
0.030 (0.196) |
| Internalized stigma |
|
|
|
|
–0.116 (0.205) |
| Gay network size |
|
|
|
|
0.063 (0.106) |
| Nagelkerke R2 |
0.095 |
0.147 |
0.158 |
0.161 |
0.181 |
Model  2 (df) |
38.56 (2)* |
60.45 (11)* |
65.07 (13)* |
66.53 (15)* |
75.24 (21)* |
|
*P 
0.05.
