Table 3 Bivariate and multivariate correlates of recent police sex, GEE with binomial family and logit link functions (n = 308 participants over 716 study visits)

Socio-demographic characteristics

Age

0.98

0.98

0.96–1.01

Race

  White, non-Hispanic

Ref

Ref

  Black

1.44

1.9*

1.13–3.17

  Other

0.73

1.14

0.45–2.86

Sexual minority

1.12

–

–

Severe food insecurity^

2.9**

2.05*

1.13–3.71

Mostly lived on street or in shelter^

1.66*

1.2

0.74–1.94

Arrested^

2.23**

1.51*

1.01–2.27

Sex work characteristics

Recent sex work

2.86*

1.42

0.73–2.77

Entered sex work < 18 years of age

1.19

–

–

Entered SW via force, coercion, or trickery

2.17*

–

–

Substance use^

Heroin

2.1*

–

–

Daily heroin

2.36*

–

–

Crack

2.1*

–

–

Daily crack

1.51

–

–

Injection drug use

1.83*

–

–

Daily injection

2.05*

–

–

Daily illicit drug use

2.3*

–

–

Daily multidrug use

2.45**

1.53

0.87–2.70

Nonfatal overdose

2.56**

1.94*

1.24–3.01

Violence

Intimate partner- or client-perpetrated sexual or physical violence^

3.62**

2.46**

1.63–3.71

Study design

Intervention study arm

1.17

1.32

0.79–2.18