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. 2024 Sep 18;12:38. doi: 10.1186/s40352-024-00288-3

Table 3.

Description of participants by testing status (n=307)

Not tested (N=121) Tested (N=186) Total (n=307) P-value
Education 0.704
 No GED/HS diploma 57 (47.5%) 92 (49.7%) 149 (48.9%) -
 GED/HS diploma 63 (52.5%) 93 (50.3%) 156 (51.1%) -
Employment Status 0.773
 Not currently employed 82 (68.3%) 130 (69.9%) 212 (69.3%) -
 Currently employed 38 (31.7%) 56 (30.1%) 94 (30.7%) -
Currently married or living with a partner 0.705
 No 100 (83.3%) 158 (84.9%) 258 (84.3%) -
 Yes 20 (16.7%) 28 (15.1%) 48 (15.7%) -
High risk sex partner, past 3 months 0.564
 No 100 (82.6%) 148 (80.0%) 248 (81.0%) -
 Yes 21 (17.4%) 37 (20.0%) 58 (19.0%) -
Sex while drunk or high, past 3 months 0.291
 No 46 (38.3%) 58 (32.4%) 104 (34.8%) -
 Yes 74 (61.7%) 121 (67.6%) 195 (65.2%) -
Ever tested for an STI prior 0.031*
 No 12 (10.2%) 36 (19.5%) 48 (15.8%) -
 Yes 106 (89.8%) 149 (80.5%) 255 (84.2%) -
STI test results, past 3 months 0.666
 STI neg 108 (89.3%) 163 (87.6%) 271 (88.3%) -
 STI pos 13 (10.7%) 23 (12.4%) 26 (11.7%) -
Mean (Range) Mean (Range)
Number of adult justice contacts

5.8

0-40

5.43

0-97

0.110
Number of condomless sex occasions past 3 months

36.68

0-432

39.74

0-360

0.309
Number of traumatic events experienced

6.33

0-14

7.89

0-15

0.001*
Number of times tested for STI

7.30

0-50

4.90

0-30

0.034*
More STI knowledge

7.46

3-10

7.52

1-10

0.486

1Ns may not sum to 307 due to missing data. Percents are of those with non-missing data

*p-value <0.5 is statistically significant