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Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2022 May 21;316:115061. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115061

Table 1.

Distribution of study measures overall and stratified by ERI exploration among Black and Latina women, n = 492, Harlem Longitudinal Development Study, New York City, 1994–2013.

Measures All, mean (SD) ERI Exploration, mean (SD)


(n = 492) Low (n = 235) High (n = 257) TS

 ERI Exploration 2.8 (0.6) 2.3 (0.4) 3.2 (0.3)
Perceived discrimination (T2)
 Experiences of discrimination 4.9 (2.0) 4.7 (1.8) 5.2 (2.2) 2.94
 Anger at discrimination 6.8 (3.6) 6.3 (3.4) 7.2 (3.8) 2.75
Affective distress (T3)
 Depressive mood 14.9 (4.2) 15.3 (4.6) 14.5 (3.9) −2.09*
 Anxiety 6.0 (2.4) 6.1 (2.6) 5.9 (2.3) −0.95
 Interpersonal sensitivity 8.3 (2.8) 8.5 (3.0) 8.1 (2.7) −1.61
Victimization (T4)
 Violent victimization 2.0 (1.6) 2.1 (1.7) 2.0 (1.5) −0.59
Experienced coerced sex, n (%)
 Yes 40 (13.4) 14 (9.0) 26 (18.3) 5.57*
 No 258 (86.6) 142 (91.0) 116 (81.7)
Substance use in past 5 years (T5)
 Alcohol use 1.0 (0.8) 1.0 (0.8) 1.0 (0.8) −0.62
 Tobacco use 0.7 (1.4) 0.8 (1.3) 0.7 (1.4) −0.52
 Marijuana use 0.4 (1.0) 0.4 (1.1) 0.3 (0.9) −1.14
Sexual risk behaviors (T5)
Multiple partners in past 6 months, n (%)
 Yes 44 (8.9) 23 (9.8) 21 (8.2) 0.39
 No 448 (91.1) 212 (90.2) 236 (91.8)
Sex with just met partner, n (%)
 Yes 138 (28.0) 61 (26.0) 77 (30.0) 0.98
 No 354 (72.0) 174 (74.0) 180 (70.0)
Sex with untested partner, n (%)
 Yes 195 (39.6) 107 (45.5) 88 (34.2) 6.54
 No 297 (60.4) 128 (54.5) 169 (65.8)
Control measures
Race/ethnicity, n (%) 23.10
 Black 267 (54.3) 101 (43.0) 166 (64.6)
 Latina 225 (45.7) 134 (57.0) 91 (35.4)
Parental socioeconomic disadvantage (T2), count (range 0–4) 1.6 (1.2) 1.8 (1.3) 1.4 (1.2) −3.91
Prior sexual risk behaviors (T3), count (range 0–3) 0.9 (0.9) 1.0 (0.9) 0.8 (0.9) −1.79
*

p < 0.05

**

p < 0.01

***

p < 0.001.