TABLE 2—
Correlates of Sexual Abuse Among 2143 Young Adult Injection Drug Users: 5 US Cities, 1997–1999
| Age at Time of Forced Sex | |||||
| No Forced Sex Reported (n = 1721) | ≥18 y (n = 115) | 13–17 y (n = 155) | < 13 y (n = 152) | Pa | |
| Site, % | .23 | ||||
| Baltimore | 11.2 | 15.7 | 11.0 | 9.2 | |
| Chicago | 33.6 | 35.7 | 30.3 | 24.3 | |
| Los Angeles | 13.7 | 10.9 | 22.6 | 29.0 | |
| New Orleans | 10.1 | 8.7 | 16.8 | 13.2 | |
| New York: Harlem | 10.9 | 4.4 | 1.3 | 3.3 | |
| New York: Lower East Side | 20.7 | 14.8 | 18.1 | 21.1 | |
| Demographics | |||||
| Female, % | 26.6 | 77.4 | 89.7 | 65.8 | <.01 |
| Male, % | 73.4 | 22.6 | 10.3 | 34.2 | |
| Mean age, y (SE) | 23.7 (0.1) | 25.2 (0.3) | 22.7 (0.3) | 23.2 (0.3) | <.01b |
| Race/ethnicity, % | .61 | ||||
| African American | 20.2 | 25.2 | 20.0 | 20.4 | |
| White | 52.2 | 50.4 | 58.7 | 55.3 | |
| Hispanic | 20.6 | 15.7 | 11.6 | 9.9 | |
| Other/mixed | 7.1 | 8.7 | 9.7 | 14.5 | |
| Recent homelessness, % | 46.6 | 47.8 | 59.4 | 61.2 | <.01 |
| Foster home/orphanage, % | 16.4 | 19.5 | 22.1 | 38.8 | <.01 |
| High school or general equivalency diploma, % | 51.3 | 51.3 | 60.0 | 44.1 | <.75 |
| Gay/lesbian/bisexual, % | 10.4 | 42.6 | 47.3 | 41.2 | <.01 |
| HIV+, % | 3.7 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 7.3 | <.01 |
| Drug use behavior | |||||
| Injects daily,c % | 44.0 | 49.6 | 38.7 | 42.1 | .41 |
| Mean age at 1st use, y | |||||
| Marijuana (SE) | 13.6 (0.1) | 14.1 (0.3) | 13.0 (0.2) | 12.1 (0.2) | <.01b |
| Alcohol (SE) | 14.4 (0.1) | 14.4 (0.3) | 14.1 (0.3) | 12.9 (0.3) | <.01b |
| Inhalants (SE) | 14.8 (0.1) | 17.0 (0.5) | 14.6 (0.4) | 14.3 (0.4) | <.01b |
| Other noninjection drugsd (SE) | 16.3 (0.1) | 16.7 (0.3) | 15.6 (0.2) | 14.8 (0.3) | <.01b |
| Used before injection drug use, % | |||||
| Marijuana | 90.1 | 92.2 | 92.9 | 88.8 | .80 |
| Inhalants | 28.0 | 30.0 | 42.6 | 34.9 | <.01 |
| Other noninjection drugsd | 74.4 | 76.5 | 80.7 | 73.0 | .54 |
| Mean age at 1st injection drug use (SE) | 19.7 (0.1) | 21.0 (0.4) | 18.8 (0.3) | 17.9 (0.4) | <.01b |
aMantel–Haenszel P values unless indicated otherwise.
bAnalysis of variance P value.
cHeroin, crack, cocaine or methamphetamine injection.
dHeroin, crack, cocaine and methamphetamine sniffing, snorting and smoking