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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 Aug 29.
Published in final edited form as: Psychiatr Serv. 2005 Jul;56(7):823–828. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.56.7.823

Table 2.

Prevalence of HIV-AIDS risk behavior among juvenile detainees, by mental status (N=761)a

Major mental disorder alone (N=38)
Comorbid major mental and substance use disorders (N=79)
Substance use disorder alone (N=314)
No major mental or substance use disorder (N=330)
Risk behaviors N % N % N % N % F df
Sexually activeb,c,d 32 69 71 96 289 98 228 84 12.86 3, 750
Two or more sexual partners in the past three monthsb,d 15 37 38 62 166 77 75 39 6.07 3, 748
Four or more sexual partners in the past three months 5 30 19 32 80 46 33 24 1.66 3, 748
Ever had vaginal sexb,c,d 25 66 62 93 261 97 206 83 11.11 3, 743
Had unprotected vaginal sex in the past monthb,e,f 12 10 35 59 140 47 82 22 5.07 3, 742
Ever had vaginal sex with a high-risk partner 7 9 15 29 59 29 23 13 1.95 3, 737
Ever had oral sexd,g 9 33 33 40 136 55 54 26 2.67 3, 744
Had unprotected oral sex in the past month 7 30 26 37 98 41 35 17 1.91 3, 744
Ever had oral sex with a high-risk partner 1 1 5 4 21 9 4 7 1.14 3, 741
Ever had anal sex 3 28 7 5 36 11 25 11 1.37 3, 745
Had unprotected anal sex in the past monthh 0 — 1 1 14 2 8 4
Ever had anal sex with a high-risk partnerh 1 3 0 — 5 1 1 3
Ever had sex when drunk or highb,d,e 15 32 60 90 234 86 73 45 11.13 3, 746
Ever had unprotected sex when drunk or highb,e,f 11 7 37 58 128 43 40 20 5.58 3, 742
Ever traded sex and drugsh 0 — 8 21 16 2 3 1
Ever injected drugs 1 <1 2 1 3 <1 1 <1 2.25 3, 750
Ever been tattooedb,c,i 11 31 46 81 153 38 112 43 5.35 3, 748
Ever used needles in a risky location (injection drug use or tattooing)h,j 0 — 0 — 1 3 0 —
Ever shared needles or equipment (injection drug use or tattooing)h 1 <1 0 — 5 3 2 3
Ever used needles without cleaning them (injection drug use or tattooing)h 1 <1 0 — 1 3 0 —
a

A total of 39 cases were excluded because of missing diagnostic data. All percentages are weighted estimates.

b

Significant difference across groups (p<.01)

c

Significant difference between major mental disorders alone and comorbid major mental and substance use disorders (p<.05)

d

Significant difference between substance use disorders alone and no major mental or substance use disorder (p<.01)

e

Significant difference between major mental disorders alone and comorbid major mental and substance use disorders (p<.01)

f

Significant difference between substance use disorders alone and no major mental or substance use disorder (p<.05)

g

Significant difference across groups (p<.05)

h

Cell sizes were too small to conduct analyses.

i

Significant difference between comorbid major mental and substance use disorders and substance use disorders alone (p<.01)

j

Risky locations include a park, street, alley, abandoned building, car, public bathroom, crack house, and shooting gallery.