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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Jun 21.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Infect Dis. 2006 Aug 15;43(4):525–531. doi: 10.1086/505978

Table 1.

Selected characteristics of the 627 study participants, by gender.

Characteristic Men, no. (%) (n = 524) Women, no. (%) (n = 103) P
Race/ethnicity .265
    African-American 286 (54.6) 55 (53.4)
    Hispanic 133 (25.4) 34 (33.0)
    White 68 (13.0) 10 (9.7)
    Other 37 (7.1) 4 (3.9)
Completed high school 364 (69.5) 58 (56.3) .009
Employeda 99 (18.9) 21 (20.4) .724
Ever jailed 379 (72.3) 52 (50.5) <.0001
Homeless
    In the past 6 months 39 (7.4) 5 (4.9) .321
    Ever 278 (53.1) 56 (54.4) .989
Lacking basic resourcesb 128 (24.4) 30 (29.1) .219
Current sex partner 151 (28.8) 34 (33.0) .222
Sex in the past 6 months 393 (75.0) 51 (49.5) <.0001
HIV positive 294 (56.1) 50 (48.5) .159
CESD score ≥23 160 (30.5) 45 (43.7) .010
Abused as a child 203 (38.7) 43 (41.8) .568
Molested as a child 77 (14.7) 37 (35.9) >.0001
Raped as an adult 23 (4.4) 51 (49.5) >.0001
Attacked as an adult 193 (36.8) 62 (60.2) >.0001

NOTE. CESD, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale.

a

For ≥20 h/week.

b

Participant's perceived lack of basic resources.