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. 2006 Jul 19;82(5):418–422. doi: 10.1136/sti.2006.020628

Table 1 Participant characteristics.

Variable % (n) Male (n = 187) Female (n = 419) MTF (n = 126) Other (n = 51) p Value
Median age (range) (n = 783) 33.1 (17–76) 33 (17–58) 30 (17–76) 35 (18–60) 31 (18–76) <0.01
Race/ethnicity (n = 783) <0.001
 White 58.4 (457) 63.1 (118) 62.8 (263) 31.8 (40) 70.6 (36)
 African‐American 8.9 (68) 9.1 (17) 6.9 (29) 14.3 (18) 7.8 (4)
 Latino/a 10.1 (79) 9.6 (18) 6.0 (25) 24.6 (31) 9.8 (5)
 Asian‐Pacific Islander 8.6 (67) 2.1 (4) 11.0 (46) 11.1 (14) 5.9 (3)
 Native American 1.8 (14) 1.6 (3) 1.7 (7) 3.2 (4) 0
 Mixed/other 12.5 (98) 14.4 (27) 11.7 (49) 15.1 (19) 5.9 (3)
Highest level of education (n = 743) (n = 167) (n = 404) (n = 124) (n = 48) <0.001
 ⩽8th grade 7 (52) 3.0 (5) 8.7 (35) 8.9 (11) 2.1 (1)
 High or technical school 45.2 (336) 41.3 (69) 42.1 (170) 60.5 (75) 45.8 (22)
 College or grad school 47.8 (355) 55.7 (93) 49.3 (199) 30.6 (38) 52.1 (25)
Contact with family (n = 783) 69.4 (543) 68.4 (128) 75.9 (318) 51.6 (65) 62.8 (32) <0.001
Presence of support network (n = 783) 80.8 (633) 77.5 (145) 82.6 (346) 81.0 (102) 78.4 (40) 0.51
History of arrest (n = 757) 49.4 (374) 49.4 (81) 43.7 (178) 71.9 (87) 40.8 (20) <0.001
Prostitution related conviction (n = 757) 8.2 (62) 4.4 (8) 7.1 (29) 19.0 (23) 4.1 (2) <0.001
Partner/family violence (n = 783) 53.4 (418) 44.4 (83) 55.1 (231) 57.9 (73) 60.8 (31) <0.05
Sex work related violence (n = 783) 36.0 (282) 26.7 (50) 36.3 (152) 53.2 (67) 25.5 (13) <0.001
 Customer 27.8 (218) 18.2 (34) 28.4 (119) 42.9 (54) 21.6 (11) <0.001
 Employer/manager/pimp 9.1 (71) 3.2 (6) 12.4 (52) 8.7 (11) 3.9 (2) <0.01
 Police 8.4 (66) 4.8 (9) 7.9 (33) 17.5 (22) 3.9 (2) 0.001
Disclosure to medical provider (n = 714) <0.05
 Always 12.6 (90) 10.8 (18) 11.7 (45) 19.7 (23) 8.9 (4)
 Sometimes 17.4 (124) 12.6 (21) 17.4 (67) 23.1 (27) 20.0 (9)
 Never 70.0 (500) 76.6 (128) 70.9 (273) 57.3 (67) 71.1 (32)

MTF, male to female.