Table 5.
Characteristics of participants who reported regular versus irregular condom use
| Variable | Full sample
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Gay/bisexual men
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Heterosexual men
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Heterosexual women
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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n = 110
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n = 49
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n = 41
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n = 20
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| Regular = 74a | Irregular = 36a | Regular = 31a | Irregular = 18a | Regular = 30a | Irregular = 11a | Regular = 13a | Irregular = 7a | |||||||
| Sociodemographic | ||||||||||||||
| Ageb | 55.3 (3.2) | 54.6 (2.9) | 55.7 (3.4)* | 53.8 (2.3) | 55.1 (3.2) | 56.3 (3.2) | 54.5 (2.8) | 54.3 (2.9) | ||||||
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||||||
| White, non-hispanic | 65% (20) | 35% (11) | 64% (18) | 36% (10) | 100% (2) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 100% (1) | ||||||
| African-American | 64% (39) | 36% (22) | 54% (7) | 46% (6) | 67% (22) | 33% (11) | 67% (10) | 33% (5) | ||||||
| Other | 83% (15) | 17% (3) | 75% (6) | 25% (2) | 100% (6) | 0% (0) | 75% (3) | 25% (1) | ||||||
| Education | ||||||||||||||
| <High school | 62% (16) | 38% (10) | 50% (2) | 50% (2) | 67% (10) | 33% (5) | 57% (4) | 43% (3) | ||||||
| ≥High school | 69% (58) | 31% (26) | 64% (29) | 36% (16) | 77% (20) | 23% (6) | 69% (9) | 31% (4) | ||||||
| Annual household income | ||||||||||||||
| ≤$20,000 | 64% (59) | 36% (33) | 59% (23) | 41% (16) | 70% (26) | 30% (11) | 63% (10) | 37% (6) | ||||||
| >$20,000 | 82% (14) | 18% (3) | 80% (8) | 20% (2) | 100% (3) | 0% (0) | 75% (3) | 25% (1) | ||||||
| Relationship status | ||||||||||||||
| Not in a relationship | 64% (46) | 36% (26) | 52% (17)* | 48% (16) | 70% (19) | 30% (8) | 83% (10)* | 17% (2) | ||||||
| Currently in a relationship | 74% (28) | 26% (10) | 88% (14) | 12% (2) | 79% (11) | 21% (3) | 38% (3) | 62% (5) | ||||||
| Years Positive | 13.1 (5.4) | 12.5 (5.9) | 14.0 (6.6) | 11.6 (6.5) | 12.4 (4.6) | 14.2 (3.8) | 12.5 (3.5) | 12.3 (6.8) | ||||||
| Social-psychological/health/cognitive | ||||||||||||||
| Depression score | 11.4 (8.1) | 13.8 (7.9) | 12.6 (8.3) | 14.4 (7.9) | 11.0 (7.9) | 12.9 (7.9) | 9.4 (8.1) | 13.6 (8.8) | ||||||
| Anxiety score | 15.4 (10.2) | 18.3 (10.5) | 14.0 (8.0) | 19.0 (9.8) | 15.8 (11.1) | 18.7 (12.0) | 17.9 (12.5) | 15.3 (10.7) | ||||||
| Loneliness score | 9.6 (6.2)* | 12.6 (5.7) | 10.9 (6.4) | 13.6 (6.1) | 8.8 (6.4) | 12.5 (3.9) | 8.3 (5.3) | 9.9 (7.0) | ||||||
| Perceived physical well-being | 3.0 (.7) | 2.8 (.6) | 2.9 (.7) | 2.7 (.7) | 2.9 (.7) | 2.9 (.6) | 3.1 (.8) | 3.2 (.2) | ||||||
| Cognitive functioningb | 94.3 (4.5) | 93.4 (6.5) | 95.5 (3.8) | 96.4 (4.6) | 93.9 (4.3) | 91.1 (7.0) | 92.1 (6.0) | 89.4 (6.8) | ||||||
| Behavioral/HIV knowledge | ||||||||||||||
| Substance use in the past 2 monthsb | ||||||||||||||
| Alcohol | 9.2 (16.8) | 10.8 (16.8) | 14.4 (20.2) | 12.7 (20.7) | 7.2 (14.7)* | 13.7 (13.4) | 1.5 (3.2) | 1.4 (3.8) | ||||||
| Marijuana | 6.3 (14.5)* | 13.9 (22.7) | 10.1 (17.6) | 19.7 (25.6) | 4.8 (13.2) | 12.6 (22.5) | .5 (1.5) | 1.0 (2.2) | ||||||
| Stimulants | 1.6 (5.8)* | 5.4 (12.2) | .9 (3.6) | 2.5 (5.4) | 2.9 (8.1) | 8.2 (15.2) | .3 (1.1) | 8.3 (18.6) | ||||||
| Club Drugs | .7 (2.5) | 2.8 (6.3) | 1.7 (3.6) | 3.7 (6.8) | .0 (.2) | 3.2 (7.2) | .0 (.0) | .0 (.0) | ||||||
| Injection Drugs | .2 (1.0) | .2 (1.3) | .3 (1.4) | .0 (.0) | .2 (.8) | .7 (2.4) | .0 (.0) | .0 (.0) | ||||||
| Current ED medication userc | ||||||||||||||
| No | 70% (47) | 30% (20) | 69% (27) | 31% (12) | 71% (20) | 29% (8) | n/a | n/a | ||||||
| Yes | 61% (14) | 39% (9) | 40% (4) | 60% (6) | 77% (10) | 23% (3) | n/a | n/a | ||||||
| HIV knowledge score | 14.6 (2.8)** | 12.5 (3.8) | 15.6 (1.9)** | 12.8 (3.1) | 13.5 (3.4) | 13.3 (3.4) | 14.9 (2.5)* | 10.7 (5.9) | ||||||
a
Data presented as M(SD) for continuous variables and %(n) for categorical variables
b
Used Wilcoxon Rank-Sum Test
c
Full sample percentages exclude female respondents
*
P < .05,
**
P < .01