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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2008 May 20;97(1-2):44–53. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2008.03.023

Table 3.

Differences in sexual context of the most recent sex partner across HIV risk groups

Highest risk group N = 111 % (n) Consistent condom use group N = 54 % (n) Inconsistent condom use group N = 93 % (n) χ2 test
Partner type 50.89***
  Main partner 44 % (49) 41 % (22) 86 % (80)
  Casual partner 45 % (50) 56 % (30) 14 % (13)
  Trade partner 11 % (12) 4 % (2) 0 %
Main partner 2.74
  HIV seroconcordant 51 % (25) 36 % (8) 56 % (45)
  HIV serodiscordant 49 % (24) 64 % (14) 44 % (35)
  HIV seroconcordant 16.04***
    Condom use – yes 16 % (4) 88 % (7) 24 % (11)
    Condom use - no 84 % (21) 12 % (1) 76 % (34)
  HIV serodiscordant 15.27***
    Condom use – yes 54 % (13) 93 % (13) 31 % (11)
    Condom use - no 46 % (11) 7 % (1) 69 % (24)
Casual partner 7.12*
  HIV seroconcordant 36 % (18) 10 % (3) 38 % (5)
  HIV serodiscordant 64 % (32) 90 % (27) 62 % (8)
  HIV seroconcordant 5.08
    Condom use – yes 33 % (6) 100 % (3) 60 % (3)
    Condom use - no 67 % (12) 0 % 40 % (2)
  HIV serodiscordant 18.93***
    Condom use – yes 44 % (14) 96 % (26) 50 % (4)
    Condom use - no 56 % (18) 4 % (1) 50 % (4)
Trade partner 0.63
  HIV seroconcordant 25 % (3) 0 % 0 %
  HIV serodiscordant 75 % (9) 100 % (2) 0 %
  HIV seroconcordant a)
    Condom use – yes 0% 0 % 0 %
    Condom use - no 100 % (3) 0 % 0 %
  HIV serodiscordant a)
    Condom use – yes 78 % (7) 100 % (2) 0 %
    Condom use - no 22 % (2) 0 % 0 %
Main partner 1.34
  Serostatus known 90 % (44) 91 % (20) 95 % (76)
  Serostatus unknown 10 % (5) 9 % (2) 5 % (4)
Serostatus known 28.28***
    Condom use – yes 32 % (14) 90 % (18) 26 % (20)
    Condom use - no 68 % (30) 10 % (2) 74 % (56)
Serostatus unknown 1.49
    Condom use – yes 60 % (3) 100 % (2) 50 % (2)
    Condom use - no 40 % (2) 0 % 50 % (2)
Casual partner 7.16*
  Serostatus known 56 % (28) 50 % (15) 92 % (12)
  Serostatus unknown 44 % (22) 50 % (15) 8 % (1)
Serostatus known 13.59**
    Condom use – yes 43 % (12) 100 % (15) 58 % (7)
    Condom use - no 57 % (16) 0 % 42 % (5)
Serostatus unknown 13.29**
    Condom use – yes 36 % (8) 93 % (14) 0 %
    Condom use - no 64 % (14) 7 % (1) 100 % (1)
Trade partner 0.64
Serostatus known 75 % (9) 100 % (2) 0 %
Serostatus unknown 25 % (3) 0 % 0 %
Serostatus known 1.40
    Condom use – yes 56 % (5) 100 % (2) 0 %
    Condom use - no 44 % (4) 0 % 0 %
Serostatus unknown a)
    Condom use – yes 67 % (2) 0 % 0 %
    Condom use - no 33 % (1) 0 % 0 %
a)

too few cells

*

p < .05

**

p < .01

***

p < .001