TABLE 1.
Sociodemographic Characteristics and Sexual and Drug Risk Behaviors Among HIV-Positive, Sexually Active Black Men: Supplemental HIV and AIDS Surveillance Project, 19 US States, 2000–2004
| Total, No. (%) or Mean ± SD | MSW, No. (%) or Mean ± SD | MSM, No. (%) or Mean ± SD | MSMW, No. (%) or Mean ± SD | Pa | |
| Total | 2038 (100) | 1186 (58.2) | 741 (36.4) | 111 (5.4) | |
| Age,xy y | 39.5 ± 8.9 | 41.6 ± 8.8 | 36.7 ± 8.3 | 35.8 ± 8.8 | < .001 |
| Sexual orientationxyz | < .001 | ||||
| Heterosexual | 1159 (57.3) | 1136 (95.9) | 12 (1.7) | 11 (10.3) | |
| Homosexual | 570 (28.2) | 1 (0.1) | 554 (76.0) | 15 (14.0) | |
| Bisexual | 257 (12.7) | 45 (3.8) | 135 (18.5) | 77 (72.0) | |
| Other | 35 (1.7) | 3 (0.2) | 28 (3.8) | 4 (3.7) | |
| Education,xy y | < .001 | ||||
| < 12 | 537 (26.3) | 424 (35.8) | 95 (12.8) | 18 (16.2) | |
| 12 | 799 (39.2) | 495 (41.7) | 257 (34.7) | 47 (42.4) | |
| 13–15 | 532 (26.1) | 209 (17.6) | 290 (39.1) | 33 (29.7) | |
| ≥ 16 | 170 (8.3) | 58 (4.9) | 99 (13.4) | 13 (11.7) | |
| Income,x $ | < .001 | ||||
| < 10 000 | 919 (48.5) | 582 (53.0) | 291 (41.9) | 46 (45.6) | |
| 10 000–19 999 | 421 (22.2) | 241 (21.9) | 158 (22.7) | 22 (21.8) | |
| 20 000–29 999 | 289 (15.3) | 152 (13.8) | 121 (17.4) | 16 (15.8) | |
| ≥ 30 000 | 266 (14.0) | 124 (11.3) | 125 (18.0) | 17 (16.8) | |
| Employedx | 785 (38.5) | 433 (36.5) | 307 (42.0) | 42 (37.8) | .053 |
| Ever incarceratedxz | 1200 (58.9) | 789 (66.6) | 346 (46.8) | 65 (58.6) | < .001 |
| HIV diagnosisxz | < .001 | ||||
| AIDS | 1262 (62.5) | 739 (62.7) | 470 (64.4) | 53 (47.8) | |
| HIV (not AIDS) | 757 (37.5) | 439 (37.3) | 260 (35.6) | 58 (52.2) | |
| Time since learning HIV diagnosis,xz mo | 57.1 ± 59.4 | 49.2 ± 55.5 | 70.8 ± 63.5 | 50.4 ± 54.9 | < .001 |
| Sexual and drug risk behaviors in past y | |||||
| Any unprotected intercourse | 573 (28.1) | 333 (28.1) | 203 (27.4) | 37 (33.3) | .43 |
| Paid for intercoursexyz | 260 (34.0) | 163 (29.6) | 61 (37.2) | 36 (72.0) | < .001 |
| Received payment for intercoursexyz | 145 (27.2) | 35 (15.0) | 82 (32.7) | 28 (56.0) | < .001 |
| Noninjection drug usexyz | 857 (57.1) | 442 (50.9) | 346 (64.0) | 69 (75.0) | < .001 |
| Injection drug usex | 62 (15.5) | 48 (14.9) | 12 (20.0) | 2 (11.8) | .79 |
| Multiple sexual partnersxyz | 4 (11) | 3 (8) | 5 (14) | 8 (16) | < .001 |
Note. MSW = men who have sex with women; MSM = men who have sex with men; MSMW = men who have sex with men and women.
a
For categorical values, P values were derived from the χ2 test. For continuous variables, all data were nonnormal, and P values were derived from the Kruskal–Wallis test.
x
Significant difference between MSM and MSW.
y
Significant difference between MSW and MSMW.
z
Significant difference between MSM and MSMW.