TABLE 1.
Selected Sample Characteristics: HBCU Substance Use Survey, 2001
| Characteristic | Overall, No. (%)a | MSW, No. (%)b | MSM, No. (%)c | P |
| Total | 1837 (100) | 1719 (94) | 118 (6) | .038 |
| Inconsistent condom use | ||||
| No | 1108 (65) | 1046 (66) | 62 (56) | |
| Yes | 598 (35) | 549 (34) | 49 (44) | |
| More than 1 partner in past 3 mo | .025 | |||
| No | 992 (56) | 940 (57) | 52 (46) | |
| Yes | 776 (44) | 715 (43) | 61 (54) | |
| History of sexually transmitted disease | <.001 | |||
| No | 1675 (95) | 1589 (96) | 86 (82) | |
| Yes | 83 (5) | 64 (4) | 19 (18) | |
| Age at onset of sexual activity, y | <.001 | |||
| ≥ 14 | 1181 (67) | 1129 (68) | 52 (45) | |
| ≤ 13 | 587 (33) | 524 (32) | 63 (55) | |
| Substance use during recent sexual activity | .776 | |||
| No | 1479 (84) | 1384 (84) | 95 (83) | |
| Yes | 276 (16) | 257 (16) | 19 (17) | |
| Mother's educational level | .134 | |||
| Some college or more | 564 (31) | 520 (31) | 44 (37) | |
| High school or less | 1249 (69) | 1175 (69) | 74 (63) | |
| Type of neighborhood during childhood | .119 | |||
| Nonurban | 861 (50) | 797 (49) | 64 (57) | |
| Urban | 877 (50) | 828 (51) | 49 (43) | |
| Importance of religion | .150 | |||
| Low | 474 (26) | 450 (26) | 24 (20) | |
| High | 1352 (74) | 1258 (74) | 94 (80) | |
| GPA | .315d | |||
| A+/A/A− | 243 (13) | 221 (13) | 22 (19) | |
| B+/B/B− | 953 (52) | 894 (52) | 59 (50) | |
| C+/C/C− | 611 (34) | 576 (34) | 35 (30) | |
| D+ or lower | 21 (1) | 20 (1) | 1 (1) | |
| Current living situation | .344 | |||
| On campus | 1501 (89) | 1398 (89) | 103 (92) | |
| Off campus | 180 (11) | 171 (11) | 9 (8) |
Note. HBCU = historically Black colleges and universities; MSW = men who have sex with women; MSM = men who have sex with men; GPA = grade-point average.
Percentages in this column were calculated as the number of MSM or MSW grouped in the category divided by the number of analytic sample members (MSM or MSW) who did not have missing values for the variable in question.
Percentages in this column were calculated as the number of MSM grouped in the category divided by the total number of MSM who did not have missing values for the variable in question.
Percentages in this column were calculated as the number of MSW grouped in the category divided by the total number of MSW who did not have missing values for the variable in question.
Fisher exact test used instead of χ2 test for comparison of GPA between MSM and MSW groups.