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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Behav. 2007 Oct 30;13(2):207–216. doi: 10.1007/s10461-007-9326-4

Table II.

Effect of childhood abuse on lifetime substance abuse, adult victimization, and HIV sexual risk

Planned contrasts
Physical abuse only n = 35 Sexual abuse only n = 22 Physical and sexual abuse n = 49 No abuse n = 46 Overall differences Physical only vs. sexual only Any abuse vs. no abuse
Substance abuse
Drug use disorder 29% 68% 57% 46% χ2 = 10.59* χ2 = 8.61** χ2 = 0.24
Alcohol use disorder 40% 27% 39% 44% χ2 = 1.68 χ2 = 0.96 χ2 = 0.60
Substance use problem 71% 82% 74% 70% χ2 = 1.19 χ2 = 0.79 χ2 = 0.40
Cocaine use 54% 73% 59% 52% χ2 = 2.82 χ2 = 1.94 χ2 = 0.89
Adult victimization
Physical 46% 27% 59% 30% χ2 = 10.54* χ2 = 1.94 χ2 = 4.10*
Sexual 29% 18% 43% 9% χ2 = 15.34** χ2 = 0.79 χ2 = 9.95**
Lifetime HIV risk
Sex trading 26% 46% 47% 17% χ2 = 11.78** χ2 = 2.37 χ2 = 7.18**
≥20 sex partners 37% 46% 47% 24% χ2 = 6.08* χ2 = 0.39 χ2 = 5.20*
Sexually transmitted infections 40% 50% 45% 17% χ2 = 10.69* χ2 = 0.55 χ2 = 10.09**
*

p < .05,

**

p < .01