Table 2.
Sex partner-specific demographics and sexual risk behaviors reported in the past year by men-who-have-ever-had-sex-with-men (MSM) and women-who-have-sex-with-men (WSM) participants recruited from a convenience sample of HIV-infected youth, ages 13-24 years, 2003-2004 (n=486).
| MSM (n = 257) |
WSM (n = 229) |
p-value* | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex partner demographics | |||
| Race, n (%) | |||
| African-American | 146 (57.7) | 155 (68.0) | 0.015 |
| White | 44 (17.4) | 11 (4.8) | |
| Mixed race | 31 (12.3) | 27 (11.8) | |
| Other | 32 (12.6) | 35 (15.4) | |
| Hispanic/Latino origin, n (%) | 66 (25.8) | 51 (22.4) | 0.46 |
| Recent partner-specific sexual risk behaviors | |||
| Condom use at last sex (oral, anal or vaginal), n (%) | 153 (77.7) | 116 (61.4) | <0.002 |
| Partner had other sex partner while index and he/she were in a sexual relationship, n (%) | 138 (56.1) | 80 (36.4) | <0.001 |
| Partner made index have sex (oral, anal or vaginal) without a condom: n (%) | |||
| Never happened | 212 (83.1) | 195 (85.9) | 0.41 |
| Happened one time | 12 (4.7) | 12 (5.3) | |
| Happened more than once but less than 5 times | 16 (6.3) | 9 (4.0) | |
| Happened 5 times or more | 15 (5.9) | 11 (4.8) | |
| At last sex, alcohol and drug use | |||
| Index had been using alcohol, n (%) | 64 (25.0) | 33 (14.5) | 0.024 |
| Index had been using marijuana, n (%) | 82 (32.0) | 49 (21.6) | 0.029 |
| Index had been using hard drugs like cocaine, heroin or speed, n (%) | 40 (15.6) | 7 (3.1) | <0.003 |
| Partner had been using alcohol, n (%) | 78 (30.5) | 56 (24.6) | 0.22 |
| Partner had been using marijuana, n (%) | 74 (28.9) | 71 (31.1) | 0.63 |
| Partner had been using hard drugs like cocaine, heroin or speed, n (%) | 37 (14.5) | 5 (2.2) | <0.001 |
| Overall index and/or partner had been using any alcohol or drug, n(%) | 56 (55.4) | 40 (37.7) | 0.014 |
| Composite measure of recent partner-specific HIV transmission risk, n (%) 1 | 177 (74.7) | 141 (68.1) | 0.16 |
*
P-values obtained using a GEE model that considers the correlation in responses from index participants who provide information on more than one sexual contact.
1
Defined by four measures including: (1) the index and sex partner did not used a condom at last sex; (2) the sex partner made the index have sex without a condom; (3) the index reported sex partner concurrency; and (4) the index or sex partner used hard drugs at the time of last sex.