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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 May 4.
Published in final edited form as: Affilia. 2009 Aug 1;24(3):257–271. doi: 10.1177/0886109909337377

Table 1.

Characteristics of the Sample

Variable % or range (M)
Sociodemographic characteristics
 Age 18–30 years (21.5 years)
 Single, never married 100%
 Children aged 18 and younger 50%
 Educational level 9–14 years (11.7 years)
Criminal justice involvement
 Prior arrests 70%
 Prior incarceration 40%
HIV risk in the past 90 days
 Intercourse
  Condom use every time 40%
  Condom use half the time 20%
  Never use condoms 40%
  More than one sex partner 40%
  STI diagnosis 10%
 Partner’s HIV risk
  Know/suspect partner is having sex with others 80%
  Partner diagnosed with STI 40%
  Partner is HIV positive 10%
IPV in the past 6 months
 Partner threatened to hit or throw something at me 50%
 Partner twisted my arm or hair or threw something 40%
 Partner forced sex without a condom 40%
Drug use in the past 90 days
 Marijuana 100%, 1–90 days (M = 40.3)
 Crack or cocaine 30%, 2–65 days (M = 22.3)
 Alcohol (4 or more drinks at once) 80%, 1–90 days (M = 18.9)
 History of drug use 30%

Note: IPV = intimate partner violence; STI = sexually transmitted infection.