TABLE 2.
Descriptive Statistics for HIV Risk Behaviors and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Low-Income Women Seeking Emergency Care in the Bronx, NY, 2001–2003
| Total (n = 241) | Participants Not Meeting PTSD Criteria (n = 169) | Participants Meeting PTSD Criteria (n = 72) | |
| No. of unprotected vaginal sex acts with all partners in past 30 d, mean (SD) | 10 (15) | 10 (15) | 10 (16) |
| Percentage of protected vaginal sex acts with all partners in past 30 d, mean (SD) | 33 (43) | 33 (43) | 35 (44) |
| Condom use during vaginal sex in past 30 d, no. (%) | |||
| Never | 138 (57) | 99 (59) | 39 (54) |
| Sometimes | 43 (18) | 29 (17) | 14 (20) |
| Always | 60 (25) | 41 (24) | 19 (26) |
| Unprotected anal sex in past 30 d, no. (%) | 24 (10) | 14 (8) | 10 (14) |
| Multiple sex partners in past 6 mo, no. (%) | 43 (18) | 21 (12) | 22** (31) |
| Risky partners in past 6 mo, no. (%) | 70 (29) | 40 (24) | 30** (42) |
| Sex under the influence of drugs or alcohol in past 6 mo, no. (%) | 103 (43) | 66 (39) | 37 (51) |
| Violence related to condom use in past 6 mo, no. (%) | 52 (22) | 25 (15) | 27** (38) |
| Sex trading in past 6 mo, no. (%) | 8 (3) | 2 (1) | 6** (8) |
**P < .01.