Table 3.
Relationship between egocentric network social support and risk factors and residential distance among sexual partners, the Unity in Diversity study (N = 188)
| Does not have sex partner living in the same household (n = 149) N (%) |
Has sex partner living in the same household (n = 39) N (%) |
Chi-square or F-statistics |
P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| At least college, associate or technical degree | 61 (40.9) | 18 (46.2) | 0.34 | 0.56 |
| Working full/part time | 41 (27.5) | 11 (28.2) | 0.007 | 0.93 |
| Income >10,000 | 69 (46.3) | 18 (46.2) | 0.003 | 0.99 |
| HIV-positive | 68 (45.6) | 25 (64.1) | 4.22 | 0.04 |
| Lifetime incarceration | 101 (67.8) | 30 (76.9) | 1.22 | 0.27 |
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |||
| Age | 37.6 (10.7) | 40.5 (8.58) | 2.45 | 0.12 |
| Total networks size | 8.86 (4.04) | 8.21 (5.40) | 0.70 | 0.40 |
| Age of network members | 39.0 (8.51) | 42.0 (7.46) | 4.01 | 0.05 |
| Number of network members advise or talk to | 1.89 (1.62) | 2.08 (1.74) | 0.36 | 0.55 |
| Number of network members pitch in to help | 1.21 (0.99) | 1.69 (1.47) | 5.76 | 0.02 |
| Number of network members loan money/valuables | 1.23 (0.98) | 1.43 (1.43) | 1.75 | 0.19 |
| Number of network members entrust w/money | 0.68 (0.83) | 1.10 (1.05) | 6.99 | 0.01 |
| Number of network members providing health advice | 0.94 (0.90) | 1.13 (1.34) | 1.08 | 0.30 |
| Number of network members give support to | 0.46 (0.90) | 0.69 (0.80) | 2.11 | 0.15 |
| Number of sex partners | 3.28 (1.80) | 3.28 (1.79) | 0.01 | 0.99 |
| Number of male sex partners | 2.58 (1.81) | 2.74 (1.71) | 0.25 | 0.62 |
| Number of female sex partners | 0.55 (1.04) | 0.46 (0.79) | 0.25 | 0.62 |
| Number of male partners who loaned money | 0.18 (0.47) | 0.54 (0.64) | 15.35 | <.001 |
| Number of female partners who loaned money | 0.05 (0.21) | 0.21 (0.41) | 11.04 | 0.001 |
| Number of male partners hang out with | 0.53 (0.77) | 0.92 (0.87) | 7.66 | 0.006 |
| Number of female partners hang out with | 0.11 (0.35) | 0.15 (0.37) | 0.53 | 0.47 |
| Number of male partners see at least weekly | 1.01 (1.16) | 1.54 (1.14) | 6.54 | 0.01 |
| Number of female partners see at least weekly | 0.31 (0.62) | 0.31 (0.52) | 0.01 | 0.99 |
| Number of HIV-positive partners | 0.53 (1.08 | 1.00 (1.07 | 5.84 | 0.02 |
| Financial dependence on partners (scale 1—not dependent to 5—very dependent) |
1.56 (0.98) | 2.07 (0.99) | 8.35 | 0.004 |
| Average % of networks HIV-positive | 0.13 (0.21) | 0.25 (0.26) | 8.90 | 0.003 |
| Network density | 0.38 (0.25) | 0.47 (0.28) | 3.85 | 0.05 |