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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 26.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Transm Dis. 2010 Apr;37(4):272–278. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181c37e3e

Table 1.

Sociodemographic and sexual risk related characteristics for 330 sexually active two-spirit Natives, by sexual partnering with last three partners

Total
Networks
MSOM MSMW WSOW WSWM
(n = 330) (n = 134) (n = 32) (n = 65) (n = 99)
Respondent Characteristics N % N % N % N % N %
Gender ***
    Male 155 47.0% 122a 91.0% 23b 71.9% 4c 6.2% 6c 6.1%
    Female 149 45.2% 0a 0.0% 1a 3.1% 57b 87.7% 91b 91.9%
    Transgendered M-F 17 5.2% 10a 7.5% 7b 21.9% 0a, c 0.0% 0c 0.0%
    Transgendered F-M 9 2.7% 2a 1.5% 1a 3.1% 4a 6.2% 2a 2.0%
Have a penis? *** 166.0 0.5 134a 1.0 32a 1.0 0b 0.0 0b 0.0
Reported sexual orientation ***
    Gay/lesbian 152 46.1% 89a 61.4 5b 15.6% 36a 55.4% 22b 22.2%
    Bisexual 90 27.3% 12a 14.0 18b 56.3% 10a 15.4% 50b 50.5%
    Two-spirit 51 15.5% 23a, b 17.4 3a, b 9.4% 17a 26.2% 8b 8.1%
    Heterosexual 23 7.0% 4a 2.9 3a, b 9.4% 0a 0.0% 16b 16.2%
    Other 14 4.2% 6 4.3 3 9.4% 2 3.1% 3 3.0%
Education <=12 years* 143.0 0.4 48a 0.4 14a,b 0.4 25a,b 0.4 56b 0.6
Monthly income <=$1000* 195.0 0.6 67a 0.5 18a, b 56.3 40a, b 0.6 70b 0.6
Age (in years)
    18 – 24 26 7.9% 10 7.5% 4 12.5% 5 7.7% 7 7.1%
    25 – 34 96 29.1% 39 29.1% 8 25.0% 17 26.2% 32 32.3%
    35 – 44 96 29.1% 39 29.1% 12 37.5% 18 27.7% 27 27.3%
    45 –67 112 33.9% 46 34.3% 8 25.0% 25 38.5% 33 33.3%
% Native blood
    <25% 23 7.0% 8 6.0% 1 3.1% 8 12.3% 6 6.1%
    25 – 49% 102 30.9% 35 26.1% 8 25.0% 26 40.0% 33 33.3%
    50 – 74% 70 21.2% 33 24.6% 10 31.3% 9 13.8% 18 18.2%
    >=75% 134 40.6% 58 43.3% 12 37.5% 22 33.8% 42 42.4%
HIV status ***
    HIV-negative 223 67.6% 79a 59.0% 20a, b 62.5% 53b 81.5% 71a, b 71.7%
    HIV-positive 70 21.2% 48a 35.8% 6a, b 18.8% 1b 1.5% 15b 15.2%
    HIV-unknown 36 10.9% 7 5.2% 5 15.6% 11 16.9% 13 13.1%
Ever traded sex? *** 124.0 0.4 68a 0.5 3a 0.1 15b,c 0.2 38a,c 0.4
Have current partner? * 155 51.0% 50 41.0% 16 57.1% 36 58.1% 53 57.6%
>10 lifetime partners? * 242 73.3% 110a 82.1% 22a, b 68.8% 43a, b 66.2% 67a 67.7%
Types of partners (% who report any)
    Main or steady *** 231 70.0% 73a 54.5% 20a, b 62.5% 55b 84.6% 83b 83.8%
    More than once 168 50.9% 74 55.2% 18 56.2% 29 44.6% 47 47.5%
    One time only** 94 28.5% 50a 37.3% 11a, b 34.4% 8b 12.3% 25a, b 25.3%
    Transactional 11 3.3% 7 5.2% 1 3.1% 1 1.5% 2 2.0%
Partnership duration in months (n = 298)τ
    <= 1 mo (% who report any)** 97 32.7% 50a, c 41.3% 8a, b, c 28.6% 8b 13.8% 31c 34.4%
N median N median N median N median N median

    Median (Avg w/in person) 298 26 121 16 28 31 58 37.8 90 28
    IQR (Avg w/in person) 7 – 70 4 – 51 8 – 91 16 – 70 3 – 75
Condom use (always with all partners)
    Vaginal ** (n = 196) 12 6.1% - -- 0a 0.0% 9b 13.8% 3a 3.0%
    Anal (n = 265) 43 16.2% 17 12.7% 4 12.5% - -- 22 22.2%
    All sex ** (n = 330) 29 8.8% 17 12.7% 0 0.0% 9 13.9% 3 3.0%

• Notes. MSOM = ‘men who have sex only with men’ - anatomic males with male partners only

MSMW = ‘men who have sex with men and women’ - anatomic males with at least 1 female partner

WSOW = ‘women who have sex with only women’ - anatomic females with female partners only

WSWM = ‘women who have sex with women and men’ - anatomic females with at least 1 male partner

Analyses are conducted using chi-square test

τ

Partnership duration is reported on 298 as 32 respondents did not report data on the duration of partnerships for any of their partners.

*

p<0.05,

**

p<0.01,

***

p<0.001

a, b, c

values which do not share a common superscript are significantly different (p < 0.05)