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