Table 3.

Prevalence ratios (PRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the associations between type of venue where respondents were interviewed and illicit drug use and sexual risk (N = 371)

	N interviewed while socializing, by venue type	% Reporting risk behavior	PR (95% CI)
Illicit drug use in the past 12 months
Venue type
Formal commercial bars/club	121	17.5	Referent
Public community spaces (library, restaurants, shops)	36	11.1	0.63 (0.21–1.96)
Apartment complex public spaces	31	26.7	1.52 (0.59–3.96)
Convenience stores	24	52.4	2.99 (1.60–5.59)
Open-aired sites: streets, blocks, lots, parks	126	32.0	1.83 (0.88–3.78)
Men’s shelter	13	76.9	4.40 (2.45–7.89)
Private homes converted to bars and brothels	20	55.0	3.14 (1.65–5.99)
≥1 New or multiple (≥2) sex partners in the past 4 weeks
Venue type
Formal commercial bars/club	121	50.9	Referent
Public community spaces (library, restaurants, shops)	36	55.6	1.09 (0.82–1.45)
Apartment complex public spaces	31	58.1	1.14 (0.77–1.68)
Convenience stores	24	60.9	1.20 (0.79–1.81)
Open-aired sites: streets, blocks, lots, parks	126	52.0	1.02 (0.81–1.29)
Men’s shelter	13	61.6	1.21 (1.00–1.46)
Private homes converted to bars and brothels	20	68.4	1.34 (0.97–1.86)
Transactional sex in the past 4 weeks
Venue type
Formal commercial bars/club	121	4.2	Referent
Public community spaces (library, restaurants, shops)	36	5.6	1.31 (0.35–4.88)
Apartment complex public spaces	31	16.1	3.81 (1.65–8.80)
Convenience stores	24	22.7	5.36 (2.18–13.17)
Open-aired sites: streets, blocks, lots, parks	126	21.8	5.16 (2.16–12.29)
Men’s shelter	13	61.5	14.52 (7.31–28.86)
Private homes converted to bars and brothels	20	40.0	9.44 (4.33–20.60)

Excludes two individuals interviewed at venues that do not fit into any of the venue types included in the table