Table 1.
Sample Characteristics and Group Sex Activities by Select Participant Characteristics
| %s in columns III and IV are %s of the total sample | ||||||||
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| I. Total | II. Attended | III. Had Sex | IV. Had Unsafe Sex | |||||
| N | % | % | p-value | % | p-value | % | p-value | |
| Total | 465 | 100 | 36% of 465 | 26% of 465 | 13% of 465 | |||
| Age | ||||||||
| 18–24 | 156 | 34 | 38 | .2115 | 24 | .5437 | 11 | .4134 |
| 25–30 | 100 | 22 | 39 | 25 | 10 | |||
| 31–40 | 115 | 25 | 37 | 31 | 16 | |||
| 41 or older | 94 | 20 | 27 | 26 | 16 | |||
| Race/Ethnicity | ||||||||
| Latina/o | 328 | 71 | 34 | .2184 | 24 | .0324 | 11 | .0128 |
| Black | 92 | 20 | 43 | 37 | 22 | |||
| Other | 45 | 10 | 31 | 22 | 7 | |||
| Hardest drug ever used | ||||||||
| None/Marijuana | 114 | 25 | 25 | .0032 | 12 | .0004 | 4 | .0025 |
| Non-injected heroin/cocaine | 82 | 18 | 48 | 28 | 12 | |||
| Crack | 69 | 15 | 45 | 39 | 23 | |||
| IDU | 200 | 43 | 35 | 29 | 15 | |||
| Sex | ||||||||
| Women | 199 | 43 | 28 | 0.003 | 21 | 0.030 | 11 | 0.3040 |
| Men | 266 | 57 | 42 | 30 | 14 | |||
| Gender/Sexuality | ||||||||
| WSW** | 82 | 18 | 51 | <.0001 | 45 | <.0001 | 26 | <.0001 |
| Other Female | 117 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 1 | |||
| MSM** | 68 | 15 | 71 | 63 | 31 | |||
| Other Male | 198 | 43 | 32 | 19 | 9 | |||
| Traded Sex for Money Last 12 Months | ||||||||
| No | 345 | 74 | 26 | <.0001 | 14 | <.0001 | 8 | <.0001 |
| Yes | 120 | 26 | 66 | 60 | 28 | |||
| Gay Group Sex Subculture Sample | ||||||||
| No | 436 | 94 | 33 | <.0001 | 22 | <.0001 | 11 | <.0001 |
| Yes | 29 | 6 | 83 | 83 | 48 | |||
| HIV | ||||||||
| Positive | 44 | 10 | 39 | .6505 | 36 | .0973 | 12 | .4752 |
| Negative | 395 | 90 | 35 | 25 | 16 | |||
| HSV-2 | ||||||||
| Positive | 221 | 49 | 37 | .5678 | 29 | .2245 | 14 | .4240 |
| Negative | 226 | 51 | 35 | 24 | 12 | |||
| Chlamydia | ||||||||
| Positive | 30 | 7 | 57 | .0190 | 43 | .0336 | 27 | .0433* |
| Negative | 411 | 93 | 35 | 26 | 12 | |||
| Tested positive on at least one of the above 3 infections | ||||||||
| Yes | 253 | 58 | 38 | .3430 | 30 | .1450 | 14 | .4370 |
| No | 180 | 42 | 34 | 23 | 12 | |||
Note: p-values reported from chi-square tests of independence unless otherwise noted.
• Fisher’s Exact Test
• ** Same sex partnership history used in the analysis was based on behavior, not self-reported sexual orientation. Hence, WSW are women who reported ever having sex with a woman. MSM are men who reported ever having sex with a man. The vast majority of WSW and a large majority of MSMs also had partners of the opposite sex. Among WSW, only 8 (9.9%) reported no male sexual partners in the past 3 months, and only 1 had NEVER had sex with a man in her life). Among MSM, 36% reported NO female sex partners in the past three months and only 1 had never had sex with a woman. Women who have sex with women and perhaps with men.