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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Behav. 2012 Aug;16(6):1522–1531. doi: 10.1007/s10461-011-0049-1

Table 1.

Sample characteristics, relationship functioning, and sexual risk behavior of young expecting couples

Demographics Females Males P-value
Age M(SD) 18.7 (1.7) 21.3 (4.1) <0.001**
Household income ($) M(SD) 13,399 (15,466) 17,271 (21,518) 0.013*
Race N (%)
 Black 116 (39.5) 142 (48.3)
 Hispanic 117 (40.0) 108 (36.7) 0.054
 White/other 50 (20.5) 31 (15.0)
Relationship functioning M(SD) 116.03 (20.28) 114.32 (21.19) 0.180
Individual cognitive factors
 Condom attitudes M(SD) 44.59 (8.53) 42.71 (8.89) 0.007**
 Condom use self-efficacy M(SD) 4.04 (0.62) 3.94 (0.66) 0.038*
 HIV/STI perceived risk M(SD) 2.35 (0.80) 2.57(1.13) 0.005**
 HIV/STI knowledge M(SD) 30.43 (3.84) 29.29 (4.33) <0.001**
Sexual risk behavior
 Intention to be monogamous M(SD) 3.91 (0.38) 3.72 (0.59) <0.001**
 Partner concurrency past 6 months N (%) 18 (6.1%) 36 (12.2%) 0.010**
 Sexual communication M(SD) 3.24 (1.19) 3.60 (1.14) <0.001**
 Condom use past 6 months M(SD) 15.65 (26.80) 19.78 (31.65) 0.059
 STI N (%) 14 (5.0%) 16 (5.7%) 0.791

Notes:

**

P < 0.01,

*

P < 0.05