Table I.
Characteristics of sample at baseline (N=198)
| Demographics | |
| Age (mean, s.d.; range) | 39.6 yrs (7.3; 18–65 yrs) |
| Race | |
| -African American | 66% |
| -White | 27% |
| -Other | 7% |
| Hispanic ethnicity | 7% |
| Had high school diploma | 52% |
| Unemployed | 93% |
| Had health insurance | 70% |
| Ever in drug treatment | 41% |
| Ever injected drugs | 42% |
| Drug use in previous 6 months | |
| Smoked crack/rock cocaine | 88% |
| Marijuana | 62% |
| Snorted/sniffed cocaine | 43% |
| Snorted/sniffed heroin | 35% |
| Sexual History | |
| Age at first sex (mean, s.d.; range) | 14.7 yrs (3.4; 3–29 yrs) |
| First sex was forced (% yes) | 25% |
| Ever exchanged sex for drugs | 68% |
| Ever exchanged sex for money | 80 % |
| Sexual Behaviors in previous 3 months | |
| Number of partners (mean, range) | 26 (1–400) |
| Had primary partner | 83% |
| Had casual partner | 74% |
| Had both primary & casual partners | 59% |
| Primary partner injected drugs | 28% |
| Used no STI/HIV protection w/primary partner: | 73% |
| Used no STI/HIV protection w/casual partner: | 49% |
| Proportion of protected sexual acts by male or female condom with primary partne (mean, range)r | .07 (0.0–1.0) |
| Proportion of protected sexual acts by male or female condom with casual partner (mean, range) | .24 (0.0–1.0) |
| Frequency of unprotected vaginal acts by male of female condom with primary partner (mean, median, range) | 46, 24 (0–365) |
| Frequency of unprotected vaginal acts by male of female condom with casual partner (mean, median, range) | 36, 14 (0–216) |
| Always used male condom: | |
| -with primary partner | 4% |
| - with casual partner | 12% |