Table 3.
Comparison of Sample by Sexual Risk Behavior
| Low sexual risk (n = 20) |
High sexual risk (n = 32) |
p a | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Demographics | |||
| Age in years; M (SD) | 31.00 (12.29) | 29.69 (9.67) | .688 |
| Race; n (%) | .076 | ||
| Black | 14 (70) | 26 (81) | |
| Latino | 5 (25) | 1 (3) | |
| White | 0 (0) | 2 (6) | |
| Other | 1 (5) | 3 (9) | |
| Education; n (%) | .518 | ||
| Less than 8 years | 1 (5) | 0 (0) | |
| Some high school | 3 (15) | 7 (22) | |
| High school graduate | 8 (40) | 17 (53) | |
| Some college | 7 (35) | 7 (22) | |
| College graduate | 1 (5) | 1 (3) | |
| Employment; n (%) | .860 | ||
| Unemployed | 12 (60) | 20 (63) | |
| Employed | 8 (40) | 12 (38) | |
| Relationship status; n (%) | .228 | ||
| Single | 6 (30) | 15 (47) | |
| In a relationship | 14 (70) | 17 (53) | |
| No. of partners in life; M (SD) | |||
| 24.05 (26.17) | 39.97 (46.26) | .120 | |
| No. of children; M (SD) | .097 | ||
| 2.25 (1.21) | 1.75 (0.92) | ||
| No. of mother(s) of babies; n (%) | .964 | ||
| 1 | 12 (60) | 19 (59) | |
| 2+ | 8 (40) | 13 (41) | |
| Network characteristics | |||
| % of network, Male; % (SD) | 77 (22) | 65 (26) | .102 |
| % of network, length of relationship; % (SD) | |||
| <1 year | 7 (12) | 12 (18) | .347 |
| 1-2 years | 8 (12) | 19 (19) | .027 |
| >2 years | 85 (20) | 69 (25) | .029 |
| % of network, parent; % (SD) | 55 (34) | 51 (23) | .997 |
| % of network, very involved in raising their kids; % (SD) | 41 (31) | 39 (24) | .908 |
| % of network ever encouraged condom use; % (SD) | 57 (38) | 65 (34) | .671 |
| % of network ever encouraged you to cheat on a partner; % (SD) | 11 (21) | 25 (29) | .089 |
| % of network, ever tried to get you to go out to clubs/bars; % (SD) | 38 (30) | 50 (35) | .235 |
| % of network, ever tried to get you to drink or use drugs; % (SD) | 13 (25) | 40 (37) | .009 |
| % of network, ever talk about parental involvement; % (SD) | 69 (33) | 76 (29) | .491 |
| % of network, ever talk about parenting issues; % (SD) | 73 (29) | 67 (29) | .356 |
| Sexual risk of network (proportion of network); M (SD) | |||
| Proportion of network has had two or more partners in the past year | 0.27 (0.21) | 0.45 (0.31) | .013 |
| Casual partners (frequently) | 0.04 (0.08) | 0.12 (0.21) | .149 |
| Ever cheated on a partner | 0.77 (0.26) | 0.65 (0.26) | .098 |
| Condom use (never) | 0.21 (0.33) | 0.16 (0.17) | .716 |
| Condom use (always) | 0.40 (0.37) | 0.35 (0.34) | .310 |
| Network measures; M (SD) | |||
| Network density | 0.60 (0.32) | 0.60 (0.37) | .776 |
| Network closeness | 57.56 (66.29) | 47.59 (86.94) | .723 |
| Network degree centrality | 44.17 (44.68) | 31.3 (38.51) | .378 |
| Network size | 5.40 (4.79) | 4.28 (2.77) | .046 |
| Count of isolates | 0.75 (1.29) | 1.09 (1.84) | .319 |
| Count of dyads | 0.25 (0.64) | 0.00 (0.00) | .052 |
a
p value is for t test (continuous variables) or χ2 test (categorical variables). All analyses except demographics controlled for age, relationship status, and residential status. p values ≤.1 are given in boldface.