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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 5.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Educ Prev. 2013 Apr;25(2):112–123. doi: 10.1521/aeap.2013.25.2.112

Table 2. Association Between Not Eating for an Entire Day, HIV Risk Behaviors, and Presence of SNAP Food Benefit Ban, N = 110.

Dependent Variables Participants who reported not eating for an entire day Participants who had at least one meal each day Chi-square test statistic p-value

N = 41 N (%) N = 69 N (%) χ2
Resides in state with SNAP food benefit ban 32 (78.1) 29 (42.0) 13.51 < 0.001
Risk Behaviors
 Always uses condoms during intercourse 5 (20.8) 14 (38.9) 2.17 0.14
 Used alcohol prior to intercourse 18 (78.3) 13 (36.1) 10.0 0.002
 Used cocaine/crack prior to intercourse 13 (56.5) 7 (20.0) 8.19 0.004
 Used opioids prior to intercourse 7 (30.4) 3 (10.0) 3.55 0.059
 Used heroin prior to intercourse 7 (30.4) 2 (6.3) 5.72 0.017
 Paying for or being paid for sex work 7 (25.9) 3 (7.7) 4.13 0.042

Out of individuals who report having sex (N = 64) using chi-square tests.