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 |
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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.