TABLE 1.
Characteristics of High-Risk Adults Aged 18–60 Years Involved in At Least One Sexual Partnership in the Past 3 Months (Networks, Norms, and HIV Risk Among Youth, Brooklyn, NY, 2002–2004) (N = 343 Individuals)
| Participant Characteristics | N = 343 | |
|---|---|---|
|
| ||
| No. Participants | %* | |
| Sociodemographic | ||
| Gender | ||
| Men | 182 | 53.1 |
| Women | 161 | 46.9 |
| Race | ||
| Latino | 239 | 69.7 |
| Black | 72 | 21.0 |
| White | 22 | 6.4 |
| Other | 10 | 2.91 |
| Age | ||
| 18–24 | 120 | 35.0 |
| 25–29 | 61 | 17.8 |
| 30–34 | 39 | 11.4 |
| 35–39 | 48 | 14.0 |
| 40+ | 75 | 21.9 |
| Marital status | ||
| Single (never married) | 246 | 71.7 |
| Legally married | 30 | 8.8 |
| Informally married/living together | 38 | 11.1 |
| Separated | 10 | 2.9 |
| Divorced | 10 | 2.9 |
| Widowed | 9 | 2.6 |
| Bushwick residence | ||
| No | 68 | 19.8 |
| Yes | 275 | 80.2 |
| Education† | ||
| Grade school | 21 | 7.7 |
| Some high school | 103 | 37.7 |
| High school graduate or GED | 89 | 32.6 |
| Some college | 28 | 10.3 |
| Associate’s degree | 10 | 3.7 |
| College graduate | 2 | 0.7 |
| Some graduate or professional degree | 1 | 0.4 |
| Graduate or professional degree | 1 | 0.4 |
| Employed† | ||
| No | 219 | 80.2 |
| Yes | 54 | 19.8 |
| Incarceration history | ||
| No | 187 | 54.5 |
| Yes | 156 | 45.5 |
| Substance use | ||
| Ever used noninjected crack | ||
| No | 170 | 49.6 |
| Yes | 165 | 48.1 |
| Ever used noninjected cocaine | ||
| No | 103 | 30.0 |
| Yes | 232 | 67.6 |
| Ever used noninjected heroin | ||
| No | 156 | 45.5 |
| Yes | 179 | 52.2 |
| Ever used noninjected crack, cocaine, or heroin | ||
| No | 86 | 25.1 |
| Yes | 249 | 72.6 |
| Ever used injection drugs | ||
| No | 214 | 62.4 |
| Yes | 129 | 37.6 |
| Sexual behavior | ||
| Same sex partnership | ||
| MSM | ||
| No | 123 | 67.6 |
| Yes | 59 | 32.4 |
| WSW | ||
| No | 92 | 57.1 |
| Yes | 69 | 42.9 |
| Multiple partnerships in the past 3 months | ||
| No | 173 | 50.4 |
| Yes | 170 | 49.6 |
| Lifetime number of sexual partners was greater than the median‡ | ||
| No | 167 | 48.7 |
| Yes | 176 | 51.3 |
| Traded sex for drugs or money in the past year | ||
| No | 245 | 71.4 |
| Yes | 98 | 28.6 |
| Attended a group sex event in the past year | ||
| No | 218 | 63.6 |
| Yes | 125 | 36.4 |
| STIs/HIV | ||
| HSV-2§ | ||
| No | 165 | 48.1 |
| Yes | 165 | 48.1 |
| HIV|| | ||
| No | 287 | 83.7 |
| Yes | 35 | 10.2 |
| Chlamydia | ||
| No | 305 | 88.9 |
| Yes | 21 | 6.1 |
| Gonorrhea | ||
| No | 323 | 94.2 |
| Yes | 3 | 0.9 |
| Syphilis | ||
| No | 321 | 93.6 |
| Yes | 11 | 3.2 |
*
Percentages may not sum to 100% due to missing values and/or rounding.
†
Among those aged 22 years and older (n = 273).
‡
The median lifetime number of partners was 20 partners among men and 10 partners among women.
§
The prevalence of HSV-2 differed significantly by gender and race/ethnicity (nonblack women: 56%, nonblack men: 31%, black women: 63%, black men: 67%; P < 0.0001).
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The prevalence of HIV differed significantly by gender and race/ethnicity (nonblack women: 5%, nonblack men: 10%, black women: 15%, black men: 24%; P = 0.016).