Table 4.

Bivariate correlations between independent variables and HIV risk behavior

Correlates	Correlation with HRBS Total
Age	.13**
Female (ref = male)	.09*
African American (ref = European American/Other)	-.04
Receipt of Public Assistance (ref = no public assistance)	.01
AUDIT-Ca	.16***
Frequency of marijuana use	.15**
Other illicit drug use (ref = no other illicit drug use)	.13**
BSIb Depression	.10*
Frequency of community violence exposurec	.13**
Frequency of peer violence involvement	.14***
Frequency of dating violence involvement	.23***

^*p<.05,

^**p<.01,

^***p<.001

^aAlcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption total score.

^bBrief Symptom Inventory Depression total score.

^cParticipants’ scores on violence measures were summed such that higher scores = more frequent community violence exposure or dating/peer violence involvement.