TABLE 1.
Characteristic | Weighted % (N=1,083) | ≥3 partners | Any risky partner | Concurrent partners |
---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 100.0 | 7.6 | 9.6 | 8.2 |
Current union status | ||||
Married | 63.7 | 1.1*,† | 2.1*,† | 1.3*,† |
Cohabiting | 10.6 | 6.9† | 7.9† | 11.8† |
Not in union | 25.7 | 23.8 | 29.0 | 24.4 |
Past risk group‡ | ||||
Never high-risk | 53.0 | 3.9*,† | 7.6† | 3.4*,† |
Experimenter | 30.2 | 12.0 | 9.6 | 11.6 |
Repeater | 16.8 | 11.2 | 15.9 | 15.2 |
Race/ethnicity | ||||
White | 76.1 | 7.4 | 9.7 | 6.9 |
Black | 13.9 | 8.8 | 11.4 | 13.5 |
Hispanic | 10.0 | 7.0 | 5.8 | 10.6 |
Mother’s education | ||||
≥high school/GED | 82.1 | 7.1 | 9.5 | 8.2 |
<high school/missing | 17.9 | 9.8 | 10.0 | 8.2 |
Education | ||||
≥high school | 89.5 | 7.6 | 9.0 | 8.6 |
<high school/GED | 10.5 | 7.4 | 14.1 | 4.6 |
Currently employed | ||||
Yes | 88.9 | 6.7 | 9.4 | 7.3 |
No | 11.1 | 14.2 | 10.6 | 15.2 |
Current/most recent wage§ | ||||
Lowest quartile | 16.6 | 5.0 | 10.7 | 5.7 |
Top three quartiles | 83.4 | 8.1 | 9.3 | 8.6 |
Differs from percentage in second category at p<.001 for the likelihood ratio chi-square test.
DIffers from percentage in third category at p<.001 for the likelihood ratio chi-square test.
Men were classified as experimenters if they were in a high-risk group in the year preceding one survey wave, and as repeaters if they were in such a group for two or three waves (see page TK).
Based on U.S. wage distribution (reference 21).