Table 2.

Religious Faithfulness by Participant Characteristics

	Religion is Unimportant or Fairly Unimportant		Religion is Important or Fairly Important
	n	%	n	%
	188	41.7	263	58.3
Age
16–18 years	92	48.9	116	44.1
19–20 years	96	51.1	147	55.9
Race/ethnicity
Black	71	37.8	170	64.6**
Latino	51	26.6	40	15.2
White	53	28.2	28	10.7
Other	14	07.4	25	09.5
Binge drinking
Yes	25	13.3	24	09.1
No	163	86.7	239	90.9
Regular marijuana use
Yes	47	25.0	68	25.9
No	141	75.0	195	74.1
Hard drug use
Yes	40	21.3	27	10.3**
No	148	78.7	236	89.7
HIV status
Yes	10	05.3	24	09.2
No	178	94.7	238	90.8
Unprotected anal sex acts with a male partner
Yes	95	50.8	105	40.2*
No	92	49.2	156	59.8
Unprotected insertive anal sex acts with a male partner
Yes	59	31.6	65	24.9
No	128	68.4	196	75.1
Unprotected receptive anal sex acts with a male partner
Yes	79	42.2	81	31.0*
No	108	57.8	180	69.0
Unprotected anal sex acts with a casual male partner
Yes	58	31.0	71	27.2
No	129	69.0	190	72.8
Unprotected insertive anal sex acts with a casual male partner
Yes	34	18.2	38	14.6
No	153	81.8	223	85.4
Unprotected receptive anal sex acts with a casual male partner
Yes	48	25.7	54	20.7
No	139	74.3	207	79.3

Note: Three missing values for sexual risk behaviors were omitted

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001. (two-tailed tests)