TABLE 1—
Descriptive Statistics of Drug-Using Male Sex Worker (n = 387) Networks: Houston, TX; May 2003–February 2004
| Variable | % (No.) or Mean (SD; Min, Max) |
| HIV status | |
| Positive | 20 (79) |
| Negative | 64 (247) |
| Unknown (including indeterminate) | 16 (61) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 84 (325) |
| Female | 16 (62) |
| Age, y | |
| 16–29 | 40 (155) |
| 30–39 | 36 (138) |
| ≥ 40 | 24 (93) |
| Race/ethnicity | |
| White | 47 (183) |
| Black | 43 (168) |
| Hispanic | 8 (31) |
| Homelessness | 49 (188) |
| Sexual orientation | |
| Gay | 32 (122) |
| Straight | 25 (95) |
| Bisexual | 44 (170) |
| Years of schooling | 11.24 (2.15; 4, 19) |
| Number of cumulative arrests | 10.71 (13.72; 0, 90) |
| Months of incarceration | 48.39 (56.02; 0, 300) |
| Recruitment status | |
| Seeds | 28 (107) |
| Secondary contacts | 36 (140) |
| Tertiary contacts | 36 (140) |
| Ever experienced sex work | 75 (292) |
| Never experienced sex work | 25 (95) |
| No. of paid sex partners | 29.22 (38.83; 0, 150) |
| No. of casual sex partners | 6.92 (19.43; 0, 150) |
| Protective sex | |
| Consistent condom use | 21 (80) |
| Nonconsistent condom use | 40 (155) |
Note. Number of sex partners refers to the past 30 days; the upper limit was set to 150 to minimize recollection problems. There were 39% missing cases for the protective sex variable, and 1% for the others category for the race/ethnicity variable.