TABLE 1.
Characteristics of study respondents by sex: Monitoring STIs in the Population, 2006-09
|
Women
(n=1,843) |
Men
(n=1,093) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | (n) | % | (n) | ||
| Demographic | |||||
| Age (yrs) | |||||
| 15-19 | 24.0 | (427) | 31.0 | (348) | |
| 20-24 | 25.7 | (430) | 21.0 | (219) | |
| 25-29 | 22.0 | (443) | 23.8 | (254) | |
| 30-35 | 28.4 | (543) | 24.2 | (272) | |
| mean | 25.0 | 24.2 | p=0.008 | ||
| Race | |||||
| Black | 66.0 | (1221) | 58.4 | (631) | |
| NonBlack | 34.0 | (621) | 41.6 | (461) | p=0.001 |
| Education a | |||||
| Less than High School | 25.4 | (438) | 31.7 | (341) | |
| High school | 27.6 | (455) | 27.8 | (279) | |
| Some college/trade school | 25.8 | (468) | 19.2 | (207) | |
| College+ | 21.2 | (480) | 21.2 | (264) | p=0.002 |
| Employed b | |||||
| Full-time | 45.7 | (863) | 45.2 | (514) | |
| Part-time | 20.3 | (371) | 16.8 | (190) | |
| Unemployed | 34.0 | (609) | 37.9 | (388) | p=0.09 |
| Marital status | |||||
| Never married | 76.0 | (1404) | 77.7 | (863) | |
| Married | 19.0 | (349) | 19.6 | (202) | |
| Widowed or divorced | 5.0 | (89) | 2.7 | (28) | p=0.04 |
| Incarceration status | |||||
| Ever incarcerated for >24 hr | |||||
| Within past year | 3.5 | (55) | 10.2 | (103) | |
| Over one year ago | 7.8 | (125) | 14.0 | (136) | |
| Never | 88.7 | (1658) | 75.9 | (850) | p<0.001 |
| Partner incarcerated for >24 hr | |||||
| Within past year | 15.3 | (262) | 4.5 | (41) | |
| Over one year ago | 21.7 | (379) | 6.1 | (67) | |
| Never c | 63.0 | (1185) | 89.4 | (974) | p<0.001 |
Notes: Weighted %s, unweighted sample Ns
a
7.2% of 15-17 year olds and 9.8% of 18-20 year olds were behind the expected grade in school.
b
Only one quarter (24.8%) of 15-17 year olds reported full- or part-time employment. Among those aged 18 years and older, 27.6% of women and 27% of men were unemployed.
c
Respondents reporting 0 lifetime partners recoded as having no partners incarcerated