Table III.
Poverty, Mood Disorder, and Substance Use Correlates of STI/HIV Risk among Incarcerated African American Men in Committed Partnerships (N=189)
| Concurrent Partnerships | Buying Sex | Prevalent STI | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | OR (95% CI) | AORa (95% CI) | % | OR (95% CI) | AORa (95% CI) | % | OR (95% CI) | AORa (95% CI) | ||||||||||
| Poverty Indicators | ||||||||||||||||||
| Joblessness | ||||||||||||||||||
| No | 28.6 | 1 | 1 | 10.7 | 1 | 1 | 10.7 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Yes | 42.9 | 1.97 (1.05, 3.71) | 2.88 (1.40, 5.94) | 10 | 0.93 (0.35, 2.49) | 1.20 (0.40, 3.58) | 5.7 | 0.52 (0.16, 1.67) | 1.39 (0.44, 4.44) | |||||||||
| Homelessness | ||||||||||||||||||
| No | 31.5 | 1 | 1 | 7.4 | 1 | 1 | 9.4 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Yes | 41.2 | 1.57 (0.72, 3.39) | 1.81 (0.77, 4.28) | 20.6 | 3.35 (1.19, 9.45) | 2.73 (0.83, 8.98) | 5.9 | 0.61 (0.13, 2.84) | 0.77 (0.15, 3.98) | |||||||||
| Food Insecurity | ||||||||||||||||||
| No | 34.1 | 1 | 1 | 5.8 | 1 | 1 | 10.1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Yes | 32.6 | 0.96 (0.46, 1.99) | 0.92 (0.39, 2.18) | 25.6 | 5.54 (2.06, 14.91) | 5.97 (1.83, 19.45) | 4.7 | 0.44 (0.10, 2.00) | 0.49 (0.09, 2.60) | |||||||||
| Mood Disorders | ||||||||||||||||||
| Depressed | ||||||||||||||||||
| No | 28.2 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 1 | 1 | 8.9 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Yes | 43.1 | 1.93 (1.03, 3.60) | 1.96 (0.96, 4.02) | 17.8 | 3.76 (1.36, 10.40) | 2.98 (0.85, 10.36) | 9.6 | 1.09 (0.40, 3.01) | 1.51 (0.45, 5.11) | |||||||||
| Trait Anxietyb | ||||||||||||||||||
| No | 36.4 | 1 | 1 | 7.8 | 1 | 1 | 7.9 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Yes | 31 | 0.79 (0.38, 1.63) | 0.57 (0.23, 1.42) | 11.9 | 1.59 (0.51, 5.02) | 1.07 (0.21, 5.52) | 8.6 | 1.10 (0.32, 3.80) | 0.92 (0.19, 4.48) | |||||||||
| Substance Use | ||||||||||||||||||
| Binge Drinking on Typical Drinking Day (6 Months before Incarceration) | ||||||||||||||||||
| No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| 33.1 | 1 | 1 | 10.5 | 1 | 1 | 5.2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 46 | 1.72 (0.82, 3.61) | 1.75 (0.79, 3.90) | 13.2 | 1.29 (0.43, 3.84) | 1.46 (0.42, 5.06) | 19.4 | 4.38 (1.43,13.46) | 3.79 (1.19, 12.04) | ||||||||||
| Lifetime Marijuana Use | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rare Use | 23.1 | 1 | 1 | 15.4 | 1 | 1 | 0.0c | N/A | N/A | |||||||||
| Occasional Use | 25 | 1.11 (0.26, 4.78) | 0.81 (0.18, 3.68) | 6.8 | 0.40 (0.06, 2.72) | 0.27 (0.03, 2.34) | 11.6 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Frequent Use | 39 | 2.13 (0.86, 8.15) | 1.25 (0.30, 5.23) | 11.3 | 0.70 (0.14, 3.49) | 0.50 (0.08, 3.34) | 8.9 | 0.74 (0.24, 2.27) | 0.69 (0.22, 2.24) | |||||||||
| Lifetime Crack Use | ||||||||||||||||||
| No | 35.2 | 1 | 1 | 7.1 | 1 | 1 | 7.9 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Yes | 31 | 0.82 (0.39, 1.73) | 2.04 (0.71, 5.84) | 21.4 | 3.55 (1.33, 9.43) | 1.27 (0.30, 5.34) | 11.9 | 1.58 (0.52, 4.85) | 1.98 (0.71, 9.52) | |||||||||
| Lifetime Cocaine Use | ||||||||||||||||||
| No | 32.8 | 1 | 1 | 7.6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Yes | 38 | 1.25 (0.64, 2.47) | 1.46 (0.70, 3.03) | 18 | 2.68 (1.02, 7.05) | 2.37 (0.80, 7.04) | 16.3 | 3.05 (1.08, 8.64) | 2.53 (0.84, 7.62) | |||||||||
| Lifetime Ecstasy Use | ||||||||||||||||||
| No | 29.2 | 1 | 1 | 9.9 | 1 | 1 | 9.9 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Yes | 48 | 2.23 (1.14, 4.37) | 1.68 (0.83, 3.42) | 12 | 1.24 (0.44, 3.46) | 2.05 (0.57, 5.38) | 6 | 0.58 (0.16, 2.13) | 0.58 (0.15, 2.22) | |||||||||
Adjusted models poverty are adjusted for age, depression, binge drinking, any hard drug use (lifetime use of crack, cocaine, ecstasy, hallucinogens, or injection drug use) and number of years incarcerated in lifetime; adjusted models for mood disorders are adjusted for age, food insecurity, binge drinking, any hard drug use, and number of years incarcerated in lifetime; adjusted models for substance use are adjusted for age, food insecurity, depression, and number of years incarcerated in lifetime.
In subsample of 136 participants
Tabular analyses suggest the percentage testing positive for STI do not differ significantly by marijuana use (X2 =1.7725; p=0.4122).