TABLE 2.
Distribution of HIV risks by hardships and city of residence
| HIV risks by hardship indicatora | City of residence | Post hoc | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta [1] (n = 288) | Boston [2] (n = 235) | Los Angeles [3] (n = 279) | New York [4] (n = 306) | San Francisco [5] (n = 195) | Washington [6] (n = 212) | ||
| Unemployed (%) | |||||||
| CIAI | 75.3 | 59.7 | 77.6 | 76.9 | 76.4 | 74.4 | |
| CRAI | 51.2 | 43.3 | 53.7 | 53.9 | 56.6 | 60.0 | |
| ≥2 male sex partners | 87.1 | 70.1 | 80.6 | 80.8 | 78.2 | 80.2 | |
| Any STI 6 months | 5.17 | 2.17 | 6.4 | 14.3 | 7.9 | 15.1 | |
| Any STI 12 months | 7.1 | 14.6 | 14.6 | 6.5 | 10.0 | 21.2 | |
| Recent job loss (%) | |||||||
| CIAI | 77.4 | 69.9 | 69.6 | 82.6 | 79.0 | 82.0 | |
| CRAI | 46.5 | 46.2 | 53.3 | 45.7 | 38.6 | 62.3 | |
| ≥2 male sex partners | 79.6 | 80.0 | 87.0 | 86.9 | 84.5 | 86.9 | |
| Any STI 6 months* | 6.6 | 2.5 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 19.1 | NS |
| Any STI 12 months* | 10.7 | 8.8 | 18.3 | 4.6 | 13.5 | 33.3 | 6 > 4 |
| Financial crisis (%) | |||||||
| CIAI | 77.6 | 73.1 | 76.4 | 83.5 | 76.8 | 67.6 | |
| CRAI* | 44.4 | 44.1 | 52.8 | 50.5 | 45.7 | 66.2 | 6 > 1; 6 > 2 |
| ≥2 male sex partners | 82.8 | 83.8 | 86.0 | 88.4 | 85.4 | 82.4 | |
| Any STI 6 months* | 5.5 | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 5.1 | 18.6 | 6 > 2 |
| Any STI 12 months** | 10.3 | 7.0 | 18.6 | 3.1 | 10.7 | 28.9 | 3 > 4; 6 > 4 |
| Incarceration history (%) | |||||||
| CIAI | 79.3 | 70.8 | 72.2 | 78.6 | 75.4 | 71.9 | |
| CRAI* | 44.4 | 37.5 | 54.9 | 50.3 | 48.1 | 51.6 | NS |
| ≥2 male sex partners | 82.0 | 79.4 | 83.8 | 86.8 | 76.2 | 82.8 | |
| Any STI 6 months | 3.6 | 2.2 | 8.5 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 14.8 | |
| Any STI 12 months** | 13.3 | 7.2 | 18.1 | 9.0 | 5.9 | 28.0 | NS |
| Recent arrest (%) | |||||||
| CIAI | 71.4 | 65.8 | 63.0 | 82.4 | 69.6 | 72.7 | |
| CRAI | 44.4 | 47.2 | 55.6 | 64.7 | 63.6 | 44.5 | |
| ≥2 male sex partners | 78.6 | 73.7 | 85.2 | 88.2 | 79.2 | 81.2 | |
| Any STI 6 months | 6.3 | 4.4 | 6.3 | 7.7 | 13.3 | 14.3 | |
| Any STI 12 months | 16.7 | 5.6 | 27.8 | 0 | 15.4 | 40.0 | |
| Recent conviction (%) | |||||||
| CIAI | 68.6 | 70.0 | 69.3 | 85.2 | 63.0 | 70.0 | |
| CRAI | 50.0 | 46.2 | 65.4 | 55.6 | 59.3 | 50.0 | |
| ≥2 male sex partners* | 72.2 | 62.5 | 92.3 | 89.3 | 70.4 | 80.0 | NS |
| Any STI 6 months | 12.5 | 3.9 | 14.3 | 9.5 | 12.5 | 33.3 | |
| Any STI 12 months** | 14.3 | 5.6 | 28.6 | 5.0 | 15.4 | 75.0 | NS |
| Unstable housing (%) | |||||||
| CIAI* | 73.5 | 60.6 | 73.4 | 85.5 | 77.8 | 58.3 | |
| CRAI | 50.8 | 42.0 | 60.1 | 53.2 | 44.4 | 66.7 | |
| ≥2 male sex partners | 76.8 | 76.1 | 85.3 | 90.5 | 81.1 | 87.5 | |
| Any STI 6 months* | 5.0 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 23.1 | NS |
| Any STI 12 months* | 21.6 | 9.8 | 19.4 | 9.5 | 8.7 | 57.1 | NS |
| No health insurance (%) | |||||||
| CIAI | 74.2 | 57.9 | 74.6 | 81.3 | 77.4 | 76.6 | |
| CRAI | 45.0 | 47.4 | 54.2 | 45.3 | 48.1 | 64.1 | |
| ≥2 male sex partners | 82.9 | 94.7 | 86.0 | 90.7 | 71.7 | 83.1 | |
| Any STI 6 months | 5.7 | 0.0 | 7.5 | 5.9 | 3.0 | 15.0 | |
| Any STI 12 months | 11.3 | 12.5 | 15.1 | 12.8 | 3.5 | 27.8 | |
Figures represent percentages of “yes” responses. The numbers in square brackets in column heads refer to the numbers used for illustrating significant difference in the last column “Post hoc”
NS = not significant. CIAI = condomless insertive anal intercourse; CRAI = condomless receptive anal intercourse; STI = sexually transmitted infection
*p < .05; **p < .01
aHIV risks dichotomized