Table 1.
Participant characteristics
| Characteristic | |
|---|---|
| Age in years – median (interquartile range) | 31 (26, 38) |
| Ethnicity – n (%) | |
| Caucasian | 230 (55.2) |
| South Asian | 26 (6.2) |
| Latino/Hispanic | 43 (10.3) |
| Middle Eastern | 24 (5.8) |
| Black | 18 (3.8) |
| Asian (other) | 60 (14.4) |
| Othera | 18 (4.3) |
| Education – n (%) | |
| High school diploma or less | 48 (11.5) |
| College/undergraduate degree | 251 (60.3) |
| Professional or graduate degree | 117 (28.1) |
| Employment – n (%) | |
| Full-time | 290 (69.7) |
| Part-time | 69 (16.6) |
| Unemployed | 57 (13.7) |
| Drug use in past six months – n (%) | |
| Methamphetamines | 32 (7.7) |
| Injectables | 2 (0.5) |
| Alcohol | 317 (76.4) |
| Crack cocaine | 58 (14.0) |
| Poppers (Amyl nitrates) | 123 (29.6) |
| Marijuana | 178 (42.9) |
| Other recreational drugs | 45 (10.8) |
| None | 63 (15.2) |
| Lifetime diagnosis of STIs – n (%) | |
| Gonorrhoea | 87 (20.9) |
| Chlamydia | 70 (16.8) |
| Syphilis | 27 (6.5) |
| Herpes | 18 (4.3) |
| Genital warts | 65 (15.6) |
a
Includes participants who indicated “Other” or more than one ethnicity.