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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Sex Behav. 2016 Mar 21;45(5):1069–1082. doi: 10.1007/s10508-016-0714-6

Table 1.

Sample Characteristics

Entire Sample Women Men
N 508 236 272

Demographics M (SD) / % M (SD) / % M (SD) / %

Male 54% -- --
Age (in years) 27.9 (9.0) 27.1 (8.5) 28.6 (9.4)
Black 68% 67% 70%
White 18% 19% 17%
Mixed 8% 8% 9%
Latino 8% 10% 7%
Sexual minority 13% 19% 7%

Socioeconomic status

Income < $15,000/year 53% 58% 48%
High school or less education 63% 56% 68%
Employed full- or part-time 50% 52% 48%

Census tract-level SES

Per capita income $16,327 ($7,459) $15,853 ($6,589) $16,744 ($8,138)
Percent college graduate 17% 17% 16%

Community violence

Exposure to violence (M, range 0-3) 0.7 (0.7) 0.7 (0.7) 0.8 (0.8)
    Family member attacked or beaten 0.5 (0.9) / 31% 0.5 (0.8) / 29% 0.5 (0.9) / 32%
    Family member stabbed or shot 0.5 (0.8) / 29% 0.4 (0.8) / 30% 0.5 (0.9) / 29%
    Friend stabbed or shot 0.8 (1.0) / 48% 0.8 (1.0) / 47% 0.8 (1.0) / 49%
    Family member stopped and questioned by police 1.2 (1.1) / 63% 1.0 (1.0) / 57% 1.4 (1.1) / 68%
    Friend robbed or mugged 0.7 (0.9) / 46% 0.6 (0.8) / 44% 0.8 (1.0) / 48%

Hypothesized mediators

PHQ (M, range 0-3) 0.9 (0.8) 1.0 (0.8) 0.8 (0.7)
DAST (sum, range 0-10) 1.4 (2.2) 1.4 (2.3) 1.5 (2.2)
Alcohol use frequency (past year)
    Never 13% 15% 12%
    Once a month or less 27% 32% 24%
    2-4 times per month 31% 27% 35%
    2-3 times per week 19% 20% 18%
    4 or more times per week 10% 6% 13%
Drinks per drinking day (past year)
    1 or 2 54% 58% 50%
    3 or 4 26% 26% 27%
    5 or 6 12% 11% 13%
    7 to 9 5% 3% 6%
    10 or more 3% 2% 4%
Binge drinking frequency (past year)
    Never 36% 39% 34%
    Less than monthly 30% 31% 28%
    Monthly 17% 14% 19%
    Weekly 15% 14% 16%
    Daily or almost daily 3% 2% 4%
Partner norms (census tract aggregate, range 0-4) 2.8 (0.6) 2.7 (0.7) 2.9 (0.6)
Condom use norms (census tract aggregate, range 0-4) 1.9 (0.5) 1.8 (0.5) 1.9 (0.5)
Intimate partner violence (past year) 26% 28% 23%

Sexual risk behaviors

Number of sexual partners (past 3 months) 2.6 (1.9) 2.4 (1.8) 2.8 (1.9)
Unprotected sex with main partners (past 3 months) 13.8 (20.3) 13.1 (18.5) 14.4 (21.7)
Unprotected sex with outside partners (past 3 months) 2.2 (3.3) 1.7 (2.8) 2.7 (3.7)