Table 1.
Comparison of Participants in Delayed Control (n=70) and Immediate Intervention (n=72) Conditions on the demographic characteristics and Risk Behaviors at the Baseline Assessment.
| Delayed Control (N=70) | Immediate Intervention (N= 72) | Total (N=141) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| M/n | %/(SD) | M/n | %/(SD) | M/n | % | |
| Demographics | ||||||
| Age in years | 22.2 | 1.6 | 21.6 | 2.1 | 21.9 | 1.9 |
| Lives with parents | 43 | 61.4 | 55 | 77.5 | 98 | 69.5* |
| Living alone | 67 | 95.7 | 69 | 97.2 | 136 | 96.5 |
| # of household members | 4.7 | 2.2 | 4.6 | 2.2 | 4.6 | 2.2 |
| Am a father | 10 | 14.3 | 14 | 19.7 | 24 | 17.0 |
| < high school graduation | 52 | 74.3 | 53 | 74.6 | 105 | 74.5 |
| Monthly income | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Sexual Behavior | ||||||
| Recent female sex partner(s) | ||||||
| 1 or no partner | 46 | 66.7 | 42 | 59.2 | 88 | 62.9 |
| 2 or more partners | 23 | 33.3 | 29 | 40.8 | 52 | 37.1 |
| Condom Use Score (Range= 0–16) | 4.9 | 1.3 | 4.7 | 1.2 | 4.8 | 1.3 |
| Alcohol Use | ||||||
| AUDIT Questionnaire Score | 8.7 | 8.2 | 11.1 | 7.8 | 9.9 | 8.1 |
| AUDIT Score > 8 (hazardous drinking) | 36 | 51.4 | 44 | 62.0 | 80 | 56.7 |
| Drug Use | ||||||
| Marijuana (Dagga) | ||||||
| # of days used | 25.3 | 38.8 | 15.8 | 32.4 | 20.5 | 35.9 |
| Methamphetamine (Tik) | ||||||
| Lifetime use | 23 | 32.9 | 9 | 12.7 | 32 | 22.7 |
| Recent use | 12 | 17.1 | 2 | 2.8 | 14 | 9.9 |
| Ever used Marijuana or Methamphetamine | 51.1 | 78.1 | 31.8 | 64.8 | 41.4 | 72.1* |
| Mandrax (Lifetime use) | 15 | 21.4 | 9 | 12.7 | 24 | 17.0 |
| Benzene (Lifetime use) | 11 | 15.7 | 11 | 15.5 | 22 | 15.6 |
| Serious Drugs (Lifetime) | 37 | 52.9 | 21 | 29.6 | 58 | 41.1 |
| Monitoring of Risk Status | ||||||
| Ever tested for TB | 34 | 48.6 | 14 | 19.7 | 48 | 34.0*** |
| Ever tested for HIV | 53 | 75.7 | 57 | 80.3 | 110 | 78.0 |
| Recent HIV testa | 16 | 22.9 | 11 | 15.5 | 27 | 19.1 |
| Respecting Women Scale | ||||||
| Attitudes towards Women | 26.2 | 3.0 | 25.7 | 3.3 | 26.0 | 3.1 |
| Desire to Control Women | 32.7 | 4.0 | 33.4 | 4.5 | 33.1 | 4.2 |
| Violence | ||||||
| Total Violence Score | 3.6 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 3.3 | 2.0 |
| Recent Partner Violence | 8.0 | 11.4 | 4 | 5.6 | 12 | 8.5 |
| Threatened to Hurt Partner | 17 | 24.3 | 24 | 33.8 | 41 | 29.1 |
| Forced Partner to Have Sex | 20 | 28.6 | 16 | 22.5 | 36 | 25.5 |
| Physical Family Fights, ever | 23 | 32.9 | 21 | 29.6 | 44 | 31.2 |
| Ever Arrested | 40 | 57.1 | 25 | 35.2 | 65 | 46.1 |
| Ever Gang Member | 13 | 18.6 | 14 | 20.6 | 27 | 19.6 |
| Mental Health | ||||||
| Total Positive Behavior Score | 15.0 | 1.5 | 14.8 | 1.6 | 14.9 | 1.5 |
| Total Depression Score (CES-D, Range= 0–60) | 14.5 | 10.4 | 15.3 | 11.0 | 14.9 | 10.6 |
| Caseness (CES-D > 16) | 17 | 24.3 | 21 | 29.6 | 38 | 27.0 |
| Total Stress Score (Range= 0–40) | 13.3 | 7.1 | 13.6 | 6.8 | 13.5 | 7.0 |
*
p < .05,
**
p < .01,
***
p < .001
a
Recent refers to activity within the past three months