Table 2.
Community context by exchange sex for drugs or money
| Variables | Exchange sex for drugs or money
|
p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ever n = 297 (16.3 %) |
Never n = 1521 (83.7 %) |
Total N = 1818 (100 %) |
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| Unintended unemployment, past year | ||||
| Yes | 217 (73.1 %) | 763 (50.3 %) | 980 (54.1 %) | <0.0001 |
| No | 80 (26.9 %) | 753 (49.7 %) | 833 (45.9 %) | |
| Could find a job, if looking for one | ||||
| Agree | 130 (43.8 %) | 802 (52.8 %) | 932 (51.3 %) | 0.0052 |
| Disagree | 167 (56.2 %) | 716 (47.2 %) | 883 (48.7 %) | |
| Past year found job through training program | 25 (8.4 %) | 208 (13.7 %) | 233 (12.9 %) | 0.0002 |
| Did not find job though training program after participation | 79 (26.7 %) | 260 (17.1 %) | 339 (18.7 %) | |
| Did not participate in job training program | 192 (64.9 %) | 1049 (69.1 %) | 1241 (68.5 %) | |
| Primary source of money | ||||
| Parents or other family member | 49 (16.7 %) | 583 (38.5 %) | 632 (35.0 %) | <0.0001 |
| A person I am having sex with | 65 (22.1 %) | 39 (2.6 %) | 104 (5.8 %) | |
| Own job | 90 (30.6 %) | 700 (46.3 %) | 790 (43.7 %) | |
| Friends | 37 (12.6 %) | 60 (4.0 %) | 97 (5.4 %) | |
| Other, not mentioned | 53 (18.0 %) | 131 (8.7 %) | 184 (10.2 %) | |
| Participation in vocational/job training program, past year | ||||
| Found a job through training program | 25 (8.4 %) | 208 (13.7 %) | 233 (12.9 %) | 0.008 |
| Did not find a job though training program, but participated | 79 (26.7 %) | 260 (17.1 %) | 339 (18.7 %) | |
| Did not participate in training program | 192 (64.9 %) | 1049 (69.1 %) | 1241 (68.5 %) | |
| Utilized community-housing services, past year | ||||
| Yes | 116 (39.1 %) | 213 (14.0 %) | 329 (18.1 %) | <0.0001 |
| No | 181 (60.9 %) | 1306 (86.0 %) | 1487 (81.9 %) | |
| Times changed homes since kindergarten | ||||
| 0–2 | 41 (13.8 %) | 528 (34.8 %) | 569 (31.4 %) | <0.0001 |
| 3–5 | 76 (25.6 %) | 554 (36.5 %) | 630 (34.7 %) | |
| 6+ | 180 (60.6 %) | 435 (28.7 %) | 615 (33.9 %) | |
| Perception of crime in community, past year | ||||
| Less crime | 63 (21.4 %) | 379 (25.1 %) | 442 (24.5 %) | |
| About the same amount of crime | 75 (25.5 %) | 487 (32.2 %) | 562 (31.1 %) | 0.0049 |
| More crime | 156 (53.1 %) | 645 (42.7 %) | 801 (44.4 %) | |
| Victim of a crime, past year | ||||
| Yes | 136 (45.8 %) | 223 (14.7 %) | 359 (19.8 %) | <0.0001 |
| No | 161 (54.2 %) | 1294 (85.3 %) | 1455 (80.2 %) | |
| Perception that many peers community exchange sex for money, drugs, food, or place to sleep | ||||
| Agree | 250 (84.2 %) | 834 (54.9 %) | 1084 (59.7 %) | <0.0001 |
| Disagree | 12 (4.0 %) | 227 (15.0 %) | 239 (13.2 %) | |
| Don’t know/unsure | 35 (11.8 %) | 457 (30.1 %) | 492 (27.1 %) | |