Table 1.
Correlates of having ever been arrested or in jail/juvenile detention (n = 450).
| Total | Ever arrested | Never arrested | χ2 (p-value) | Ever in jail/JD* | Never in jail/JD* | χ2 (p-value) | |
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| Race/ethnicity | |||||||
| Black | 240 (53.3) | 90 (37.5) | 150 (62.5) | 19.9 (<0.01) | 34 (14.2) | 206 (85.8) | 14.7 (<0.01) |
| White | 81 (18.0) | 12 (14.8) | 69 (85.2) | 3 (3.7) | 78 (96.3) | ||
| Hispanic | 90 (20.0) | 19 (21.1) | 71 (78.9) | 3 (3.3) | 87 (96.7) | ||
| Other | 39 (8.7) | 15 (38.5) | 24 (61.5) | 7 (18.0) | 32 (82.1) | ||
| Sexual identity | |||||||
| Only gay | 226 (50.2) | 51 (22.6) | 175 (77.4) | 23.2 (<0.01) | 15 (6.6) | 211 (93.4) | 18.5 (<0.01) |
| Mostly gay | 103 (22.9) | 28 (27.2) | 75 (72.8) | 7 (6.8) | 96 (93.2) | ||
| Bisexual | 96 (21.3) | 46 (47.9) | 50 (52.1) | 20 (20.8) | 76 (79.2) | ||
| Heterosexual/other | 25 (5.6) | 11 (44.0) | 14 (56.0) | 5 (20.0) | 20 (80.0) | ||
| Age, years (median, IQR) | 19.1 (2.03) | 19.4 (1.72) | 18.9 (2.04) | 12.7 (<0.01) | 19.6 (1.49) | 19.0 (1.99) | 11.9 (<0.01) |
| Living situation | |||||||
| Living alone | 34 (7.6) | 13 (38.2) | 21 (61.8) | 29.4 (<0.01) | 4 (11.8) | 30 (88.2) | 33.0 (<0.01) |
| Living with parents | 233 (51.8) | 58 (24.9) | 175 (75.1) | 16 (6.9) | 217 (93.1) | ||
| Living with other family members | 28 (6.2) | 13 (46.4) | 15 (53.6) | 7 (25.0) | 21 (75.0) | ||
| Living with a roommate | 115 (25.6) | 28 (24.4) | 87 (75.7) | 8 (7.0) | 107 (93.0) | ||
| Living with a boyfriend/girlfriend | 11 (2.4) | 5 (45.5) | 6 (54.6) | 2 (18.2) | 9 (81.8) | ||
| Living in a shelter | 16 (3.6) | 12 (75.0) | 4 (25.0) | 7 (43.8) | 9 (56.3) | ||
| Homeless | 13 (2.9) | 7 (53.9) | 6 (46.2) | 3 (23.1) | 10 (76.9) | ||
| Changed residence, 6 months (T2) | 120 (31.2) | 42 (35.9) | 78 (29.1) | 1.75 (0.19) | 16 (43.2) | 104 (29.9) | 2.78 (0.10) |
| Binge drank, 6 months | 225 (50.0) | 72 (52.9) | 153 (48.7) | 0.67 (0.41) | 25 (53.2) | 200 (49.6) | 0.21 (0.64) |
| Used marijuana, 6 months | 253 (56.2) | 87 (64.0) | 166 (52.9) | 4.75 (0.03) | 28 (59.6) | 225 (55.8) | 0.24 (0.62) |
| Used any drug other than marijuana, 6 months | 81 (18.0) | 29 (21.3) | 52 (16.6) | 1.46 (0.23) | 11 (23.4) | 70 (17.4) | 1.04 (0.31) |
| Cocaine | 15 (3.3) | 7 (5.2) | 8 (2.6) | FET (0.16) | 2 (4.3) | 13 (3.2) | FET (0.66) |
| Heroin | 2 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.6) | FET (0.99) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.5) | FET (0.99) |
| Crystal meth | 3 (0.7) | 1 (0.7) | 2 (0.6) | FET (0.99) | 1 (2.1) | 2 (0.5) | FET (0.28) |
| Opiates | 11 (2.4) | 6 (4.4) | 5 (1.6) | FET (0.10) | 2 (4.3) | 9 (2.2) | FET (0.32) |
| Stimulants | 31 (6.9) | 9 (6.6) | 22 (7.0) | 0.02 (0.88) | 4 (8.5) | 27 (6.7) | FET (0.55) |
| LSD | 18 (4.0) | 5 (3.7) | 13 (4.1) | 0.05 (0.82) | 1 (2.1) | 17 (4.2) | FET (0.71) |
| Ecstasy | 26 (5.8) | 13 (9.6) | 13 (4.1) | 5.12 (0.02) | 4 (8.5) | 22 (5.5) | FET (0.33) |
| GHB | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) | FET (0.30) | 1 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | FET (0.10) |
| Ketamine | 5 (1.1) | 2 (1.5) | 3 (1.0) | FET (0.64) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (1.2) | FET (0.99) |
| Inhalants | 11 (2.4) | 3 (2.2) | 8 (2.6) | FET (0.99) | 0 (0.0) | 11 (2.7) | FET (0.61) |
| Poppers | 24 (5.3) | 9 (6.6) | 15 (4.8) | 0.64 (0.42) | 4 (8.5) | 20 (5.0) | FET (0.30) |
| HIV/STI | |||||||
| HIV-positive | 34 (7.6) | 15 (11.1) | 19 (6.1) | 3.45 (0.06) | 5 (10.6) | 29 (7.2) | FET (0.38) |
| Chlamydia-positive | 25 (5.6) | 6 (4.4) | 19 (6.1) | 0.49 (0.49) | 1 (2.1) | 24 (6.0) | FET (0.50) |
| Gonorrhea-positive | 18 (4.0) | 7 (5.2) | 11 (3.5) | 0.67 (0.41) | 2 (4.3) | 16 (4.0) | FET (0.99) |
| Sexual activity, 6 months (T2) | |||||||
| Exchange sex, money | 9 (2.8) | 4 (4.3) | 5 (2.2) | FET (0.29) | 1 (3.2) | 8 (2.8) | FET (0.60) |
| Exchange sex, place | 7 (2.2) | 3 (3.2) | 4 (1.8) | FET (0.42) | 1 (3.2) | 6 (2.1) | FET (0.51) |
*
JD = juvenile detention; FET = Fisher’s Exact Test