Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of women under community supervision 2009–2012 (N = 333).
| Overall | |
|---|---|
| Individual factors | |
| Age (years), n (%) | |
| 18–25 | 40 (12.0) |
| 26–35 | 56 (16.8) |
| 36–45 | 113 (33.9) |
| 46 and older | 124 (37.2) |
| Race/ethnicity (%) | |
| Non-Hispanic black | 230 (69.1) |
| Hispanic | 65 (19.5) |
| Non-Hispanic, non-black | 38 (11.4) |
| Education (%) | |
| Less than high school | 139 (41.7) |
| High school diploma/GED | 106 (31.8) |
| Some college or more | 88 (26.4) |
| Marital status (%) | |
| Single, never married | 223 (67.0) |
| Married | 52 (15.6) |
| Divorced/separated/widowed | 58 (17.4) |
| Used illicit drugs past 90 days (%) | 211 (63.4) |
| Binge drank in the past 90 days (%) | 97 (29.1) |
| HIV status (%) | |
| Positive | 44 (13.2) |
| Negative | 287 (86.2) |
| Interpersonal factors | |
| Currently has a main sexual partner (%) | 288 (86.5) |
| Number of partners in the past 90 days (%) | |
| Main partner with no additional partners | 128 (38.4) |
| One additional partner | 80 (24.0) |
| Two additional partners | 41 (12.3) |
| Three or more additional partners | 40 (12.0) |
| No main partner | 44 (13.2) |
| Participated in sex work in the past 90 days (%) | 106 (31.8) |
| Unprotected vaginal sex with a partner in past 90 days (%) | 263 (79.0) |
| Experienced IPV in the past six months (%) | 57 (17.1) |
| Structural factors | |
| Employment status (%) | |
| Unemployed | 303 (91.0) |
| Occasional or seasonal | 6 (1.8) |
| Part-time | 13 (3.9) |
| Full-time | 11 (3.3) |
| Monthly income (%) | |
| Less than $400 per month | 192 (57.7) |
| $400–850 per month | 98 (29.4) |
| $85lor higher | 43 (12.9) |
| Homeless in the past 90 days (%) | 41 (12.3) |
| Arrested in the past 90 days (%) | 98 (29.4) |
| Participated as a client in a community court in the past 90 days (%) | 79 (23.7) |
| Participated in a drug court or mental health court in the past 90 days (%) | 49 (14.7) |
| Been on probation in the past 90 days (%) | 113 (33.9) |
| Been on parole in the past 90 days (%) | 47 (14.1) |
| Participated in an alternative-to-incarceration program in the past 90 days (%) | 25 (7.5) |
| Accessed STI counseling/education in the past 90 days (%) | 147 (44.1) |
| Visited a gynecologist in the past 12 months | 236 (70.9) |
| Prevalence of STIs (n=333) (%) | |
| Any STI | 91 (27.3) |
| C. trachomatis | 10 (3.0) |
| N. gonorrhoeae | 4 (1.2) |
| T. vaginalis | 77 (23.1) |
STI: sexually transmitted infection; HIV: human immunodeficiency virus.