Table 5.
Networks | ||||||||||
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Confidants (Social Network) | Sex Partners (Sexual Network) | |||||||||
Chicago | Deep South | Chicago | Deep South | |||||||
n | % | n | % | p-diff a | n | % | n | % | p-diff a | |
608 | 328 | 587 | 123 | |||||||
Age | ||||||||||
<20 years old | 20 | 3.3% | 5 | 1.5% | <0.001 | 25 | 4.3% | 1 | 0.8% | <0.001 |
20–29 years old | 340 | 56% | 141 | 42.9% | 379 | 62% | 53 | 40.1% | ||
≥30 years old | 247 | 40.1% | 180 | 54.9% | 176 | 28.9% | 69 | 56.1% | ||
Not known/refused/missing | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.6% | 7 | 12.4% | 0 | 0.0% | ||
Education | ||||||||||
High school or less | 273 | 44.9% | 112 | 27.8% | 0.19 | 273 | 46.5% | 35 | 28.5% | 0.006 |
Above high school | 238 | 39.1% | 120 | 29.8% | 148 | 25.2% | 38 | 30.9% | ||
Not known/refused/missing | 97 | 16.0% | 96 | 29.3% | 166 | 28.3% | 50 | 40.7% | ||
Employment status | ||||||||||
Employed full-time or part-time | 428 | 71.3% | 214 | 65.2% | 0.027 | 375 | 63.9% | 65 | 52.9% | 0.002 |
Unemployed | 166 | 27.7% | 73 | 23.2% | 149 | 25.4% | 21 | 17.1% | ||
Retired | 8 | 1.32% | 12 | 3.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 1.6% | ||
Not known/refused/missing | 6 | 1.0% | 26 | 7.9% | 63 | 10.7% | 35 | 28.5% | ||
Gender | ||||||||||
Cisgender man | 331 | 54.4% | 200 | 61.0% | 0.022 | 523 | 89.1% | 93 | 75.6% | 0.001 |
Cisgender woman | 225 | 37.0% | 106 | 32.3% | 45 | 7.7% | 20 | 16.3% | ||
Transgender man/woman | 52 | 8.6% | 15 | 4.6% | 19 | 3.2% | 8 | 6.5% | ||
Not known/refused/missing | 0 | 0.0% | 7 | 2.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 1.6% | ||
Sexual partner type b | ||||||||||
Main partners | 68 | 11.2% | 26 | 52.0% | 154 | 26.2% | 26 | 21.1% | 0.92 | |
Causal partners | 11 | 1.8% | 20 | 40.0% | 399 | 68.0% | 62 | 50.4% | ||
Sex work/exchange partners | 1 | 0.2% | 4 | 8.0% | 28 | 4.8% | 5 | 4.1% | ||
Not known/refused/missing | -- c | -- c | -- c | -- c | 6 | 1.0% | 30 | 24.4% | ||
HIV status | ||||||||||
HIV positive | 107 | 17.6% | 16 | 4.9% | <0.001 | 72 | 15.3% | 4 | 3.3% | 0.002 |
HIV negative | 453 | 74.5% | 173 | 52.7% | 318 | 54.6% | 79 | 64.2% | ||
Not known/refused/missing | 48 | 7.9% | 139 | 42.4% | 197 | 33.5% | 40 | 32.5% | ||
Criminal justice involvement | ||||||||||
Ever incarcerated | 149 | 24.5% | 71 | 21.7% | 0.87 | 137 | 27.6% | 22 | 17.9% | 0.89 |
Never incarcerated | 435 | 71.6% | 213 | 64.9% | 360 | 61.3% | 60 | 48.8% | ||
Not known/refused/missing | 24 | 4.0% | 44 | 13.4% | 90 | 15.3% | 41 | 33.3% | ||
Group sex | ||||||||||
Ever had group sex | 128 | 21.1% | 40 | 12.2% | 0.41 | 149 | 42.5% | 15 | 12.2% | 0.004 |
No previous group sex | 361 | 59.4% | 134 | 40.9% | 202 | 29.5% | 49 | 39.8% | ||
Not known/refused/missing | 119 | 19.6% | 154 | 47.0% | 234 | 40.0% | 59 | 48.0% | ||
Sex drug use | ||||||||||
Ever used drugs during sex | 169 | 39.3% | 0 | 0.0% | <0.00 | 229 | 53.4% | 22 | 17.9% | 0.005 |
Never used drugs during sex | 261 | 60.7% | 77 | 23.5% | 200 | 46.5% | 42 | 34.2% | ||
Not known/refused/missing | 178 | 29.3% | 251 | 76.5% | 158 | 26.9% | 59 | 48.0% |
a All univariate analyses exclude network members for whom information was not known or for which participant’s refused to answer; b As it was possible for participant to identify sex partners who were also confidants, sexual partner types are reported for both networks (n = 130); c ‘Missing’ in this context may refer to unknown data or confidants who were not sexual partners, and have therefore been suppressed for these strata.