TABLE 2.
Risk Behaviors of Hispanic Women With Early Syphilis Who Were Linked to a Male Sex Partner, by Citizenship Status of the Women: Maricopa County, Arizona, 2004 to 2008
| Characteristics | US Citizen (n = 45) |
Non-US Citizen (n = 32) |
P |
|---|---|---|---|
| Risk behaviors of women with early syphilis, n (%)* | |||
| Drug use | 15 (33) | 4 (13) | 0.037 |
| Incarceration | 9 (22) | 0 (0) | 0.007 |
| Anonymous sex | 9 (20) | 5 (16) | NS |
| Received money or drugs for sex | 2 (5) | 1 (4) | NS |
| 2 or more sex partners | 9 (20) | 3 (9) | NS |
| Risk behaviors of male partners, n (%) | |||
| Drug use | 22 (61) | 19 (56) | NS |
| Incarceration | 16 (39) | 2 (7) | 0.002 |
| Anonymous sex | 24 (55) | 18 (64) | NS |
| Gave money or drugs for sex | 4 (10) | 5 (17) | NS |
| MSM | 2 (5) | 4 (13) | NS |
Missing data account for discrepancies between number values and percentages.
*
Women with syphilis for whom data on male partners were available.
MSM indicates men who have sex with men; NS, not significant; SD, standard deviation.