Table 2.

Factor analyses on exposure to childhood violence and community violence scales, and for drug use and HIV risk behaviors scales (and rotated sums of squared loadings)

EXPOSURE TO CHILDHOOD VIOLENCE	PERCENTAGE	ADULT EXPOSURE TO COMMUNITY VIOLENCE	PERCENTAGE	YRBSS ATOD*	PERCENTAGE	RISK BEHAVIORS (HEALTY RELATIONSHIP)	PERCENTAGE
Witnessed violence	12.8%	Direct personal violence	16.5%	Alcohol use	*	No need to about HIV if…	24.1%
Childhood sexual abuse	12.4%	Having experienced gun use or witnessing violent deaths	12.4%	Tobacco use	*	Condom practice	22.3%
Personal attacks	8.3%	Involvement in drug sales or physical violence	9.9%	Marijuana use	*	Knowledge of HIV transmission	15.6%
Witnessed violence among adults	7.2%	Feeling unsafe in different setting (e.g., home, school)	4.5%	Number of times used substance ae at first substance use	*	Reasons for not using condoms	21.6%
Direct violence from peers and adults	7.1%	Witnessed or considered suicide	4.2%			Personal vulnerability to HIV	20.6%
Witnessed a murder	2.9%	Carried a weapon	4.1%			Perceptions of people using condoms	13.8%
		Witnessed a murder or suicide	2.4%

^*No factors were produced for YRBSS. Scales were produced computing the mean of the items in the survey.