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. 2020 Sep 16;9(9):e17269. doi: 10.2196/17269

Table 3.

Demographic characteristics and substance use at baseline for participants.

Characteristics AMSABa participants (N=402) Participants in aim 2 (n=36) Participants in aim 3 (n=123)
Age (years), median (IQR) 21.6 (19.3-23.5) 22.9 (19.8-23.9) 20.7 (18.8-22.8)
Age category (years), n (%)

15-17 42 (10.4) 4 (11.1) 17 (13.8)

18-24s 360 (89.6) 32 (88.9) 106 (86.2)
Race, n (%)

Black/African American 308 (76.6) 30 (83.3) 91 (74.0)

Black/mixed 28 (7.0) 1 (2.8) 6 (4.9)

Latino/Black 26 (6.5) 3 (8.3) 12 (9.8)

Hispanic 30 (7.5) 0 (0.0) 9 (7.3)

Unknown 10 (2.5) 2 (5.6) 5 (4.1)
Gender, n (%)

Male 347 (86.3) 30 (83.3) 108 (87.8)

Transgender 28 (7.0) 3 (8.3) 8 (6.5)

Female 13 (3.2) 2 (5.6) 1 (0.8)

Gender nonbinary or nonconforming 13 (3.3) 1 (2.8) 6 (4.8)
Sexual identity, n (%)

Gay 255 (63.4) 25 (69.4) 86 (69.9)

Bisexual 88 (21.9) 5 (13.9) 24 (19.5)

Heterosexual 25 (6.2) 1 (2.8) 5 (4.1)

Queer 10 (2.5) 0 (0.0) 4 (3.2)

Pansexual 9 (2.2) 2 (5.6) 2 (1.6)

Other or questioning or missing 33 (3.2) 3 (8.3) 2 (1.6)
Highest level of education, n (%)

<High school 89 (22.1) 12 (33.3) 29 (23.6)

High school graduate 167 (41.5) 13 (36.1) 50 (40.6)

>High school 145 (36.1) 10 (27.8) 44 (35.8)
Are you employed?, n (%)

Yes 227 (56.5) 17 (47.2) 71 (57.7)

No 174 (43.3) 18 (50.0) 52 (42.2)
Been without a place to stay in the last 12 months, n (%)

No 301 (74.9) 26 (72.2) 103 (83.7)

Yes 97 (24.1) 9 (25.0) 20 (16.3)
Substance use ever, n (%)

Tobacco 154 (38.3) 26 (72.2) 35 (28.5)

Alcohol 312 (77.6) 29 (80.6) 97 (78.9)

Cannabis 308 (76.6) 30 (83.3) 100 (81.3)

Any other drugs (amphetamine, cocaine, opioids, sedatives, or inhalants) 88 (21.9) 15 (41.7) 27 (22.0)

aAMSAB: assigned male sex at birth.