Table 2.

Association between recent CJ involvement and transactional sex among AAMSM in Baltimore (n = 396)

Characteristic	Transactional sex				OR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)
	Yes (n = 116)		No (n = 280)
	n	%	n	%
CJ involvement in the past 6 months
No	81	70	250	89	Ref	Ref
Yes	35	30	38	11	3.60 (2.08, 6.23)***	3.13 (1.72, 5.70)***
Age
18–24	9	8	56	20	Ref	Ref
25–40	44	38	106	38	2.58 (1.18, 5.67)*	2.73 (1.17, 6.33)*
> 40	63	54	118	42	3.32 (1.54, 7.16)**	3.80 (1.61, 8.98)**
Education level
Less than high school	37	32	55	20	Ref	Ref
High school or GED or higher	79	68	225	80	0.52 (0.32, 0.85)**	0.69 (0.40, 1.19)
Employment
Unemployed	80	69	128	54	Ref	Ref
Employed full or part time	36	31	152	46	0.53(0.34,0.85)**	0.64(0.38,1.03)+
Sexual identity
Others	76	66	129	46	Ref	Ref
Homosexual	40	34	151	54	0.45 (0.29, 0.70)***	0.79 (0.45, 1.40)+
Ever diagnosed with an STI
No	74	64	183	65	Ref
Yes	42	36	97	35	1.07 (0.68, 1.68)	–
Unprotected sex in the past 90 days
No	9	8	28	10	Ref
Yes	107	92	252	90	1.32 (0.60, 2.89)	–
HIV status
Negative	79	68	156	56	Ref	Ref
Positive	37	32	124	44	0.59 (0.37, 0.93)*	0.70 (0.40, 1.23)
Drug use in the past 6 months
No	16	14	113	40	Ref	Ref
Yes	100	86	167	60	4.22 (2.37, 7.54)***	4.47 (2.43, 8.23)***

+p < .10, *p < .05, **p < .001