Table 2.

Bivariable factors associated with transactional sex among men who inject drugs (n = 572)

Characteristic	Transactional sex (n = 47)	No transactional sex (n = 525)	p
Socio-demographics
Sexual identity			0.000
Gay or bisexual	25 (53%)	52 (10%)
Heterosexual	22 (47%)	473 (90%)
Race/ethnicity			0.030
White	20 (43%)	170 (33%)
Latino	7 (15%)	142 (27%)
Black	11 (23%)	165 (32%)
Native American	1 (2%)	11 (2%)
Asian/Pacific Islander	1 (2%)	2 (<1%)
Mixed race	7 (15%)	31 (6%)
Age			0.021
<3 0	9 (19%)	46 (9%)
30 and older	38 (81%)	479 (91%)
Mental health diagnosis (last 6 months)			0.001
Yes	31 (66%)	212 (41%)
No	16 (34%)	310 (59%)
Criminal justice
Contact with police (6 months)			0.033
Yes	32 (68%)	272 (52%)
No	15 (32%)	252 (48%)
Violence
Coerced sex (12 months)			0.000
Yes	7 (15%)	2 (<1%)
No	40 (85%)	521 (>99%)
Violent victimization (12 months)
Yes	32 (68%)	207 (40%)	0.000
No	15 (32%)	313 (60%)
Parental drug and alcohol
Parent had alcohol problem			0.004
Yes	35 (75%)	275 (52%)
No	12 (26%)	250 (48%)
Parent had an illegal drug problem			0.001
Yes	21 (45%)	116 (22%)
No	26 (55%)	409 (78%)
Injectional drug use behavior
Years of injection			0.006
<1 0 years	14 (30%)	67 (13%)
10–19 years	5 (11%)	81 (15%)
20 years or more	28 (60%)	377 (72%)
Frequency of injecting with others			0.029
Never	105 (20%)	6 (13%)
Less than 25% of the time	156 (30%)	18 (38%)
25%–74% of the time	104 (20%)	3 (6%)
75%–99% of the time	78 (15%)	13 (28%)
Always	81 (16%)	7 (15%)
Peer to peer injection (30 days)			0.017
Neither	19 (40%)	319 (61%)
Injection provider	11 (23%)	97 (19%)
Both	9 (19%)	42 (8%)
Injection recipient	8 (17%)	67 (13%)
HIV
Positive HIV test (ever)			0.019
Yes	8 (17%)	37 (7%)
No	38 (83%)	462 (93%)