Table 2.
Health Risk Behavior Engagement by Gender and by Ethnicity
| Gender | Ethnicity | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Behavior | Male | Female | χ2(1) | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian | Middle Eastern | χ2(4) |
| Hazardous alcohol use | 43.9 | 31.1 | 32.39*** | 45.2 | 27.7 | 31.6 | 39.3 | 36.8 | 25.91*** |
| Illicit drug use | |||||||||
| Marijuana use | 25.3 | 16.8 | 20.99*** | 24.3 | 19.0 | 19.9 | 19.5 | 11.2 | 10.74* |
| Hard drug use | 7.2 | 4.1 | 8.69** | 6.2 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.9 | 3.5 | 2.31 |
| Inhalant use | 6.7 | 3.4 | 12.01** | 7.6 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 6.82 |
| Injecting drug use | 4.2 | 1.1 | 21.15*** | 2.9 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 6.94 |
| Prescription drug misuse | 7.2 | 3.9 | 10.57** | 8.1 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 3.5 | 6.17 |
| Unsafe sexual behavior | |||||||||
| Oral sex | 46.7 | 47.0 | 0.02 | 57.6 | 42.3 | 56.0 | 34.6 | 37.3 | 80.40*** |
| Anal sex | 15.5 | 10.7 | 9.61** | 12.9 | 10.7 | 14.2 | 10.0 | 7.7 | 9.78* |
| Unprotected sex | 29.7 | 35.8 | 7.28** | 39.7 | 34.8 | 40.4 | 26.4 | 21.8 | 44.04*** |
| Casual sex | 18.8 | 8.2 | 51.07*** | 13.8 | 13.0 | 10.2 | 10.9 | 9.9 | 3.67 |
| Sex while drunk/high | 24.6 | 22.5 | 1.21 | 33.8 | 19.0 | 23.9 | 21.9 | 17.1 | 20.61*** |
| Impaired driving | |||||||||
| Driving while drunk/high | 25.2 | 16.8 | 20.50*** | 18.5 | 18.4 | 19.7 | 17.5 | 19.9 | 1.29 |
| Riding with impaired driver | 29.0 | 25.7 | 2.50 | 34.3 | 23.3 | 27.4 | 25.6 | 23.4 | 9.42 |
Note. Numbers refer to the percentage of participants in each gender and ethnic group who reported any engagement in the behavior in question.
*
p < .05.
**
p < .01.
***
p < .001.