TABLE 2A.
Drug use among money boys and general MSM
| Overall (N = 402) n (%) yes |
Money Boys (N = 203) n (%) yes |
General MSM (N = 199) n (%) yes |
Significance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drugs | -Ever | 67 (16.7) | 54 (26.6) | 13 (6.5) | x2 (1) = 29.14, p < .001 |
| -3 months | 53 (13.2) | 45 (22.2) | 8 (4.0) | x2 (1) = 28.91, p < .001 | |
| -Weekly | 27 (6.7) | 22(10.8) | 5 (2.5) | x2 (1) = 11.12, p < .01 | |
| Stimulants | -Ever | 56 (13.9) | 44 (21.7) | 12(6.0) | x2 (1) = 20.5, p < .001 |
| -3 months | 47 (11.7) | 40 (19.7) | 7 (3.5) | x2 (1) = 25.5, p < .001 | |
| -Weekly | 21 (5.2) | 17 (8.4) | 4 (2.0) | x2 (1) = 8.2, p < .01 | |
| Ecstasy | -Ever | 4(1.0) | 3(1.5) | 1 (.5) | — |
| -3 months | 1 (.2) | 1 (.5) | 0(.0) | — | |
| -Weekly | 1 (.2) | 1 (.5) | 0(.0) | — | |
| Heroin | -Ever | 1 (.2) | 0 (.0) | 1 (.5) | — |
| -3 months | 0 (.0) | 0 (.0) | 0 (.0) | — | |
| -Weekly | 0 (.0) | 0 (.0) | 0 (.0) | — | |
| Ice | -Ever | 18 (4.5) | 16(7.9) | 2(1.0) | — |
| -3 months | 8(2.0) | 8 (3.9) | 0 (.0) | — | |
| -Weekly | 4(1.0) | 4 (2.0) | 0 (.0) | — |