Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of a sample of young adults who have experienced homelessness
| Formerly Homeless | Currently Homeless | Total | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 109) | (n = 101) | (n = 210) | ||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Age* | 22.6 (2.5) | 21.7 (2.1) | 22.2 (2.3) | .006 |
| Gender | .035 | |||
| Female or other gender | 59 (54.1) | 40 (39.6) | 99 (47.1) | |
| Male only | 50 (45.9) | 61 (60.4) | 111 (52.9) | |
| Sexual identity | .58 | |||
| Other sexual identity | 53 (48.6) | 53 (52.5) | 106 (50.5) | |
| Heterosexual | 56 (51.4) | 48 (47.5) | 104 (49.5) | |
| Ethnicity | .033 | |||
| Non-Hispanic | 60 (55.0) | 70 (69.3) | 130 (61.9) | |
| Hispanic | 49 (45.0) | 31 (30.7) | 80 (38.1) | |
| Race | .001 | |||
| Other race | 77 (70.6) | 48 (47.5) | 125 (59.5) | |
| Black | 32 (29.4) | 53 (52.5) | 85 (40.5) | |
| Lifetime homelessness | .46 | |||
| Less than 1 year | 42 (38.5) | 44 (43.6) | 86 (41.0) | |
| 1 year or more | 67 (61.5) | 57 (56.4) | 124 (59.0) | |
| Substance use | .66 | |||
| Clinical CAGE indictor | 50 (51.0) | 45 (47.9) | 95 (49.5) | |
| Relationship type | .86 | |||
| Not in exclusive relationship | 71 (65.1) | 67 (66.3) | 138 (65.7) | |
| Exclusive monogamous relationship | 38 (34.9) | 34 (33.7) | 72 (34.3) | |
| Positive HIV status | .86 | |||
| No | 103 (94.5) | 96 (95.0) | 199 (94.8) | |
| Yes | 6 (5.0) | 6 (5.5) | 12 (5.2) | |
| PREP knowledge | .61 | |||
| Have never heard of it | 51 (46.8) | 38 (37.6) | 89 (42.4) | |
| Have heard of it but don’t know what it is | 10 (9.2) | 9 (8.9) | 19 (9.1) | |
| Know a little about it | 30 (27.5) | 33 (32.7) | 63 (30.0) | |
| Know a lot about it | 18 (16.5) | 20 (19.8) | 38 (18.1) | |
| Any sex (90 days) | .43 | |||
| No | 25 (22.9) | 28 (27.7) | 53 (25.2) | |
| Yes | 84 (77.1) | 73 (72.3) | 157 (74.8) | |
| Exchange sex (90 days) | .41 | |||
| No | 98 (89.9) | 94 (93.1) | 192 (91.4) | |
| Yes | 11 (10.1) | 7 (6.9) | 18 (8.6) | |
| Condomless sex (90 days) | .16 | |||
| At least sometimes uses a condom | 76 (69.7) | 79 (78.2) | 155 (73.8) | |
| Never uses a condom | 33 (30.3) | 22 (21.8) | 55 (26.2) | |
| Multiple partners (90 days) | .60 | |||
| 1 or no partners | 76 (69.7%) | 67 (66.3%) | 143 (68.1%) | |
| Multiple partners | 33 (30.3%) | 34 (33.7%) | 67 (31.9%) | |
| Any sex (7 days) | .98 | |||
| No | 80 (73.4%) | 74 (73.3%) | 154 (73.3%) | |
| Yes | 29 (26.6%) | 27 (26.7%) | 56 (26.7%) | |
| Exchange sex (7 days) | .025 | |||
| No | 105 (96.3%) | 89 (88.1%) | 194 (92.4%) | |
| Yes | 4 (3.7%) | 12 (11.9%) | 16 (7.6%) | |
| Items exchanged for sex (7 days) | .026 | |||
| Food or meals | 2 (20.0%) | 2 (7.7%) | 4 (11.1%) | |
| Money | 0 (0.0%) | 10 (38.5%) | 10 (27.8%) | |
| Drugs | 0 (0.0%) | 4 (15.4%) | 4 (11.1%) | |
| A place to stay | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (7.7%) | 2 (5.6%) | |
| Something else | 8 (80.0%) | 8 (30.8%) | 16 (44.4%) | |
| Condomless sex (7 days) | .41 | |||
| At least sometimes uses a condom | 87 (79.8%) | 85 (84.2%) | 172 (81.9%) | |
| Never uses a condom | 22 (20.2%) | 16 (15.8%) | 38 (18.1%) | |
| Multiple partners (7 days) | .19 | |||
| 1 or no partners | 105 (96.3%) | 93 (92.1%) | 198 (94.3%) | |
| Multiple partners | 4 (3.7%) | 8 (7.9%) | 12 (5.7%) | |
| Any sex under the influence (7 days) | .15 | |||
| No | 103 (94.5%) | 90 (89.1%) | 193 (91.9%) | |
| Yes | 6 (5.5%) | 11 (10.9%) | 17 (8.10%) | |
| Average daily log compliance* | 0.945 (0.10) | 0.939 (0.11) | 0.942 (0.10) | .66 |
*M (SD)
Bold values indicate the p < .05