Table 3.

Percentage of Participants Demonstrating Each Transition Pattern

Transition Pattern	Percentage of Participants
Stable low risk takers: Remained in Low Risk Takers profile at all waves	29%
Beginning and ending the year in the same profile	5.5%
Low Risk Takers → Substance Users with PA → Low Risk Takers	1%
Substance Users with PA → Sexual Risk Takers with SU → Substance Users with PA	1.6%
Sexual Risk Takers → Sexual Risk Takers with SU → Sexual Risk Takers	1.4%
Sexual Risk Takers with SU → Sexual Risk Takers → Sexual Risk Takers with SU	1.6%
Transitions towards less risk behavior profiles	19.8%
Substance Abusers with Sexual Risk Taking → Substance Users with PA	6.6%
Sexual Risk Takers with SU → Sexual Risk Takers → Low Risk Takers	3.1%
Sexual Risk Takers with SU → Low Risk Takers	1.4%
Substance Users with PA → Low Risk Takers	7.4%
Sexual Risk Takers → Sexual Risk Takers with SU → Low Risk Takers	1.4%
Transitions towards greater risk behavior profiles	4.8%
Low Risk Takers → Sexual Risk Takers with SU → Substance Users with PA	3.8%
Substance Users with PA → Substance Abusers with Sexual Risk Taking	1%

Note. Some variable names have been shortened; PA = Physical Activity; SU = Substance Use. The table reflects the most common profile transition patterns (i.e., patterns demonstrated by at least 1% of participants)