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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 11.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2009 Sep;23(9):727–734. doi: 10.1089/apc.2008.0272

Table 2.

Gender and racial differences

All participants
Participants in treatment Community
(n = 459) Cocaine Dependent (n = 87) Experimental cocaine use (n = 71) Never used cocaine (n = 301)

Caucasian African American Caucasian African American Caucasian African American Caucasian African American
Men n = 110 n = 106 n = 10 n = 49 n = 31 n = 13 n = 69 n = 44
   Traded sex for drugs and/or money 20.0% (n = 22)a 52.8% (n = 56) 0% (n = 0) 24.5% (n = 12) 3.2% (n = 1)a 30.8% (n = 4) 0.0% (n = 0) 6.8% (n = 3)
   Traded sex for drugs and/or money ≥ 3 times 10.0% (n = 11)a 41.5% (n = 44) 0% (n = 0) 20.4% (n = 10) 3.2% (n = 1) 23.1% (n = 3) 0.0% (n = 0) 0% (n = 0)
   10 sexual partners in 1 year 31.8% (n = 35) 45.3% (n = 48) 10.0% (n = 1)a 49.0% (n = 24) 12.9% (n = 4)a 46.2% (n = 6) 7.2% (n = 5)a 27.3% (n = 12)
   Past STD diagnosis 15.5% (n = 17)a 48.6% (n = 51) 0% (n = 0)a 44.9% (n = 22) 6.5% (n = 2)a 46.2% (n = 6) 1.4% (n = 1)a 25.0% (n = 11)
Women n = 118 n = 125 n = 4 n = 24 n = 16 n = 11 n = 98 n = 90
   Traded sex for drugs and/or money 40.2% (n = 47)a 62.4% (n = 78) 0% (n = 0) 58.3% (n = 14) 0% (n = 0) 18.2% (n = 2) 0% (n = 0)a 5.6% (n = 5)
   Traded sex for drugs and/or money ≥ 3 times 33.1% (n = 39)a 56.8% (n = 71) 0% (n = 0) 54.2% (n = 13) 0% (n = 0) 18.2% (n = 2) 0% (n = 0) 3.3% (n = 3)
   10 sexual partners in 1 year 35.6% (n = 42) 25.6% (n = 32) 50.0% (n = 2) 20.8% (n = 5) 25.0% (n = 4) 0% (n = 0) 3.1% (n = 3) 2.2% (n = 2)
   Past STD diagnosis 35.3% (n = 41)a 55.2% (n = 69) 50.0% (n = 2) 66.7% (n = 16) 25.0% (n = 4) 36.4% (n = 4) 8.2% (n =8)a 34.8% (n = 31)
a

Significantly different comparisons between Caucasians and African Americans, p < .05