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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 16.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Public Health. 2011 Jan 13;101(3):539–545. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.191791

Table 1. Demographic characteristics of men in intervention and control conditions.

Intervention Control Condition Attrition Condition x Attrition


M SD M SD F p F p F p


Age 28.3 10.4 30.0 9.6 .44 .51 2.12 .15 .07 .80
Education 14.0 2.0 13.8 2.0 .61 .44 .49 .49 .36 .55
n % n %

Income .02 .90 .01 .97 .01 .99
 $0-$10,000 27 37.5 29 38.7
 $11-$20,000 14 19.4 15 20.0
 $21-$30,000 10 13.9 7 9.3
 $31-$40,000 8 11.1 7 9.3
 $41-$50,000 5 6.9 8 10.7
 $51-60,000 3 4.2 4 5.3
 $61,000 + 5 6.9 5 6.7
Sexual Orientation .18 .68 .13 .72 .14 .71
 Gay 55 75.3 54 72.0
 Bisexual 16 21.9 20 26.7
 Heterosexual 2 2.7 1 1.3
How out about
sexual orientation
.31 .58 4.77 .03 .02 .90
 Not out 6 8.1 5 6.9
 Out sometimes 30 40.5 37 50.0
 Out always 38 51.4 32 43.2
Relationship status .27 .61 1.38 .24 .06 .80
 Not having
sex
11 14.9 8 10.7
 Having sex but no
exclusive partner
46 62.2 51 68.0
 Have main partner
and outside partners
10 13.5 9 12.0
 Have exclusive
partner
7 9.5 7 9.3
DAST 2.5 2.1 2.5 2.5 .40 .53 .01 .91 .10 .34
 percent 3 or higher 44.6% 37.3%
AUDIT 6.9 6.4 7.7 8.2 .01 .96 .07 .79 .27 .60
 percent 7 or higher 39.2% 44.0%
Intervention Control

n % n % X2(df) p


Ethnicity .91(3) .82
 White 18 24.0 14 17.9
 Black 50 69.3 55 73.1
 Hispanic 2 2.7 3 3.8
 Asian 0 0 0 0
 Other 3 4.0 3 5.1
Employment .06(1) .81
 Yes 34 45.9 33 44.0
 No 40 54.1 42 56.0
Drug use
 Alcohol 66 89.2 64 85.3 .50(1) .48
 Marijuana 42 56.8 38 50.7 .56(1) .46
 Cocaine 16 21.6 15 20.3 .06(1) .81
 Nitrate inhalants 9 12.2 12 16.0 .45(1) .50
 Methamphetamine 4 5.4 6 8.0 .40(1) .53
 Viagra/Cialis/Levitra 7 9.5 10 13.3 .55(1) .46
 Intravenous drug use 1 1.4 2 2.7 .33(1) .57
 Other drug use 12 16.2 13 17.3 .03(1) .86
HIV status 2.14(1) .54
 Negative 70 93.3 67 91.8
 Unknown 5 6.7 6 8.2
How often are you
tested for HIV?
4.03(4) .40
 Less than yearly 15 21.1 16 22.5
 Yearly 15 21.1 17 23.9
 Every 6 months 31 43.7 23 32.4
 Every 3 months 10 14.1 13 18.3
 Monthly 0 0 2 2.8
Have you ever had a sexually
transmitted disease (STD)?
.01(1) .93
 Yes 36 48.0 35 47.3
 No 39 52.0 39 52.7

Note: Relationship status was recoded to represent a continuous variable progressing from no sexual contact, to sex with exclusive partner, to sex with casual partners.