Table 4 |
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Sex risk behavior by primary income source |
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Income source |
Legal |
Welfare |
Sex exchange |
Drugs/theft |
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Sexual identification*a |
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Total heterosexual |
73.0% |
54.2% |
39.3% |
60.4% |
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African American |
84.0% |
49.3% |
40.2% |
67.9% |
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Hispanic |
64.9% |
46.1% |
32.2% |
51.2% |
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Asian |
71.7% |
80.0% |
50.0% |
83.3% |
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White |
50.0% |
56.3% |
42.4% |
61.1% |
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Total bisexual |
19.0% |
34.0% |
43.2% |
24.3% |
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African American |
11.9% |
41.3% |
41.4% |
21.4% |
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Hispanic |
20.2% |
38.2% |
52.1% |
26.8% |
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Asian |
22.1% |
13.3% |
43.3% |
16.7% |
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White |
41.2% |
31.0% |
37.1% |
25.0% |
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Total homosexual |
7.9% |
11.9% |
17.5% |
15.3% |
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African American |
4.1% |
9.3% |
18.4% |
10.7% |
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Hispanic |
14.9% |
15.8% |
15.7% |
22.0% |
|
Asian |
6.2% |
6.7% |
6.7% |
0.0% |
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White |
8.8% |
12.7% |
20.5% |
13.9% |
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Partners in past 3 months** |
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0 partnersa |
25.8% |
19.4% |
15.4% |
17.3% |
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African American |
25.2% |
23.0% |
10.3% |
3.4% |
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Hispanic |
29.3% |
23.7% |
22.3% |
35.0% |
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Asian |
26.2% |
26.7% |
40.0% |
40.0% |
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White |
8.8% |
7.0% |
7.9% |
5.6% |
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1–5 partnersa |
55.4% |
40.5% |
28.0% |
30.0% |
|
African American |
63.0% |
31.1% |
24.1% |
37.9% |
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Hispanic |
44.0% |
46.1% |
32.2% |
22.5% |
|
Asian |
61.8% |
56.7% |
40.0% |
20.0% |
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White |
23.5% |
38.0% |
24.5% |
33.3% |
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6–10 partnersa |
11.0% |
27.8% |
30.6% |
32.7% |
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African American |
8.8% |
33.8% |
26.4% |
34.5% |
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Hispanic |
14.1% |
18.4% |
26.4% |
25.0% |
|
Asian |
6.2% |
13.3% |
3.3% |
40.0% |
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White |
41.2% |
38.0% |
41.7% |
38.9% |
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11–20 partnersa |
5.5% |
9.5% |
17.7% |
16.4% |
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African American |
1.7% |
10.8% |
24.1% |
20.7% |
|
Hispanic |
8.9% |
7.9% |
10.7% |
12.5% |
|
Asian |
4.0% |
0.0% |
6.7% |
0.0% |
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White |
23.5% |
14.1% |
21.9% |
19.4% |
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>20 partnersa |
2.2% |
2.8% |
8.2% |
3.6% |
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African American |
1.3% |
1.4% |
14.9% |
3.4% |
|
Hispanic |
3.7% |
3.9% |
8.3% |
5.0% |
|
Asian |
1.8% |
3.3% |
10.0% |
0.0% |
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White |
2.9% |
2.8% |
4.0% |
2.8% |
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Used alcohol or drugs last time had sex***a |
37.7% |
49.1% |
64.2% |
68.2% |
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African American |
35.8% |
58.6% |
76.8% |
83.3% |
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Hispanic |
42.4% |
44.6% |
60.5% |
52.8% |
|
Asian |
34.7% |
41.7% |
60.0% |
50.0% |
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White |
39.4% |
46.0% |
60.6% |
74.3% |
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* χ2 = 124.0, df = 6, p < .001; **χ2 = 190.1, df = 12, p < .001; ***χ2 = 77.4, df = 3, p < .001 |
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Essien et al. International Journal for Equity in Health 2004 3:5 doi:10.1186/1475-9276-3-5 |
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