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Table 2 Racial/ethnic and gender differences in primary source of income

From: Primary source of income is associated with differences in HIV risk behaviors in street-recruited samples

INCOME

Legal

Welfare

Sex exchange

Drugs/theft

RACE*

    

African American

56.6%

17.0%

19.7%

6.8%

Latino/a

44.8%

18.1%

27.6%

9.5%

Asian

78.0%

10.0%

10.0%

2.0%

White

11.6%

24.2%

51.9%

12.3%

GENDER**

    

Male

42.2.%

16.8%

30.1%

11.2%

Female

55.9%

18.3%

22.1%

3.7%

  1. *Race/ethnicity, χ2 = 293.6, df = 9, p < .001 **Gender, χ2 = 50.6, df = 3, p < .001