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Table 4 Sex risk behavior by primary income source

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

Income source

Legal

Welfare

Sex exchange

Drugs/theft

Sexual identification* a

    

Total heterosexual

73.0%

54.2%

39.3%

60.4%

African American

84.0%

49.3%

40.2%

67.9%

Hispanic

64.9%

46.1%

32.2%

51.2%

Asian

71.7%

80.0%

50.0%

83.3%

White

50.0%

56.3%

42.4%

61.1%

Total bisexual

19.0%

34.0%

43.2%

24.3%

African American

11.9%

41.3%

41.4%

21.4%

Hispanic

20.2%

38.2%

52.1%

26.8%

Asian

22.1%

13.3%

43.3%

16.7%

White

41.2%

31.0%

37.1%

25.0%

Total homosexual

7.9%

11.9%

17.5%

15.3%

African American

4.1%

9.3%

18.4%

10.7%

Hispanic

14.9%

15.8%

15.7%

22.0%

Asian

6.2%

6.7%

6.7%

0.0%

White

8.8%

12.7%

20.5%

13.9%

Partners in past 3 months**

    

0 partners a

25.8%

19.4%

15.4%

17.3%

African American

25.2%

23.0%

10.3%

3.4%

Hispanic

29.3%

23.7%

22.3%

35.0%

Asian

26.2%

26.7%

40.0%

40.0%

White

8.8%

7.0%

7.9%

5.6%

1–5 partners a

55.4%

40.5%

28.0%

30.0%

African American

63.0%

31.1%

24.1%

37.9%

Hispanic

44.0%

46.1%

32.2%

22.5%

Asian

61.8%

56.7%

40.0%

20.0%

White

23.5%

38.0%

24.5%

33.3%

6–10 partners a

11.0%

27.8%

30.6%

32.7%

African American

8.8%

33.8%

26.4%

34.5%

Hispanic

14.1%

18.4%

26.4%

25.0%

Asian

6.2%

13.3%

3.3%

40.0%

White

41.2%

38.0%

41.7%

38.9%

11–20 partners a

5.5%

9.5%

17.7%

16.4%

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%

White

23.5%

14.1%

21.9%

19.4%

>20 partners a

2.2%

2.8%

8.2%

3.6%

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%

White

2.9%

2.8%

4.0%

2.8%

Used alcohol or drugs last time had sex***a

37.7%

49.1%

64.2%

68.2%

African American

35.8%

58.6%

76.8%

83.3%

Hispanic

42.4%

44.6%

60.5%

52.8%

Asian

34.7%

41.7%

60.0%

50.0%

White

39.4%

46.0%

60.6%

74.3%

  1. * χ2 = 124.0, df = 6, p < .001; **χ2 = 190.1, df = 12, p < .001; ***χ2 = 77.4, df = 3, p < .001