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Table 1 Selected characteristics of women who did and did not report transactional sex in the prior 12 months among women participating in National HIV Behavioral Surveillance, Portland, Oregon, United States, 2016 a

From: Prevalence and correlates of transactional sex among women of low socioeconomic status in Portland, OR

 

Total, %

No transactional sex, %

Transactional sex, %

P value

Socio-demographics

 Age, median (IQR)

35 (23, 46)

34 (23–45)

40 (30–46)

0.066

 Race/ethnicity

   

0.395

  White

32.0 (22.6, 41.0)

29.5 (20.2, 38.9)

45.9 (20.7, 71.2)

 

  Black

42.9 (34.5, 51.2)

44.3 (35.0, 53.6)

34.2 (13.1, 55.2)

 

  Latina/x

8.3 (4.2, 12.5)

7.9 (4.0, 11.8)

11.2 (1.9, 28.7)

 

  Other, multiracial

17.0 (10.8, 23.2)

18.3 (12.1, 24.5)

8.7 (3.1, 17.7)

 

 Sexual orientation

   

<  0.001

  Heterosexual

82.2 (75.6, 88.7)

88.4 (84.0, 92.7)

42.9 (20.0, 65.8)

 

  Lesbian, bisexual

17.8 (10.2, 26.8)

11.6 (7.3, 16.0)

57.1 (34.2, 80.0)

 

 Homeless, past 12 months

   

<  0.001

  No

63.3 (55.3, 71.3)

69.8 (61.6, 77.9)

22.6 (5.6, 39.7)

 

  Yes

36.7 (28.2, 45.1)

30.2 (22.1, 38.4)

77.4 (60.3, 94.4)

 

 Ever incarcerated

   

<  0.001

  No

57.4 (48.0, 65.1)

64.1 (55.5, 71.9)

17.8 (7.8, 35.7)

 

  Yes

42.6 (34.1, 51.1)

35.9 (28.1, 44.4)

82.2 (64.3, 92.2)

 

Trauma

 ACE score, median (IQR)

4 (2–7)

4 (2–7)

7 (6–9)

<  0.001

 Sexual intimate partner violence, past 12 months

   

< 0.001

  No

85.8 (79.2, 91.6)

92.3 (86.5, 95.7)

45.9 (24.2, 69.1)

 

  Yes

14.2 (8.9, 21.7)

7.7 (4.3, 13.5)

54.2 (30.9, 75.8)

 

Substance use and sexual behaviors

 Ever used drugs by injection

   

<  0.001

  No

84.5 (78.8, 90.7)

91.9 (85.5, 94.5)

43.1 (22.8, 66.1)

 

  Yes

14.5 (8.2, 20.8)

8.1 (4.4, 14.5)

56.9 (33.8, 77.2)

 

 Methamphetamine and opiate use, past 12 months

   

<  0.001

  None

74.2 (67.1, 81.3)

82.1 (75.6, 87.2)

25.8 (10.8, 44.1)

 

  Methamphetamine only

10.8 (4.5, 17.2)

8.0 (4.9, 12.9)

29.9 (7.6, 58.9)

 

  Opiates only

6.8 (3.8, 9.9)

5.8 (2.9, 11.5)

14.5 (3.6, 25.3)

 

  Methamphetamine and opiates

7.3 (3.0, 11.7)

3.9 (2.0, 7.5)

29.8 (6.3, 53.3)

 

 Condomless vaginal or anal sex with a casual partner, past 12 months

   

<  0.001

  No

59.4 (51.9, 67.0)

68.0 (59.7, 76.2)

5.4 (1.3, 12.1)

 

  Yes

40.6 (32.8, 48.3)

32.0 (23.7, 40.3)

94.6 (87.9, 99.9)

 
  1. ACE Adverse childhood experience, CI Confidence interval, IQR Interquartile range
  2. aAll data are percentages (95% CI) unless otherwise noted; medians and percentages are weighted