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

Table 4 Sex risk behavior by primary income source

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%

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