Research Article
Active Drug-Using Women Use Female-Initiated Barrier Methods to Reduce HIV/STI Risk: Results from a Randomized Trial
Table 1
Baseline characteristics by randomization group*.
| | Control | Intervention |
| Demographic | | | Age | | | Race | | | White | 29.0 | 26.0 | African American | 63.0 | 68.0 | Latino | 10.0 | 5.0 | Other | 10.0 | 5.0 | SES/health care | | | GED or HS diploma | 51.0 | 52.5 | Earns less than $1000 per month | 77.6 | 82.8 | Unemployed | 92.8 | 93.9 | Receives welfare | 52.4 | 51.4 | Receives food stamps | 65.6 | 63.6 | Shelter stay—past 6 months | 13.2 | 9.2 | Has regular medical provider | 78.8 | 72.4 | Has some type of health insurance | 73.5 | 65.7 | Has Medicaid | 50.0 | 44.2 | Reproductive health history/services | | | Primary sexual partner only—past 6 months | 79.8 | 85.9 | Both primary and nonprimary partners—past 6 months | 56.6 | 60.6 | Ever pregnant | 96.8 | 91.2 | Mean number of live births | | | Pap smear—past 6 months | 33.3 | 39.4 | HIV test—past 6 months | 32.2 | 42.4 | HIV/STI risk indicators | | | Past 6 months: | | | Daily alcohol use | 27.3 | 22.2 | Daily marijuana use | 12.1 | 8.1 | Daily cocaine use | 9.1 | 6.1 | Daily crack use | 56.6 | 46.5 | Ever injected drugs | 42.4 | 42.4 | Ever exchanged sex for money | 80.8 | 79.8 | Ever exchanged sex for drugs | 66.7 | 69.7 |
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Data: % except where mean ± SD.
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