Table 1 Characteristics of survey participants, overall and stratified by sex, n = 301$.
From: Understanding of risk factors for the human papillomavirus (HPV) infection based on gender and race
Variables Mean ± SD or n (%) | Total | Gender | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Males (n = 190) | Females (n = 111) | |||
Age (in years) | 48.9 ± 13.3 | 50.5 ± 13.8 | 46.1 ± 11.9 | 0.005 |
Race | ||||
Whites | 100 (33.2) | 59 (31.0) | 41 (36.9) | 0.3000 |
Blacks | 194 (64.5) | 125 (65.8) | 69 (62.2) | |
Other | 7 (2.3) | 6 (3.2) | 1 (0.9) | |
Number of oral sexual partners | 0.0021 | |||
High | 135 (44.9) | 98 (51.6) | 37 (33.3) | |
Low | 166 (55.1) | 92 (48.4) | 74 (66.7) | |
Number of vaginal sexual partners | 0.0108 | |||
High | 233 (77.4) | 156 (82.1) | 77 (69.4) | |
Low | 68 (22.6) | 34 (17.9) | 34 (30.6) | |
Age at first oral sex (in years) | 19.6 ± 5.3 | 19.0 ± 5.4 | 20.7 ± 5.0 | 0.0181 |
Age at first vaginal sex (in years) | 16.6 ± 2.8 | 16.2 ± 3.0 | 17.3 ± 2.3 | 0.0002 |
Marital status | 0.6095 | |||
Married | 167 (55.5) | 104 (54.7) | 63 (56.8) | |
Single but Dating | 77 (25.6) | 52 (27.4) | 25 (22.5) | |
Single and not Dating | 57 (18.9) | 34 (17.9) | 23 (20.7) | |
Education | 0.0079 | |||
College graduate or higher | 63 (20.9) | 30 (15.8) | 33 (29.7) | |
Some College | 81 (26.9) | 49 (25.8) | 32 (28.8) | |
Associate Degree | 54 (17.9) | 35 (18.4) | 19 (17.1) | |
High school diploma or less | 103 (34.2) | 76 (40.0) | 27 (24.4) | |
Income | 0.0675 | |||
≥100,000 | 46 (15.3) | 36 (19.0) | 10 (9.0) | |
75,000–99,999 | 48 (16.0) | 27 (14.2) | 21 (18.9) | |
50,000–74,999 | 79 (26.3) | 50 (26.3) | 29 (26.1) | |
25,000–49,999 | 74 (24.6) | 49 (25.8) | 25 (22.5) | |
<25,000 | 54 (17.9) | 28 (14.7) | 26 (23.4) | |
Drinking status | 0.0582 | |||
Never drinker | 46 (15.3) | 22 (11.6) | 24 (21.6) | |
Former drinker | 36 (12.0) | 25 (13.2) | 11 (9.9) | |
Current drinker | 219 (72.7) | 143 (75.2) | 76 (68.5) | |
Cigarette smoking status (excluding e-cigarettes) | 0.1287 | |||
Never smoker | 182 (60.5) | 109 (57.4) | 73 (65.8) | |
Former smoker | 51 (16.9) | 31 (16.3) | 20 (18.0) | |
Current smoker | 68 (22.6) | 50 (26.3) | 18 (16.2) | |
