Safe-Sex Knowledge, Sexual Behavior, and Drug Use A thesis

Blacks and other or multi racial groups are least likely to have a primary partner
while whites are more likely than average to have a primary partner. Of those with a
primary partner, blacks and multiracial persons are most likely to have a primary partner
that is HIV positive. Black respondents are most likely to be HIV positive (36 %) and
other racial groups did not report being HIV positive. Members of other racial groups are
most likely to never have taken an HIV test at 20 percent. Other racial groups and
multiracial persons had the least sex partners in the last 6 months at 2.4 and 2.25
respectively. Hispanics had the greatest number of sex partners at 8.3 on average in the
last 6 months. Multiracial persons and Hispanics on average were more likely to discuss
HIV and STD’s with their sex partners at 83 percent and 60 percent on average. Blacks
were least likely to discuss HIV with their sex partners at only 20 percent. Blacks were
also least likely to sleep with an openly gay man compared to the overall average at 28
%. Blacks were less likely to be drunk or regularly drunk in the last 6 months but were
not less likely to have sex while under the influence of alcohol. Blacks were more likely
to use IV drugs, about 1.6 times on average in the last 6 months and have sex while using
drugs.
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