  This paper examines the pattern of HIV risk behaviors among male jail
detainees. From multivariate analyses of baseline data from an HIV intervention
study of ours, we find that: (1) cocaine use, heroin use and multiple sexual
partners; and (2) heavy drinking and marijuana are often co-occurring among
this population. From pairwise analyses, we find that (1) heroin and IDU (2)
unprotected sexes with main, with non-main, and in last sexual encounter are
mostly co-occurring. IDU is found to be associated with middle ages (30-40) and
multiple prior incarcerations, and multiple sex partners associated young males
with age <30, African American race, and low education. Our findings suggest
that efficient interventions to reduce HIV infection in this high-risk
population may have to target on these behaviors simultaneously and be
demographically adapted.
