title: Sexual networks and housing stability.
abstract: Unstable housing is related to a range of health problems including substance abuse, poor mental health, and HIV. Little is known about how sexual partners' attributes influence access to resources such as housing. The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between sexual network characteristics and improvements in housing situation among a sample of drug users using a longitudinal design. Size of one's sex network was not associated with housing change. However, having a main partner and having a sex partner who lent money was associated with moving from a homeless state at baseline to being housed at follow-up. Also, having a sex partner who was a drug user was associated with decrease in the odds of improving one's housing situation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. mdavey@jhsph.edu
authors.forename: Melissa A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Davey-Rothwell
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Latimore
authors.forename: Alicia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hulbert
authors.forename: Carl A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Latkin
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D015142:Baltimore / Q000453:epidemiology; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D015438:Health Behavior; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012111:Residence Characteristics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012309:Risk-Taking; D019529:Sexuality / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012944:Social Support; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*