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Table 2 Selected demographic and HIV disease characteristics (n = 1873)

From: Associations between the legal context of HIV, perceived social capital, and HIV antiretroviral adherence in North America

 

Frequency (%)

 

Mean (SD)

Age (years)

  

46.1 (± 9.2)

Gender

   

Male

1299 (69.4)

  

Female

503 (26.9)

  

Transgender/Other

51 (2.8)

  

Ancestry (Race/Ethnicity)

   

African Am/Black

755 (40.3)

  

Latina/Latino

425 (22.7)

  

White

488 (26.1)

  

Other

179 (9.7)

  

Education

   

11th grade or less

491 (26.2)

  

High School

735 (39.2)

  

2+ yrs College

630 (33.9)

  

Income Adequate

495 (21.1)

  

HIV Disease Indicators

   

Year diagnosed with HIV

  

2,000 (± 6.6)

Prescribed HIV antiretroviral therapy

1500 (82.3)

  

Has AIDS diagnosis

788 (42.1)

  

Undetectable Viral Load

1030 (58.1)

  
 

Frequency (%)

HIV transmission methoda

Man

Woman

Transgender/Other

Sex HIV+ man

791 (67.5)

396 (83.9)

42 (89.4)

Sex HIV+ woman

349 (33.3)

19 (4.8)

11 (36.7)

Sharing needles

301 (28.3)

122 (28.8)

17 (50)

Blood transfusion

76 (7.6)

41 (10.2)

6 (20.7)

Don’t know

124 (12.8)

34 (8.7)

4 (17.4)

  1. Note. a Participants were asked to list the possible ways they could have been infected with HIV. Responses were not mutually exclusive and participants may have listed multiple modes of transmission. Transgender/Other includes persons identifying as a transman, transwoman, genderqueer, other, or decline to state.