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Table 1 Sample demographic and economic characteristics by site and total

From: Combined effects of gender affirmation and economic hardship on vulnerability to HIV: a qualitative analysis among U.S. adult transgender women

 

Site

Total

Richmond

St. Louis

Number of enrollees

11

8

19

Percentage of total sample

58%

42%

100%

Demographic characteristics

 Mean age in years

24.8

28.3

26.3

 Age range (min, max)

20–30

18–50

18–50

Highest level of education

 Primary

0

50% (n = 4)

21% (n = 4)

 High school diploma

64% (n = 7)

12% (n = 1)

42% (n = 8)

 Some college

36% (n = 4)

12% (n = 1)

26% (n = 5)

 College graduate

0

25% (n = 2)

11% (n = 2)

Race/Ethnicity

 African-American

73% (n = 8)

50% (n = 4)

63% (n = 12)

 Latino/Hispanic

9% (n = 1)

0

5% (n = 1)

 Asian

0

12% (n = 1)

5% (n = 1)

 White

18% (n = 2)

38% (n = 3)

26% (n = 5)

Economic characteristics

Previously but not currently economically vulnerable

 Yes

9% (n = 1)

12% (n = 1)

11% (n = 2)

 No

91% (n = 10)

88% (n = 7)

89% (n = 17)

Currently employed

 Yes

64% (n = 7)

75% (n = 6)

68% (n = 13)

 No

36% (n = 4)

25% (n = 2)

32% (n = 6)

Full-time employeda

 Yes

43% (n = 3)

0

23% (n = 3)

 No

57% (n = 4)

100% (n = 6)

77% (n = 10)

Lacked housing in past year

 Yes

73% (n = 8)

75% (n = 6)

74% (n = 14)

 No

27% (n = 3)

25% (n = 2)

26% (n = 5)

  1. [a] Excludes trans women who were unemployed