Table 2 Sociodemographic characteristics of all PP1 participants by current and past HIV-serodiscordant relationship
Characteristic | Total N (%) | Current Relationship n (%) | Past Relationship n (%) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
All | 613 | 540 | 73 | |
Age, Mean (SD) | 42.6 (11.9) | 42.8 (11.9) | 40.9 (12.0) | 0.204 |
Survey format | 613 | 540 | 73 | 0.795 |
Web | 543 (88.6) | 479 (88.7) | 64 (87.7) | |
Phone | 70 (11.4) | 61 (11.3) | 9 (12.3) | |
Language | 613 | 540 | 73 | 0.805 |
English | 567 (92.5) | 500 (92.6) | 67 (91.8) | |
French | 46 (7.5) | 40 (7.4) | 6 (8.2) | |
HIV status | 613 | 540 | 73 | 0.855 |
Positive | 355 (57.9) | 312 (57.8) | 43 (58.9) | |
Negative | 258 (42.1) | 228 (42.2) | 30 (41.1) | |
Province | 609 | 536 | 73 | 0.162 |
British Columbia | 70 (11.5) | 65 (12.1) | 5 (6.9) | |
Prairies | 86 (14.1) | 72 (13.3) | 14 (19.2) | |
Ontario | 351 (57.6) | 309 (57.7) | 42 (57.5) | |
Quebec | 66 (10.8) | 55 (10.3) | 11 (15.1) | |
Atlantic | 36 (5.9) | 35 (6.5) | 1 (1.4) | |
Territories | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Gender | 612 | 539 | 73 | 0.006 |
Man | 432 (70.6) | 392 (72.7) | 40 (54.8) | |
Woman | 166 (27.1) | 136 (25.2) | 30 (41.1) | |
Othera | 14 (2.3) | 11 (2.0) | 3 (4.1) | |
Gender by sexuality | 613 | 540 | 73 | 0.003 |
Gay man | 281 (45.8) | 260 (48.1) | 21 (28.8) | |
Heterosexual woman | 135 (22.0) | 109 (20.2) | 26 (35.6) | |
Heterosexual man | 109 (17.8) | 97 (18.0) | 12 (16.4) | |
Otherb | 88 (14.4) | 74 (13.7) | 14 (19.2) | |
Race/ethnicity | 604 | 531 | 73 | 0.771 |
White | 401 (66.4) | 353 (66.5) | 48 (65.8) | |
Black | 47 (7.8) | 43 (8.1) | 4 (5.5) | |
Hispanic | 49 (8.1) | 40 (7.5) | 9 (12.3) | |
Indigenous | 49 (8.1) | 44 (8.3) | 5 (6.8) | |
Otherc | 58 (9.6) | 51 (9.6) | 7 (9.6) | |
Education | 609 | 537 | 72 | 0.007 |
Less than secondary school diploma | 72 (11.8) | 59 (11.0) | 13 (18.1) | |
Secondary school diploma | 127 (20.9) | 109 (20.3) | 18 (25.0) | |
Beyond secondary school | 410 (67.3) | 369 (68.7) | 41 (56.9) | |
Income | Unavailable | 535 | Unavailable | – |
No income | 16 (3.0) | |||
Less than $10,000 | 50 (9.4) | |||
$10,000 - $19,999 | 127 (23.7) | |||
$20,000 - $49,999 | 173 (32.3) | |||
$50,000 - $79,999 | 82 (15.3) | |||
$80,000 or more | 79 (14.8) | |||
Don’t know | 8 (1.5) | |||
Employmentd | Unavailable | 538 | Unavailable | – |
Full-time | 272 (50.6) | |||
Part-time | 66 (12.3) | |||
On disability | 116 (21.6) | |||
Volunteer | 44 (8.2) | |||
Retired | 36 (6.7) | |||
Student | 33 (6.1) | |||
Family work | 11 (2.0) | |||
Informal/street-related work | 8 (1.5) | |||
Unemployed, seeking work | 42 (7.8) | |||
Unemployed, not seeking work | 11 (2.0) | |||
Othere | 6 (1.2) | |||
Relationship duration | 613 | 540 | 73 | < 0.001 |
< 1 year | 82 (13.4) | 63 (11.7) | 19 (26.0) | |
1–2 years | 143 (23.3) | 116 (21.5) | 27 (37.0) | |
3–5 years | 142 (23.2) | 124 (23.0) | 18 (24.7) | |
6–9 years | 79 (12.9) | 74 (13.7) | 5 (6.9) | |
10 years or more | 167 (27.4) | 163 (30.2) | 4 (5.5) | |
In a serodiscordant relationship before this study | 607 | 535 | 72 | 0.009 |
No | 385 (63.4) | 351 (65.6) | 34 (47.2) | |
Yes | 195 (32.1) | 161 (30.1) | 34 (47.2) | |
Don’t know | 27 (4.4) | 23 (4.3) | 4 (5.6) |