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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of transgender women in Eastern and Southern US overall and by HIV status and mode (N = 1613)

From: Access to healthcare among transgender women living with and without HIV in the United States: associations with gender minority stress and resilience factors

 

TW Living with HIV (n = 280)

TW Living without HIV, Site-Based (n = 749)

TW Living without HIV, Online (n = 584)

Total (N = 1613)

p-value**

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

 

Age (median, IQR)

40 (31–51)

29 (24–38)

27 (22–34)

30 (24–39)

< 0.05

Education

    

< 0.05

High School or Less

Some College or Higher

Unknown

180 (64.3)

98 (35.0)

2 (0.7)

261 (34.9)

481 (64.2)

7 (0.9)

106 (18.2)

473 (81.1)

4 (0.7)

547 (33.9)

1052 (65.3)

13 (0.8)

 

Employment

    

< 0.05

Unemployed

Employed

Unknown

212 (75.7)

64 (22.9)

4 (1.4)

337 (45.0)

394 (52.6)

18 (2.4)

198 (34.0)

364 (62.4)

21 (3.6)

747 (46.3)

822 (51.0)

43 (2.7)

 

Race

    

< 0.05

Non-Hispanic White

Non-Hispanic Black

Hispanic White

Hispanic Black

Non-Hispanic Multiracial

Hispanic Multiracial

Unknown

12 (4.3)

153 (54.6)

24 (8.6)

11 (3.9)

36 (12.9)

41 (14.6)

3 (1.1)

274 (36.6)

148 (19.8)

68 (9.1)

22 (2.9)

113 (15.1)

113 (15.1)

11 (1.5)

432 (74.0)

28 (4.8)

19 (3.2)

1 (0.2)

74 (12.7)

23 (3.9)

7 (1.2)

718 (44.5)

329 (20.4)

111 (6.9)

34 (2.1)

223 (13.8)

177 (11.0)

21 (1.3)

 

Citizenship

    

< 0.05

US Citizen

Not a US Citizen

Prefer Not to Answer

245 (87.5)

32 (11.4)

3 (1.1)

666 (88.9)

82 (11.0)

1 (0.1)

575 (98.6)

7 (1.2)

1 (0.2)

1486 (92.2)

121 (7.5)

5 (0.3)

 

Live in a Medicaid Expansion State+

168 (60.0)

590 (78.8)

415 (71.1)

1173 (72.7)

< 0.05

Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis

     

Ever Taken PrEP

17 (7.91)

211 (33.8)

40 (10.2)

268 (21.8)

< 0.05

Currently Taking PrEP*

-

124 (58.2)

24 (58.5)

149 (58.0)

0.876

HIV Care Continuum (n = 223)

 

-

-

-

-

Aware of Positive Status−−

Linked to Care−(n = 212)

On ART (n = 193)

Virally Suppressed (n = 190)

220 (98.65)

207 (97.64)

186 (96.37)

155 (81.58)

    

Gender Affirming Care

     

Tried to get in the past 12 months (n = 1609)

201 (72.0)

638 (85.3)

463 (79.6)

1302 (80.9)

< 0.05

Able to get Affirming Care

163 (58.2)

570 (76.1)

406 (69.5)

1139 (70.6)

< 0.05

Ever Had Hormone Treatment

206 (73.8)

661 (88.4)

444 (76.3)

1311 (81.5)

< 0.05

Taken Hormones in the past 6 months (n = 736)

Ever received counseling

1 (1.4)

177 (63.4)

0 (0)

552 (73.8)

426 (73.6)

433 (74.4)

427 (58.0)

1162 (72.2)

< 0.05

< 0.05

Received counseling or therapy in the past 6 months (n = 881)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

280 (48.3)

280 (31.8)

< 0.05

  1. +Medicaid expansion was determined by data from the Kaiser Family Foundation [48]
  2. *among those that report ever taking PrEP
  3. **from Pearson chi-squared for categorical variables and ANOVA for continuous variables
  4. --Aware of status is characterized by individuals who reported their most recent HIV test as positive and tested positive at baseline
  5. −Linked to Care is characterized by individuals who have seen an HIV care provider in the previous 12 months
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