Table 1.
Self-reported demographic and socioeconomic characteristics by ATN groups enrolled between May 2017 and March 2021
| Youth at risk for HIV in ATN studies | Youth Living with HIV in ATN studies | |
|---|---|---|
| Measure | N=3185 n (%)a |
N=542 n (%)a |
|
| ||
| Age, mean (SD) | 21.0 (1.96) | 21.7 (2.09) |
| 13–18 | 476 (14.9) | 52 (9.6) |
| 19–24 | 2689 (84.4) | 490 (90.4) |
| Missing | 20 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Hispanic/Latinx | 777 (24.4) | 118 (21.8) |
| Non-Hispanic/Latinx | 2399 (75.3) | 416 (76.8) |
| Missingb | 9 (0.3) | 8 (1.5) |
| Ethnic ancestry c | ||
| Caribbean | 91 (27.2) | 13 (37.1) |
| Mexican | 140 (41.9) | 13 (37.1) |
| Other | 105 (31.4) | 9 (25.7) |
| Missing | 6 (1.8) | 0 (0.0) |
| Not applicabled | 1140 | 135 |
| Not collected by study protocole | 1711 | 372 |
| Race c | ||
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 162 (5.1) | 22 (4.1) |
| Asian/Pacific Islanderf | 283 (8.9) | 14 (2.6) |
| Black/African American | 1203 (37.8) | 380 (70.1) |
| White | 1477 (46.4) | 93 (17.2) |
| Other | 310 (9.7) | 60 (11.1) |
| Missingb | 98 (3.1) | 12 (2.2) |
| Region | ||
| Northeast | 529 (16.6) | 44 (8.1) |
| South | 1451 (45.6) | 284 (52.4) |
| Midwest | 275 (8.6) | 64 (11.8) |
| West | 925 (29.0) | 150 (27.7) |
| Missing | 5 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) |
| Gender identity c | ||
| Female | 269 (8.4) | 102 (18.8) |
| Male | 2443 (76.7) | 404 (74.5) |
| Transgender female or transgender woman | 126 (4.0) | 22 (4.1) |
| Transgender male or transgender man | 205 (6.4) | 1 (0.2) |
| Genderqueer or gender nonconforming | 251 (7.9) | 12 (2.2) |
| Other | 22 (0.7) | 1 (0.2) |
| Missing | 3 (0.1) | 1 (0.2) |
| Assigned sex at birth | ||
| Female | 532 (16.7) | 101 (18.6) |
| Male | 2651 (83.2) | 440 (81.2) |
| Missing | 2 (0.1) | 1 (0.2) |
| Sexual identity c | ||
| Bisexual | 738 (23.2) | 93 (17.2) |
| Gay, queer, same gender loving, or homosexual | 1877 (58.9) | 334 (61.6) |
| Straight or heterosexual | 455 (14.3) | 105 (19.4) |
| Pansexual | 81 (2.5) | 9 (1.7) |
| Anotherg | 129 (4.1) | 9 (1.7) |
| Missingb | 7 (0.2) | 3 (0.6) |
| Immediate family members aware of participant’s sexual identity h | ||
| None | 312 (11.2) | 37 (8.5) |
| Some, but less than half | 394 (14.2) | 42 (9.7) |
| About half | 176 (6.3) | 16 (3.7) |
| More than half | 661 (23.8) | 113 (26.0) |
| All | 1119 (40.3) | 215 (49.4) |
| Missingi | 113 (4.1) | 12 (2.8) |
| Not applicable | 12 | 9 |
| Not collected by study protocol | 398 | 98 |
| Peers aware of participant’s sexual identity h | ||
| None | 115 (4.1) | 19 (4.4) |
| Some, but less than half | 226 (8.1) | 40 (9.2) |
| About half | 153 (5.5) | 17 (3.9) |
| More than half | 893 (32.1) | 63 (14.4) |
| All | 1364 (49.0) | 291 (66.7) |
| Missingi | 32 (1.1) | 6 (1.4) |
| Not applicable | 4 | 8 |
| Not collected by study protocol | 398 | 98 |
| Currently enrolled in school | ||
| Yes | 1729 (54.3) | 208 (38.4) |
| No | 1449 (45.5) | 330 (60.9) |
| Missing | 7 (0.2) | 4 (0.7) |
| Current education level among those currently enrolled | ||
| 6th-12th grade | 307 (18.3) | 47 (22.6) |
| GED program | 50 (3.0) | 20 (9.6) |
| Technical or vocational school | 46 (2.7) | 13 (6.3) |
| Two-year college | 232 (13.8) | 65 (31.3) |
| Four-year college or higher | 1030 (61.4) | 60 (28.8) |
| Missing | 12 (0.7) | 3 (1.4) |
| Did not report being currently enrolled | 1403 | 334 |
| Not collected by study protocol | 105 | 0 |
| Highest education level completed among not currently enrolled | ||
| None, no formal schooling | 3 (0.2) | 1 (0.3) |
| 6th-8th grade | 20 (1.4) | 9 (2.7) |
| 9th-11th grade | 215 (15.4) | 71 (21.5) |
| High school diploma | 385 (27.6) | 110 (33.3) |
| High school certificate of completion (no diploma) | 15 (1.1) | 11 (3.3) |
| GED | 106 (7.6) | 30 (9.1) |
| Some college, technical school, or vocational school | 221 (15.8) | 60 (18.2) |
| Technical or vocational school graduate | 31 (2.2) | 14 (4.2) |
| Two-year college graduate | 93 (6.7) | 8 (2.4) |
| Four-year college graduate or higher | 298 (21.3) | 16 (4.8) |
| Missing | 10 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) |
| Did not report being currently out of school | 1683 | 212 |
| Not collected by study protocol | 105 | 0 |
| Currently employed | ||
| Yes | 1616 (53.7) | 277 (51.1) |
| No | 1357 (45.1) | 252 (46.5) |
| Missingb | 38 (1.3) | 13 (2.4) |
| Not collected by study protocol | 174 | 0 |
| Current employment type | ||
| Full-time | 694 (43.0) | 148 (53.4) |
| Part-time | 918 (56.8) | 128 (46.2) |
| Missing | 3 (0.2) | 1 (0.4) |
| Did not report being currently employed | 1396 | 265 |
| Not collected by study protocol | 174 | 0 |
| Health insurance status | ||
| Yes | 2317 (78.8) | 419 (77.3) |
| No | 453 (15.4) | 78 (14.4) |
| Missingb | 169 (5.8) | 45 (8.3) |
| Not collected by study protocol | 246 | 0 |
Except where noted otherwise
Includes responses ‘Missing’ and ‘Unknown’.
The sum of categories may exceed the column total because some studies collected only one response per participant, while other studies offered participants the option to ‘select all that apply’.
Participants in studies that collected ethnic ancestry data who self-identified as Non-Hispanic/Latinx.
443 at-risk participants in this category identified as Hispanic/Latinx; 1,261 self-identified as Non-Hispanic/Latinx; and 7 had missing or unknown values for Ethnicity. 83 YLWH in this category identified as Hispanic/Latinx; 285 identified as non-Hispanic/Latinx; and 4 had missing or unknown values for ethnicity.
One study collected Asian/Pacific Islander as a single category.
Includes responses ‘Asexual/Other’, ‘Other’, and ‘Unsure/Questioning/I don’t know’
Three studies asked this question only of participants who reported a sexual identity other than ‘Straight or heterosexual’.
Includes responses ‘Missing’ and ‘Unsure’.