Table 1.
Characteristics of overall sample and of subsamples of participants who reported positive outcomes along the continuum of HIV care
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Linkage |
Treatment |
Retention |
Viral suppression |
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| Overall (N = 858) | Ever linked to care 660 (76.9%) | Ever on ART 311 (36.3%) | Retained in care 192 (22.4%) | Tested in past 6 m & virally suppressed 309 (36.0%) | ||||||
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| Demographic information: | ||||||||||
| Age in yrs—mean (SD) | 37.3 | (10.8) | 38.4 | (10.8) | 39.1 | (11.1) | 40.2 | (10.5) | 39.3 | (10.9) |
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Race-ethnicity | ||||||||||
| Hispanic, Latina, or of Spanish origin | 417 | (48.6) | 344 | (82.5) | 162 | (38.9) | 123 | (29.5) | 176 | (42.2) |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 364 | (42.4) | 261 | (71.7) | 126 | (34.6) | 55 | (15.1) | 113 | (31.0) |
| American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic | 9 | (1.1) | 6 | (66.7) | 5 | (55.6) | 3 | (33.3) | 2 | (22.2) |
| API, non-Hispanic | 14 | (1.6) | 10 | (71.4) | 3 | (21.4) | 3 | (21.4) | 6 | (42.9) |
| Additional, non-Hispanic | 11 | (1.3) | 8 | (72.7) | 4 | (36.4) | 2 | (18.2) | 1 | (9.1) |
| Multiracial, non-Hispanic | 28 | (3.3) | 23 | (82.1) | 8 | (28.6) | 4 | (14.3) | 10 | (35.7) |
| No response | 15 | (1.8) | 8 | (53.3) | 3 | (20.0) | 2 | (13.3) | 1 | (6.7) |
| Education | ||||||||||
| Less than grade 12 | 346 | (40.3) | 277 | (80.1) | 128 | (37.0) | 83 | (24.0) | 118 | (34.1) |
| Grade 12 or GED | 291 | (33.9) | 206 | (70.8) | 100 | (34.4) | 50 | (17.2) | 92 | (31.6) |
| At least some college | 195 | (22.7) | 159 | (81.5) | 77 | (39.5) | 55 | (28.2) | 93 | (47.7) |
| No response | 26 | (3.0) | 18 | (69.2) | 6 | (23.1) | 4 | (15.4) | 6 | (23.1) |
| Annual Incomeb | ||||||||||
| $11,490 or less | 647 | (75.4) | 521 | (80.5) | 250 | (38.6) | 152 | (23.5) | 251 | (38.8) |
| Greater than $11,490 | 53 | (6.2) | 42 | (79.3) | 25 | (47.2) | 18 | (34.0) | 24 | (45.3) |
| No response | 158 | (18.4) | 97 | (61.4) | 36 | (22.8) | 22 | (13.9) | 34 | (21.5) |
| Insurancea | ||||||||||
| Public | 463 | (54.0) | 388 | (83.8) | 182 | (39.3) | 107 | (23.1) | 191 | (41.3) |
| ADAP | 187 | (21.8) | 172 | (92.0) | 89 | (47.6) | 65 | (34.8) | 94 | (50.3) |
| ACA, private, other | 115 | (13.4) | 90 | (78.3) | 51 | (44.4) | 34 | (29.6) | 43 | (37.4) |
| No insurance | 74 | (8.6) | 34 | (46.0) | 12 | (16.2) | 7 | (9.5) | 8 | (10.8) |
| No response | 90 | (10.5) | 39 | (43.3) | 9 | (10.0) | 9 | (10.0) | 12 | (13.3) |
| Explanatory variables: | ||||||||||
| Ever experienced transphobia | 745 | (86.8) | 593 | (79.6) | 293 | (39.3) | 179 | (24.0) | 286 | (38.4) |
| Disclosed HIV status | 536 | (62.5) | 445 | (83.0) | 234 | (43.7) | 141 | (26.3) | 226 | (42.2) |
| Disclosed transgender identity | 576 | (67.1) | 467 | (81.1) | 245 | (42.5) | 150 | (26.0) | 238 | (41.3) |
| Incarcerated in past 6 m | 83 | (9.7) | 54 | (65.1) | 26 | (31.3) | 12 | (14.5) | 20 | (24.1) |
| Homeless in past 6 m | 352 | (41.0) | 264 | (75) | 140 | (40.0) | 62 | (17.6) | 94 | (26.7) |
| Faced financial insecurity in past 6 m | 560 | (65.3) | 448 | (80.0) | 207 | (37.0) | 137 | (24.5) | 204 | (36.4) |
| Taken hormones in past 6 m | 397 | (46.3) | 355 | (84.4) | 160 | (40.3) | 121 | (30.5) | 187 | (47.1) |
| Missed care appointment due to lack of transportation in past 12 m | 202 | (23.5) | 168 | (83.1) | 80 | (39.6) | 40 | (19.8) | 59 | (29.2) |
| Exchanged sex for necessities in past 6 m | 330 | (38.5) | 245 | (74.2) | 132 | (40.0) | 54 | (16.4) | 113 | (34.2) |
| Gender-based discrimination for job | 302 | (35.2) | 244 | (80.8) | 112 | (37.1) | 66 | (21.9) | 123 | (40.7) |
| Gender-based discrimination for housing/shelter | 283 | (33.0) | 216 | (76.3) | 115 | (40.6) | 51 | (18.0) | 88 | (31.1) |
| Significant depression | 449 | (52.3) | 359 | (80) | 178 | (39.6) | 108 | (24.1) | 171 | (38.1) |
| Healthcare empowerment—mean (SD) | 3.9 | (1.1) | 4.0 | (1.1) | 4.0 | (1.0) | 4.2 | (0.9) | 4.1 | (0.9) |
While the percentages under the overall column are those of the entire sample (N = 858), all other percentages in the table use the ‘n’ in the first data column on the respective row, as the denominator
ADAP AIDS Drug Assistance Program, ACA (insurance through) Affordable Care Act
a
Respondents could check multiple categories. ‘Public’ includes Medicare, Medicaid, Ryan White, Other public insurance
b
Categorization based on 2013 federal poverty level