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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jul 8.
Published in final edited form as: J Epidemiol Community Health. 2020 May 20;74(9):741–753. doi: 10.1136/jech-2019-213493

Table 2.

Prior HIV testing behavior and HIV testing results, USA, 2017–2018

HIV-negative, recently tested1 HIV-negative, not recently tested2 HIV-positive, recently tested negative1 HIV-positive, not recently tested2
N = 3070 N = 1739 N = 68 N = 124
n % n % n % Chi-Sq or F p
Age (M, SD) 30.9 (7.7) 30.8 (8.3) 30.7 (7.0) 31.7 (7.7) 1.64 0.65
Gender 4.55 0.21
 Cismale 2995 (97.6) 1705 (98.0) 68 (100.0) 122 (98.4)
 Transgender men or women 75 (2.4) 34 (2.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (1.6)
Race/Ethnicity 54.06 <.0001
 White 1596 (52.0) 990 (56.9) 24 (35.3) 55 (44.4)
 Black or African American 320 (10.4) 140 (8.1) 17 (25.0) 27 (21.8)
 Latino 732 (23.8) 421 (24.2) 14 (20.6) 30 (24.2)
 All other 422 (13.8) 188 (10.8) 13 (19.1) 12 (9.7)
Highest level of Education 105.50 <.0001
 < High school diploma 47 (1.5) 47 (2.7) 3 (4.4) 8 (6.5)
 High school diploma or GED 328 (10.7) 291 (16.7) 17 (25.0) 22 (17.7)
 Some college or associates degree 1297 (42.3) 803 (46.2) 29 (42.7) 62 (50.0)
 College graduate or higher 1398 (45.5) 598 (34.4) 19 (27.9) 32 (25.8)
Income 57.72 <.0001
 Less than $20,000 910 (29.6) 607 (34.9) 31 (45.6) 56 (45.2)
 $20,000-$49,999 1251 (40.8) 751 (43.2) 23 (33.8) 51 (41.1)
 $50,000 or more 909 (29.6) 381 (21.9) 14 (20.6) 17 (13.7)
Have primary care physician 45.41 <.0001
 Yes 1723 (56.1) 804 (46.2) 39 (57.4) 59 (47.6)
 No 1347 (43.9) 935 (53.8) 29 (42.7) 65 (52.4)
Housing instability 68.70 <.0001
 Yes, within the last 5 years 540 (17.6) 353 (20.3) 30 (44.1) 55 (44.4)
 No or not within the last 5 years 2530 (82.4) 1386 (79.7) 38 (55.9) 69 (55.7)
Transactional sex in the past 3 months 44.27 <.0001
 Yes 390 (12.7) 243 (14.0) 24 (35.3) 37 (29.8)
 No 2680 (87.3) 1496 (86.0) 44 (64.7) 87 (70.2)
Ever taken PrEP 235.24 <.0001
 No 2453 (79.9) 1644 (94.5) 62 (91.2) 120 (96.8)
 Yes 617 (20.1) 95 (5.5) 6 (8.8) 4 (3.2)
Ever taken PEP 87.36 <.0001
 No 2805 (91.4) 1696 (97.5) 64 (94.1) 122 (98.4)
 Yes 265 (8.6) 43 (2.5) 4 (5.9) 2 (1.6)
Ever spoken to a doctor about PrEP 499.92 <.0001
 Yes 1300 (42.4) 232 (13.3) 13 (19.1) 15 (12.1)
 No 1770 (57.7) 1507 (86.7) 55 (80.9) 109 (87.9)
Believe that they are a candidate for PrEP 32.43 <.0001
 Yes 2322 (75.6) 1195 (68.7) 44 (64.7) 81 (65.3)
 No/Not sure 748 (24.4) 544 (31.3) 24 (35.3) 43 (34.7)
Methamphetamine use (past 3 months) 119.16 <.0001
 Yes 273 (8.9) 160 (9.2) 29 (42.7) 46 (37.1)
 No 2797 (91.1) 1579 (90.8) 39 (57.4) 78 (62.9)
No. of times having receptive CAS < 3 months (M, SD) 4.0 (13.3) 4.0 (7.9) 7.2 (9.3) 6.7 (10.8) 6.18 0.10
No. of times having insertive CAS < 3 months (M, SD) 4.3 (7.7) 4.0 (7.2) 6.8 (13.8) 4.0 (6.9) 8.87 0.03
No. of HIV-positive male partners < 3 months (M, SD) 0.6 (2.3) 0.6 (3.8) 1.2 (2.4) 1.1 (2.6) 4.51 0.21
1

Participant indicated last HIV negative results were ≤ 12 months ago

2

Participant indicated last HIV-negative results were > 12 months ago, or never tested for HIV