TABLE 1—

Population Characteristics and Descriptive Statistics Related to Use of an Alternative Therapist: HCSUS Baseline Sample, United States, 1996

	Population Characteristicsa
Variable	nb	Percentagec	% Using Alternative Therapistd	Pe
Gender				< .001
Female	806	22.3	7.5
Male	1939	77.8	17.7
Race/ethnicity				< .001
White	1341	49.2	20.7
African American	915	32.7	7.2
Hispanic	400	14.9	12.3
Other	89	3.3	31.3
Age, y				.03
18–29	363	12.9	11.4
30–39	1267	45.4	18.2
40–49	843	30.5	13.6
≥ 50	272	11.2	13.3
Education				< .001
< High school	680	24.5	6.7
High school or equivalent	773	27.4	12.4
Some college	787	28.8	18.7
≥ College degree	505	19.4	25.8
Income, $				< .001
0–4999	577	19.5	7.8
5000–9999	706	25.6	13.6
10 000–24 999	714	26.3	13.7
25 000–39 999	325	12.0	16.5
≥ 40 000	423	16.6	28.9
Sexual orientation				< .001
Gay/lesbian	1206	46.4	23.9
Heterosexual	1172	40.5	7.4
Bisexual	165	6.2	11.8
Other	202	6.9	8.4
Region				< .001
Northeast	680	24.9	12.6
Midwest	316	11.1	13.1
South	873	35.4	8.2
West	876	28.6	27.6
Insurance coverage				.004
Uninsured	574	19.8	11.8
Private insurance	824	31.7	22.1
Medicaid	827	29.3	10.5
Medicare	520	19.2	15.6
Diagnosed with AIDS				ns (.06)
Yes	1087	38.7	17.9
No	1658	61.3	13.8
Lowest CD4 count				ns (.23)
≥ 500	239	9.4	12.8
200–499	1048	37.2	14.0
50–199	828	29.8	16.9
0–49	630	23.5	16.9
Screened positive for depression				.001
Yes	1028	37.1	18.9
No	1717	62.9	13.3
Any past-year drug use				.002
Yes	1403	50.7	18.5
No	1342	49.3	12.2
Heavy alcohol use, past 4 wk				ns (.62)
Yes	210	8.0	14.3
No	2535	92.0	15.5
ART is definitely worthwhile				ns (.12)
Yes	1238	47.5	13.7
No	1507	52.5	16.9
Preference to extend life				.003
Yes	1226	44.3	12.7
No	1519	55.7	17.5
Better informed than most				.003
Yes	1834	66.5	17.4
No	911	33.5	11.4
Information involvement score				.002
4.0	1596	56.9	18.2
3.0–3.9	1039	38.7	12.0
< 3.0	110	4.4	8.9
Degree of trust in medical provider score				ns (.12)
100	1248	48.8	13.9
75–99	958	33.1	17.6
0–74	508	18.1	15.9
Discrimination by health care provider				< .001
Yes	885	31.1	20.7
No	1860	68.9	13.0
Decision involvement score				< .001
4.0	538	19.4	22.9
3.0–3.9	1031	36.7	18.1
< 3.0	1176	43.9	9.8

Note. ART = antiretroviral therapy; HCSUS = HIV Cost and Service Utilization Study; ns = not significant.

^aAll estimates are based on the analytic sample with no missing data; total unweighted sample size is 2745.

^bUnweighted number of cases.

^cWeighted percentages.

^dWeighted percentages.

^ePearson’s χ² statistic corrected for the survey design.