TABLE 1—
Sociodemographic Characteristics of Hispanics in the HIV Cost and Services Utilization Study
| Unweighted No. | Weighted % (95% CI) | |
| Age, y | ||
| 18–30 | 89 | 20 (15, 25) |
| 31–40 | 198 | 49 (43, 55) |
| ≥41 | 128 | 31 (26, 36) |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 263 | 72 (63, 81) |
| Female | 152 | 28 (19, 37) |
| Exposure | ||
| Male-to-male | 155 | 40 (24, 57) |
| Injection drug use | 110 | 30 (18, 43) |
| Heterosexual sex | 107 | 22 (15, 29) |
| Other | 43 | 8 (4, 11) |
| Education | ||
| < High school | 184 | 44 (34, 54) |
| High school graduate | 96 | 23 (20, 27) |
| > High school | 135 | 32 (21, 43) |
| Annual income, $ | ||
| 0–4999 | 103 | 23 (17, 30) |
| 5000–9999 | 116 | 28 (22, 33) |
| 10 000–24 999 | 117 | 29 (23, 34) |
| ≥ 25 000 | 79 | 21 (13, 28) |
| Region of residence | ||
| West | 145 | 32 (14, 51) |
| Northeast | 160 | 38 (14, 62) |
| Midwest | 10 | 2 (0, 3) |
| South | 100 | 28 (5, 51) |
| Insurance status | ||
| No insurance | 109 | 25 (16, 33) |
| Medicaid | 163 | 38 (26, 50) |
| Private, HMO | 55 | 13 (8, 18) |
| Private, not HMO | 37 | 11 (3, 19) |
| Medicare | 51 | 13 (9, 18) |
| US citizenship | ||
| Yes | 341 | 83 (75, 91) |
| No | 74 | 17 (9, 25) |
| Survey language | ||
| English | 347 | 85 (79, 91) |
| Spanish | 68 | 15 (9, 21) |
| Acculturationa | ||
| More acculturated | 195 | 58 (48, 67) |
| Less acculturated | 143 | 42 (33, 52) |
Note. CI = confidence interval; HMO = health maintenance organization. A total of 415 Hispanics were included in the HIV Cost and Service Utilization Study.
aInformation on acculturation was missing for 77 respondents.