TABLE 1.
Sociodemographic and Health-Related Characteristics of Participants, by Current Health Care Provider: New York City, 2007
| Total Responses (N = 101), Mean or No. (%) | General Practitioner and Mental Health Provider (n = 54), Mean or No. (%) | General Practitioner or Mental Health Providera (n = 30), Mean or No. (%) | No Health Care Provider (n = 17), Mean or No. (%) | P | |
| Age, y | 37.0 | 38.4 | 37.5 | 31.5 | .091 |
| Race/Ethnicity | .143 | ||||
| Non-Hispanic Black | 23 (22.8) | 10 (18.5) | 8 (26.7) | 5 (29.4) | |
| Hispanic | 38 (37.6) | 25 (46.3) | 8 (26.7) | 5 (29.4) | |
| Non-Hispanic White | 21 (20.8) | 9 (16.7) | 10 (33.3) | 2 (11.8) | |
| Non-Hispanic Asian | 8 (7.9) | 3 (5.6) | 1 (3.3) | 4 (23.5) | |
| Multiracial | 11 (10.9) | 7 (13.0) | 3 (10.0) | 1 (5.9) | |
| Foreign born | .014 | ||||
| Yes | 21 (20.8) | 8 (14.8) | 5 (16.7) | 8 (47.1) | |
| No | 80 (79.2) | 46 (85.2) | 25 (83.3) | 9 (52.9) | |
| Education | .912 | ||||
| Some high school or less | 28 (27.7) | 15 (27.8) | 7 (23.3) | 6 (35.3) | |
| High school graduate | 23 (22.8) | 12 (22.2) | 8 (26.7) | 3 (17.6) | |
| Some college or more | 50 (49.5) | 27 (50.0) | 15 (50.0) | 8 (47.1) | |
| Can currently pay for daily living expenses | .029 | ||||
| Yes | 59 (58.4) | 35 (64.8) | 19 (63.3) | 5 (29.4) | |
| No | 42 (41.6) | 19 (35.2) | 11 (36.7) | 12 (70.6) | |
| Housing | .012 | ||||
| Has own home or apartment | 56 (55.4) | 32 (59.3) | 20 (66.7) | 4 (23.5) | |
| Someone else's home or shelter | 45 (44.6) | 22 (40.7) | 10 (23.3) | 13 (76.5) | |
| Currently has health insurance | <.001 | ||||
| Yes | 78 (77.2) | 48 (88.9) | 23 (76.7) | 7 (41.1) | |
| No | 23 (22.8) | 6 (11.1) | 7 (23.3) | 10 (58.9) | |
| Currently on hormones | .089 | ||||
| Yes | 71 (70.3) | 43 (79.6) | 18 (60.0) | 10 (58.8) | |
| No | 30 (29.7) | 11 (20.4) | 12 (40.0) | 7 (41.2) | |
| Current smoker | .004 | ||||
| Yes | 50 (49.5) | 20 (37.0) | 16 (53.3) | 14 (82.4) | |
| No | 51 (50.5) | 34 (63.0) | 14 (46.7) | 3 (16.6) | |
| Alcohol use | .749 | ||||
| Never | 28 (27.7) | 15 (27.7) | 8 (26.7) | 5 (29.4) | |
| ≤ 3 times per week | 62 (61.4) | 34 (63.0) | 19 (63.3) | 9 (52.9) | |
| 4–6 times per week or daily | 11 (10.9) | 5 (9.3) | 3 (10.0) | 3 (17.6) |
Note. Continuous variables were analyzed with analysis of variance; categorical variables were analyzed with the χ2 test or the Fisher exact test (for sample sizes of n < 5 responses). Health care providers were identified as general practitioners or mental health providers.
a
Twenty-eight individuals had a general practitioner only; 2 had a mental health provider only.