TABLE 2.
Demographic and Other Background Characteristics Among HIV-Positive Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM; N = 593), by History of Childhood Sexual Abuse: Positive Connections, 2005–2006
| MSM Reporting Abuse, No. (%) | MSM Not Reporting Abuse, No. (%) | Total Sample, No. (%) | P | |
| Race/ethnicity | <.001 | |||
| White | 54 (19.6) | 101 (32.3) | 155 (26.4) | |
| African American | 128 (46.6) | 134 (42.8) | 262 (44.6) | |
| Latino | 77 (28.0) | 55 (17.6) | 132 (22.5) | |
| Other | 16 (5.8) | 23 (7.4) | 39 (6.6) | |
| Education | .02 | |||
| High school or Less | 121 (43.4) | 106 (33.8) | 227 (38.3) | |
| Some college | 98 (35.1) | 129 (41.1) | 227 (38.3) | |
| 4-year college degree | 38 (13.6) | 40 (12.7) | 78 (13.2) | |
| At least some graduate school | 22 (7.9) | 39 (12.4) | 61 (10.3) | |
| Age, y | .04 | |||
| 18–25 | 9 (3.3) | 7 (2.3) | 16 (2.7) | |
| 26–35 | 55 (19.9) | 48 (15.5) | 103 (17.6) | |
| 36–45 | 132 (47.8) | 145 (46.8) | 277 (47.3) | |
| ≥ 46 | 80 (29.0) | 110 (35.5) | 190 (32.4) | |
| Enrollment site | .12 | |||
| Seattle, WA | 43 (15.4) | 56 (17.8) | 99 (16.7) | |
| Washington, DC | 23 (8.2) | 38 (12.1) | 61 (10.3) | |
| Boston, MA | 26 (9.3) | 33 (10.5) | 59 (9.9) | |
| New York, NY | 71 (25.5) | 80 (25.4) | 151 (25.4) | |
| Los Angeles, CA | 74 (26.5) | 55 (17.5) | 129 (21.7) | |
| Houston, TX | 42 (15.1) | 53 (16.8) | 95 (16.0) | |
| Employment status | .24 | |||
| Employed | 70 (25.1) | 98 (31.2) | 168 (28.3) | |
| Unemployed, on disability | 138 (49.5) | 151 (44.3) | 277 (46.7) | |
| Unemployed, other | 71 (25.4) | 77 (24.5) | 148 (25.0) | |
| Income, by quartile, $ | .26 | |||
| ≤ 5500 | 51 (23.4) | 69 (25.0) | 120 (24.3) | |
| 5501–11 500 | 70 (32.1) | 67 (24.2) | 137 (27.7 | |
| 11 501–24 000 | 56 (25.7) | 70 (25.4) | 126 (25.7) | |
| > 24 000 | 41 (18.8) | 70 (25.4) | 111 (18.8) |
Note. Overall totals vary because not all participants answered all questions. For MSM reporting abuse, n = 279; for MSM not reporting childhood abuse, n = 314.