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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2010 Mar 20;21(4):314–326. doi: 10.1016/j.jana.2009.12.008

Table 1.

Selected Demographic Characteristics of a Cohort of New York City Adolescents with Sexually-Acquired HIV Infection

Transgender
Females Males
(Male-to-Female) TOTAL
(n = 26) (n = 28)
(n = 5) (N = 59)

M SD M SD M SD M SD
Age in Years 21.0 1.91 20.8 2.34 19.8 2.86 20.8 2.19
Age at HIV
Diagnosis
17.6 3.43 18.5 3.67 18.0 2.94 18.1 3.48

n % n % n % n %

Race/Ethnicity
   African
   American 17 65.4 17 60.7 3 60.0 37 62.7
   Latino/a 6 23.1 10 35.7 2 40.0 18 30.5
   Other 3 11.5 1 3.6 0 0.0 4 6.8
Sexual Orientation
    Gay/Lesbian 0 0.0 18 64.3 2 40.0 20 33.9
    Heterosexual 19 73.1 2 7.1 1 20.0 22 37.3
    Bisexual 5 19.2 5 17.9 1 20.0 11 18.6
    Not
sure/Undecided 0 0.0 1 3.6 0 0.0 1 1.7
    Data Missing 2 7.7 2 7.1 1 20.0 5 8.5
Education
    < High School 1 3.8 1 3.6 0 0.0 2 3.4
    Some High
School 9 34.6 14 50.0 4 80.0 27 45.8
    High School
Grad 8 30.8 4 14.3 0 0.0 12 20.3
    Acquired GED 2 7.7 2 7.1 0 0.0 4 6.8
    Some college/
    Associate’s
degree
5 19.2 7 25.0 1 20.0 13 22.0
    College
graduate
1 3.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 1.7
Employment
    Part-Time 2 7.7 6 21.4 1 20.0 9 15.3
    Full-Time 3 11.5 4 14.3 1 20.0 8 13.6
ART Prescribed 16 61.5 13 46 3 60.0 32 54.2

Note. ART – antiretroviral therapy; GED = graduate equivalency exam