Table 1.
Characteristics of 79 women participating in the Project Wisdom Pilot Study
| HIV intervention group Mean (SD) |
Money mgt group Mean (SD) |
Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 42.8 (8.7) | 41.7 (7.8) | 42.3 (8.3) |
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
| Race/ethnicity | |||
| Black | 19 (49) | 29 (72.5) | 48 (61) |
| Latina | 11 (28) | 5 (12.5) | 16 (20) |
| White | 5 (13) | 4 (10) | 9 (11) |
| Other | 4 (10) | 2 (5) | 6 (8) |
| Education | |||
| Less than 12th grade | 12 (31) | 22 (55) | 34 (43) |
| 12th grade or GED | 13 (33) | 12 (30) | 25 (32) |
| Greater than 12th grade | 14 (36) | 6 (15) | 20 (25) |
| Marital status* | |||
| Never married | 14 (37) | 28 (70) | 42 (54) |
| Married | 5 (13) | 2 (5) | 7 (9) |
| Divorced | 9 (24) | 4 (10) | 13 (17) |
| Separated | 9 (24) | 3 (7.5) | 12 (15) |
| Widowed | 1 (3) | 3 (7.5) | 4 (5) |
| Children | |||
| No | 13 (33) | 11 (28) | 24 (31) |
| Yes | 26 (67) | 28 (72) | 47 (69) |
| Ever worked | |||
| No | 2 (5) | 7 (17.5) | 9 (11) |
| Yes | 37 (95) | 33 (82.5) | 70 (89) |
| Annual income* | |||
| Under $8,000 | 8 (21) | 11 (28) | 19 (25) |
| $8,000 to $11,999 | 17 (45) | 24 (62) | 41 (53) |
| $12,000 or more | 13 (34) | 4 (10) | 17 (22) |
| Diagnosis | |||
| Schizophrenia | 14 (37) | 25 (62) | 39 (50) |
| Schizoaffective/Psychosis NOS | 7 (18) | 4 (10) | 11 (14) |
| Mood disorder with psychosis | 6 (16) | 4 (10) | 10 (13) |
| Mood disorder without psychosis | 11 (29) | 7 (18) | 18 (23) |
| Lifetime substance abuse, use or dependence | |||
| No | 12 (32) | 6 (15) | 18 (23) |
| Yes | 26 (68) | 34 (85) | 60 (77) |
| Current substance use (past month) | |||
| No | 34 (89) | 37 (92.5) | 71 (91) |
| Yes | 4 (11) | 3 (7.5) | 7 (9) |
| Living in unsupervised housing done | |||
| No | 28 (72) | 25 (62.5) | 53 (67) |
| Yes | 11 (28) | 15 (37.5) | 26 (33) |
*
Baseline differences in income and marital status between the two groups achieved significance at the P < .05 level using Chi square