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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 14.
Published in final edited form as: Postgrad Med. 2010 Jan;122(1):61–74. doi: 10.3810/pgm.2010.01.2100

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics and HIV testing history

Males Females
All males Previously tested for HIV Never tested for HIV 1 p-value All females Previously tested for HIV Never tested for HIV 1 p-value
n=211 n=128 n=83 n=346 n=247 n=99
Demographic characteristics % % % p % % % p
Ethnicity/Race 0.11 0.09
White, Non-Hispanic 61.1 59.4 63.9 63.0 63.6 61.6
White, Hispanic 12.3 11.7 13.3 15.9 13.8 21.2
Black, Non-Hispanic 16.6 19.5 12.1 12.4 14.2 8.1
Black, Hispanic 6.2 7.8 3.6 6.7 7.3 5.1
Other 3.8 1.6 7.1 2.0 1.1 4.0
Partner status 0.01 0.02
Never Married 47.4 39.8 59.1 49.1 44.5 60.6
Divorced/Widowed/Separated 14.2 18.7 7.2 14.5 15.5 12.1
Married 26.5 26.7 26.5 19.3 19.8 18.2
Unmarried couple 11.9 14.8 7.2 17.1 20.2 9.1
Insurance status 0.00 0.01
Private 40.2 29.7 56.6 41.9 36.8 54.6
Governmental 29.9 39.1 15.7 41.6 46.6 29.3
None 29.9 31.2 27.7 16.5 16.6 16.1
Years of formal education 0.24 0.50
Grades 1–11 22.2 25.8 16.8 17.3 19.0 13.1
Grade 12/GED2 32.8 32.0 33.7 26.9 27.5 25.3
College/Graduate studies 45.0 42.2 49.5 55.8 53.5 61.6
Age groups (in years) 0.00 0.00
18–25 28.4 16.4 47.0 40.5 35.6 52.5
26–35 22.8 25.8 18.1 30.1 35.6 16.2
36–45 19.0 23.4 12.1 13.6 15.8 8.1
46–55 24.6 29.7 16.8 11.3 9.7 15.1
56–64 5.2 4.7 6.0 4.5 3.3 8.1
1

p-values reflect comparison of those Previously tested for HIV vs. Never Tested for HIV by demographic characteristic and gender using Pearson’s X2 testing

2

General equivalency degree