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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 15.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Care. 2009 Apr;21(4):490–500. doi: 10.1080/09540120802270284

Table 1.

Demographic profile and HIV testing history of study participants.

Demography n=561
Median age (range) [years] 30 (18–55)
Gender %
 Female 54.2
 Male 45.8
Race
 White 64.0
 Black 20.1
 Hispanic 13.9
 Other 2.0
Health care insurance status
 Private 36.9
 Governmental (Medicare/Medicaid) 35.5
 Private and governmental 1.9
 None 25.5
 Don’t know 0.2
Partner status
 Married 18.9
 Divorced/Widowed/Separated 17.5
 Never married/Single 48.5
 Unmarried couple 15.1
Years of education
 Grades 1–8 3.9
 Grades 9–11 2.5
 Grade 12 (or GED) 34.4
 College 1–3 years 27.1
 College 4 years or graduate school 11.9
HIV testing history
Previously tested for HIV
 Yes 62.0
 No 36.5
 Don’t know 1.5
Time since last HIV test n=347
 >5 years 19.3
 >2 years but <5 years 19.6
 >1 year but <2 years 17.6
 >6 months but <1 year 21.3
 <6 months 22.2
Type of last HIV test n=347
 Standard blood test 92.8
 Standard oral test 4.6
 Rapid HIV test 1.7
 Don’t know 0.9