Table 2.

Demographic and Risk Behavior Characteristics of SHIELD Participants.

Characteristic	Total n (%)
Number of participants	838
Baptist	518 (61.8)
Apostolic/Holiness/Pentecostalism	60 (7.2)
Catholic	76 (9.1)
Muslim	37 (4.4)
Other religious preference	93 (11.1)
No religious preference	54 (6.4)
Homeless in the past 6 months	121 (14.4)
Education: high school diploma or higher	439 (52.4)
Income (individual) in past month <$500	302 (36.0)
Currently has a main partner	560 (66.8)
Employed at least part-time	225 (26.9)
Spent time in prison in the past 6 months	158 (18.9)
Good to excellent general health	489 (58.4)
HIV-seropositive	199 (23.8)
Frequently attend 12 step or self health program (>2–3 times per month)	318 (38.0)
Admitted in methadone maintenance program in past 6 months	237 (28.3)
Used opiates or cocaine (regardless of administration) in the past 6 months	512 (61.1)
Injected heroin, cocaine, or speedball in the past 30 days	223 (26.6)
Crack use, past 6 months	300 (35.8)
Share needles, past 6 months	13 (1.6)
Share cotton or cookers, past 6 months	59 (7.0)

All variables are mutually exclusive.