Table 1.
Sociodemographic Characteristics of IRs and Female FNMs by IRs’ Self-Reported HIV Statusa
| Variable | IRs
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FNMs
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (N=153) | HIV (−)(n = 52) | HIV (+)(n = 52) | HIV (?)(n = 49) | P Value | Total (N=381) | HIV (−)(n = 146) | HIV (+)(n = 115) | HIV (?)(n = 120) | P Value | |||
| Race | ||||||||||||
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
4 (1.0) | 1 (.7) | 2 (1.7) | 1 (.8) |
|
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| African American | 108 (70.6) | 38 (73.0) | 38 (73.0) | 32 (65.3) | 261 (68.5) | 87 (59.6) | 86 (74.8) | 88 (73.3) | ||||
| Native American/Alaskan Native | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .36 | 2 (.5) | 0 | 2 (1.7) | 0 | .02 | ||
| White | 1 (0.7) | 1 (1.9) | 0 | 0 | 10 (2.6) | 4 (2.7) | 3 (2.6) | 3 (2.5) | ||||
| Mixed race/other | 45 (29.4) | 13 (25.0) | 14 (26.9) | 17 (34.7) | 101 (26.5) | 54 (37.0) | 19 (16.5) | 28 (23.3) | ||||
| Hispanic/Latino origin | 42 (27.1) | 16 (30.8) | 12 (23.1) | 14 (28.57) | .68 | 101 (26.5) | 54 (37.0) | 23 (20.0) | 24 (20.0) | .002 | ||
| Current age, mean (SD), y | 20 (2) | 20 (2) | 21 (2) | 19 (3) | .02 | 21 (5) | 21 (5) | 21 (5) | 20 (6) | .37 | ||
| Currently in school | 88 (57.5) | 32 (61.5) | 28 (53.8) | 28 (57.1) | .56 | 228 (59.8) | 90 (61.6) | 59 (51.3) | 79 (65.8) | .08 | ||
| Highest educational level | ||||||||||||
| Did not complete high school | 61 (39.9) | 18 (34.6) | 22 (42.3) | 34 (69.4) |
|
142 (37.3) | 57 (39.0) | 41 (35.7) | 44 (36.7) |
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| High school graduate/GED | 54 (35.3) | 21 (40.4) | 17 (32.7) | 16 (32.7) | .36 | 140 (36.7) | 54 (37.0) | 44 (38.3) | 42 (35.0) | .40 | ||
| Some college/tech school | 28 (18.3) | 13 (25.0) | 10 (19.2) | 5 (10.2) | 68 (17.8) | 26 (17.8) | 19 (16.5) | 23 (19.2) | ||||
| Place living most of the time | ||||||||||||
| Own house/apartment | 35 (22.9) | 9 (17.3) | 20 (38.5) | 6 (12.2) |
|
77 (2.2) | 24 (16.4) | 29 (25.2) | 24 (20.0) |
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| Parent(s)/another relative(s)/house/apartment | 105 (68.6) | 39 (75.0) | 28 (53.8) | 38 (77.6) | 274 (71.9) | 109 (74.7) | 79 (68.7) | 86 (71.7) | ||||
| Rooming/halfway house, shelter, welfare hotel/other | 12 (7.8) | 3 (5.8) | 4 (7.7) | 5 (10.2) | .02 | 23 (6.0) | 11 (7.5) | 4 (3.5) | 8 (6.7) | .12 | ||
| Having ever been homeless | 46 (30.1) | 17 (32.7) | 20 (38.5) | 9 (18.4) | .07 | 94 (24.7) | 35 (24.0) | 38 (33.0) | 21 (17.5) | .02 | ||
Abbreviations: FNM, friendship network member; GED, general equivalency diploma; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; IR, index recruiter.
a
Data are given as number (percentage) unless otherwise indicated. Not all cells are depicted for each measure.