Table 1.

Characteristics of motivational interviewing participants (N = 68)

Variable	Value
Age (mean)	43.6 (SD 7.41; range	29–67; median 43)
	N	Percent
Female gender	29	43
Ethnicity
African American	46	67
Caucasian	17	25
Other	5	8
Sexual orientation
Straight/heterosexual	44	65
Gay/homosexual	16	23
Bisexual	6	9
Other	2	3
Relationship status
Single/never married	27	40
In a committed  relationship (but not  married and not  living together)	3	4.5
In a domestic  partnership (living  with a committed  partner)	11	16
Married	14	20.5
Separated	3	4.5
Divorced	5	7
Widowed	2	3
Other	3	4.5