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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 24.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Behav. 2012 Feb;16(2):461–468. doi: 10.1007/s10461-010-9864-z

Table 1.

Characteristics of the study sample, n=53

Sociodemographic characteristics
Age, mean (SD) years 49 (7)

Sex, n (%)
Female 26 (49)

Race, n (%)
White 7 (13)
Black 21 (40)
Other 25 (47)

Ethnicity, n (%)
Hispanic 25 (47)
Non-Hispanic 28 (53)

Education, n (%)
< Grade 9 24 (45)
>= Grade 9 or GED 14 (27)
More than high school 15 (28)

WRAT-3 reading grade equivalent, mean (SD) (n=45) 8.0 (3.9)

Marital status, n (%)
Married 24 (45)
Widowed 14 (27)
Single 15 (28)

Employment, n (%)*
Employed 2 (4)
Unemployed or unable to work 50 (96)

Duration of HIV infection, median years (IQR) 13 (9-16)

Years of antiretroviral treatment, n (%) (n=50)
< 6 months 13 (26)
6-12 months 8 (16)
1-5 years 10 (20)
> 5 years 19 (38)

Years of methadone maintenance, median (IQR) (N=43) 10 (5-16)

Antiretroviral dosing schedule, n (%)
Once daily 15 (28)
Twice daily 38 (72)

HIV Viral Load, copies/ml**, n (%)
<75 30 (58)
≥ 75 22 (42)

Urine toxicology result***, n (%)
Opioids 6 (11)
Crack or cocaine 15 (28)
Benzodiazepine 4 (8)
*

n=52

**

n=52; median of 28 days between HIV viral load test and survey

***

n=53; median of 22 days between urine toxicology test and survey