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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 12.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Behav. 2012 Aug;16(6):1659–1669. doi: 10.1007/s10461-011-0122-9

Table 4. Comparing Full Sample, PC-PTSD Negatives, and PC-PTSD Positives.

Full Sample (n=400) PC-PTSD neg. (n=293) PC-PTSD pos. (n=107) Test Statistic (F)
Age 31.5(6.1) 32.0 (0.52) 30.2 (0.68) 4.95***

Education
 Primary 25(6%) 13(4%) 12(11%) 10.04**
 Secondary 288(72%) 219(76%) 69(65%)
 College 38 (9%) 24(8%) 14(13%)
 University (some) 10(2%) 9(3%) 1(1%)
 University (degree) 39(10%) 28(9%) 11(10%)

Region
 Dushanbe 63(16%) 30(10%) 33(31%) 8.62***
 Khatlon 114 (29%) 76(28%) 38(36%)
 Sughd 89 (22%) 81(25%) 8(5%)
 GBAO 41 (100%) 32(12%) 9(10%)
 Subordinate 92(23%) 73(25%) 19(18%)

Religion
 Sunni 353 (87%) 254(85%) 99(92%)
 Ismaili 47(13%) 39(15%) 8(8%)

Marital Status
 Married (Taj) 400(100%) 221(100%) 174(100%)
 Married (Rus) 23(6%) 14(7%) 9(8%)
 Regpart (Rus) 352(90%) 255(88%) 97(94%)

Migration
# times in Russia 4.3 (2.7) 4.6 (.54) 4.0 (.17)
Work bazaar 200(50%) 117(39%) 83(78%) 18.73***
Work construction 200(50%) 176(61%) 24(22%)
Monthly income 17691 18121(545) 16527(814)
Living with more people due to economic crisis 180(47%) 121(43%) 59(58%) 10.4***

Trauma and Health
Direct exposure 1.8 (2.3) 1.1 (.13) 3.5(.48) −4.43***
Indirect exposure 7.3 (4.4) 6.6 (.45) 9.5 (.28) −6.95***
Access (higher is more) 14.1 (1.2) 14.2(.09) 13.6(.09) 5.49***
Health (higher is worse) 33.5(6.2) 32.1 (.38) 37.4 (.85) −6.95***

Sexual activity
Vaginal sex (past month) 2.1(.99) 2.1(.07) 2.2(.16)
Sex worker (Moscow) 367 (92%) 266 (92%) 100 (93%)
# Sex workers past month 1.5 (.99) 1.4(.12) 1.9(.64)
Condom w/ sex worker (always) 247(72%) 183 (73%) 64 (69%) 2.90**
Condom w/ reg part (always) 34(7%) 24 (7%) 10 (7%)
Total Risk .18(.15) .17(.001) .19 (.03)
Total Protection .88 (.42) .90 (.04) .84 (.06)

HIV & Health
HIV Tested
Know where to get tested 263(70%) 193(70%) 69(69%)
277(70%) 191(67%) 86(80%) 7.07**
Worry about HIV
Talk w/wife HIV 4.9(1.6) 4.9(.17) 4.9(.20)
Talk w/wife sexual activity 50(11%) 35(10%) 15(15%)
Talk w/wife condom in Moscow 20(5%) 10(3.5%) 10(9.5%) 8.18**
Talk w/reg part HIV 15(4%) 9(3%) 6(6%)
Talk w/reg part sexual activity 128(34%) 82(30%) 46(45%) 3.23*
Talk w/reg part condom in Moscow 34(9%) 19(6%) 15(16%) 3.61*
HIV knowledge 54(14%) 27(9%) 27(27%) 12.90***
STD 8.5(4.4) 8.6 (.48) 8.1 (.45)
Alcohol use (>3 / wk) 52(13%) 36(12%) 16(15%)
125(33%) 95(34%) 30 (29%)
Sex with alcohol
Less condom use w/alcohol 261(88%) 190(91%) 71(82%)
227(86%) 172(90%) 55(75%)
4.28**
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.1 < p

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p < .05

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p < .005

Note: For continuous variables, standard deviation reported for full sample, standard errors reported for estimates of PC-PTSD negative and positive values.