Table 3.

Means and Standard Deviations for the Total BVSCI, Factor I, and Factor 2

	Total BVSCI*		Factor I		Factor 2
Variable	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
Total Sample:	29.97	6.17	18.81	4.94	10.98	3.75
Gender:
Male	29.91	6.14	18.83	4.90	11.09	3.72
Female	29.57	6.16	18.81	4.99	10.78	3.82
Age:
Age 50 and older	30.37	5.85	19.68	5.01	10.72	3.68
Under age 50	29.75	6.28	18.57	4.90	11.18	3.78
Children:
Having children	29.84	6.34	18.92	4.95	10.93	3.84
Without children	29.79	5.97	18.75	4.93	11.05	3.66
Ethnicity:
White	30.38*	4.80	18.60	4.91	11.79	3.73
Non-White	29.64*	6.49	18.89	4.94	10.77	3.73
Other Health Conditions:
Yes	30.23***	5.82	18.58	4.90	11.47	3.77
No	28.98***	6.68	18.89	5.08	10.13	3.61
AIDS
Received an AIDS diagnosis	29.58	6.27	18.66	4.88	10.94	3.71
Not received an AIDS diagnosis	30.03	6.01	18.93	5.00	11.09	3.79
Not sure	28.28	7.60	18.81	5.47	9.37	3.66
Length of HIV Disease
10 years or less	30.17*	5.96	19.24	4.96	10.93	3.60
Greater than 10 years	29.48*	6.26	18.43	4.87	11.07	3.91

^aBVSCI total scores were calculated by reverse coding of 6 items and then summing both subscale means.