Table 1.
Baseline participant characteristics
| Intervention group | Comparison group | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Survey measures | Church members | Community members | Overall | Church members | Community members | Overall | p |
| Age | 0.27 | ||||||
| 18–29 | 25.1% (46) | 23.1% (12) | 24.7% (58) | 22.6% (54) | 17.3% (13) | 21.3% (67) | |
| 30–49 | 39.3% (72) | 36.5% (19) | 38.7% (91) | 37.7% (90) | 41.3% (31) | 38.5% (121) | |
| 50–64 | 34.4% (63) | 40.4% (21) | 35.7% (84) | 36.8% (88) | 41.3% (31) | 37.9% (119) | |
| Gender | 0.78 | ||||||
| Male | 27.3% (50) | 63.5% (33) | 35.3% (83) | 29.3% (70) | 57.3% (43) | 36.0% (113) | |
| Female | 72.7% (133) | 36.5% (19) | 64.7% (152) | 68.2% (163) | 42.7% (32) | 62.1% (195) | |
| Sexual identity | 0.01 | ||||||
| Heterosexual | 84.7% (155) | 65.4% (34) | 80.4% (189) | 89.5% (214) | 80% (60) | 87.3% (274) | |
| Homosexual | 1.1% (2) | – | 0.9% (2) | 2.1% (5) | 4% (3) | 2.5% (8) | |
| Bisexual | – | 7.7% (4) | 1.7% (4) | 0.4% (1) | 2.7% (2) | 1.0% (3) | |
| Other/choose not to Answer | 11.4% (21) | 25.0% (13) | 14.5% (34) | 3.7% (9) | 12% (9) | 5.7% (18) | |
| Marital status | 0.73 | ||||||
| Single/separated/divorced/widowed | 56.8% (104) | 82.7% (43) | 62.6% (147) | 52.7% (126) | 81.3% (61) | 59.6% (187) | |
| Co-habiting/married | 42.7% (78) | 17.3% (9) | 37.0% (87) | 44.8% (107) | 17.4% (13) | 38.3% (120) | |
| Monthly income | 0.10 | ||||||
| $0–$1000 | 9.8% (18) | 50.0% (26) | 18.7% (44) | 8.8% (21) | 46.7% (35) | 17.8% (56) | |
| $1001–$2000 | 14.2% (26) | 5.8% (30) | 12.3% (29) | 18.4% (44) | 18.7% (14) | 18.5% (58) | |
| $2001–$2500 | 7.7% (14) | 1.9% (1) | 6.4% (15) | 13.0% (31) | 5.3% (4) | 11.1% (35) | |
| $2501–$3000 | 14.8% (27) | 7.7% (4) | 13.2% (31) | 11.7% (28) | 4.0% (3) | 9.9% (31) | |
| More than $3000 | 42.6% (78) | 13.5% (7) | 36.2% (85) | 37.7% (90) | 8.0% (6) | 30.6% (96) | |
| Don't know | 9.8% (18) | 21.2% (11) | 12.3% (29) | 7.9% (19) | 14.7% (11) | 9.6% (30) | |
| Ever tested for HIV | 0.12 | ||||||
| Yes | 71.2% (131) | 74.5% (38) | 71.9% (169) | 72.8% (174) | 86.7% (65) | 76.1% (239) | |
| No | 27.7% (51) | 23.5% (12) | 26.8% (63) | 24.7% (59) | 9.3% (7) | 21% (66) | |
| Religiosity (M, SD) (possible range 0 to 46) | 36.9 (7.3) | 29.0 (10.8) | 35.4 (8.6) | 34.5 (7.4) | 32.2 (10) | 33.9 (8.2) | 0.23 |
| HIV knowledge (M, SD) (possible range 1 to 10) | 7.4 (1.8) | 7.2 (1.6) | 7.4 (1.8) | 7.7 (1.6) | 7.2 (1.8) | 7.6 (1.7) | 0.36 |
Note: Percentages are based on actual rather than valid percent. Many of the variables reported in this table had missing data (ranging from 0 to 55), including those who did not respond because the question(s) were not applicable to them (ranging from 0 to 78).