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. 2014 Apr 10;3(2):e24. doi: 10.2196/resprot.2946

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics and error distances among a convenience sample of HIV-positive MSM, overall and by recruitment method, Atlanta, Georgia, 2012-2013.



All participants
(N=210)
Internet recruitment
(n=81)
VBPR recruitment
(n=129)
P b


number (%)a number (%)a number (%)a
Age



<.001

18-35 years 117 (55.7) 24 (29.6) 93 (72.1)

> 35 years 93 (44.3) 57 (70.4) 36 (27.9)
Race



<.001

White/Caucasian 73 (36.9) 45 (63.4) 28 (22.0)

Black/African American 125 (63.1) 26 (36.6) 99 (78.0)
Household income



<.001

< US $20,000 / year 111 (54.4) 31 (38.8) 80 (64.5)

> US $20,000 / year 93 (45.6) 49 (61.2) 44 (35.5)
Education



.06

High school education or less 41 (19.7) 14 (17.5) 27 (21.1)

Some college, associate's degree, and/or technical school 99 (47.6) 33 (41.3) 66 (51.6)

College, post graduate, or professional school 68 (32.7) 33 (41.3) 35 (27.3)
Location type c





Home location error 142 (67.6) 63 (77.8) 79 (61.2) .01

Provider location error 154 (73.3) 57 (70.4) 97 (75.2) .44

aWhole percentages may not sum to 100 due to rounding. Numbers may not sum up to total because of missing values.

bMantel-Haenszel chi-square test was used to determine statistical significance.

cThese rows indicate counts of data available to calculate the patient’s home and the HIV care provider location errors.