Table 1.

Sample Characteristics of Participants at Baseline

	Total (N = 136)		Standard of care (n = 65)		Peer intervention (n = 71)
Variable	n	%	n	%	n	%
Gender
Male	75	55.1	40	61.8	35	49.3
Female	61	44.9	25	38.5	36	50.7
Race/ethnicity
African American	63	46.3	28	43.1	35	49.3
Hispanic	60	44.1	31	47.7	29	40.8
Caucasian	9	6.6	3	4.6	6	8.5
Other	4	2.9	3	4.6	1	1.4
Education
High school degree/GED	76	56.3	36	56.3	40	56.3
Less than high school	59	43.7	28	43.8	31	43.7
Employment status
Employed	20	14.7	7	10.8	13	18.3
Unemployed	116	85.3	58	89.2	58	81.7
Monthly income
Less than $500	40	30.8	24	40.0	16	22.9
$501–$1,000	70	53.8	32	53.3	38	54.3
Greater than $1,000	20	15.4	4	6.7	16	22.9
Lifetime heavy substance usea
Alcohol (to drunkenness)	70	51.5	31	47.7	34	47.9
Crack or heroin	68	50.0	35	53.8	35	49.3
HAART experience
Naive (<3 months)	14	20.4	10	15.6	4	5.6
Up to 2 years	35	25.9	18	28.1	17	23.9
More than 2 years	86	63.7	36	55.4	50	70.4
CD4 at baseline
0–200 cells	54	40.3	25	39.1	29	41.4
201–400 cells	47	35.1	25	39.1	22	31.4
More than 400 cells	33	24.6	14	21.9	19	27.1
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
Age (in years)	42.6	8.9	42.5	9.1	42.6	8.8
Years since HIV diagnosis	7.8	4.6	7.5	5.1	8.0	4.2
No. of previous regimens	3.2	3.2	3.2	4.0	3.3	2.2

Note. GED = graduate equivalency degree; HAART = highly active antiretroviral therapy.

^aUsed at least 3 times per week for at least 1 month.