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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acad Emerg Med. 2014 Jul;21(7):752–767. doi: 10.1111/acem.12419

Table 1.

InVITED participants' demographic characteristics and HIV, hepatitis B and C testing history

Characteristics No Intervention n=197 Intervention n=198 P<
Median age, years (IQR) 27.0 (23.0–35.0) 28.0 (22.0–39.0)
Sex 0.80
 Female 55.8 54.5
 Male 44.2 45.5
Ethnicity/race 0.07
 White, non-Hispanic 62.9 69.2
 White, Hispanic 7.6 6.1
 Black or African American, non-Hispanic 20.3 15.7
 Black or African American, Hispanic 4.6 8.1
 Other 4.6 1.0
Years of formal education 0.27
 < 12 years 28.4 26.3
 Grade 12 27.9 36.4
 College 1–3 years 31.5 24.7
 College 4 years (college graduate)/ > college 12.2 12.6
Health insurance status 0.28
 Private 36.0 34.8
 Governmental 26.4 33.3
 None 37.6 31.8
Partner status 0.81
 Married 11.7 14.6
 Divorced/widowed/separated 12.2 12.6
 Never married 55.8 52.0
 Unmarried couple 20.3 20.7
Homelessness 0.12
 Currently homeless 7.6 11.1
 Past 12 months homeless 2.0 5.1
 Never/not homeless past 12 months 90.4 83.8
Employment status 0.90
 Employed 45.7 42.9
 Disability 15.7 17.7
 Student 11.7 13.1
 Unemployed 26.9 26.3
Usual source of medical care 0.16
 Private clinic/practice 33.5 38.9
 Hospital or community health clinics 23.9 27.3
 ED 35.5 30.8
 Urgent care center 7.1 3.0
Born in the United States 0.85
 Yes 90.9 91.4
 No 9.1 8.6
Family status 0.49
 Never had children 51.8 47.0
 I have children < 17-years-old 37.6 43.4
 I have children ≥ 17-years-old 10.7 9.6

Testing history

History of any HIV test 0.59
 Tested, but not part of a blood donation 37.6 34.8
 Tested as part of a blood donation 12.7 14.6
 Tested and donated blood 33.5 31.3
 No known HIV test 16.2 18.2
 Don't know if ever tested 0.0 1.0
History of any HBV test 0.59
 Tested, but not part of a blood donation 26.4 22.2
 Tested as part of a blood donation 23.4 26.8
 Tested and donated blood 22.8 19.2
 No known HBV test 23.9 28.8
 Don't know if ever tested 3.6 3.0
Hepatitis B vaccination 0.80
 Yes 49.7 46.5
 No 47.7 51.0
 Don't know 2.5 2.5
History of any HCV test 0.99
 Tested, but not part of a blood donation 21.8 20.7
 Tested as part of a blood donation 27.9 26.3
 Tested and donated blood 18.3 19.7
 No known HCV test 28.4 29.3
 Don't know if ever tested 3.6 4.0

HBV = Hepatitis B virus; HCV = Hepatitis C virus; HIV = Human immunodeficiency virus

p values by Pearson's chi-square /Fisher's exact tests

Data are reported as percentages except where otherwise noted