Table 3.
Service priorities for people living with HIV/AIDS by region, organized from highest to lowest overall priority.
| Service | Overall | Northeast | South | Midwest | West | F-test | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | Rank | M | SD | Rank | M | SD | Rank | M | SD | Rank | M | SD | ||
| Housing | 1.85 | 0.41 | 1 | 1.92 | 0.41 | 1 | 1.86 | 0.36 | 1 | 1.64 | 0.51 | 1 | 1.89 | 0.46 | F(3, 85) = .13, p = .29 |
| Alcohol/Drug Treatment | 1.65 | 0.59 | 2 | 1.67 | 0.57 | 2 | 1.69 | 0.58 | 1 | 1.64 | 0.51 | 4 | 1.58 | 0.69 | F(3, 85) = 0.14, p = .94 |
| Mental Health Care | 1.56 | 0.66 | 3 | 1.58 | 0.65 | 5 | 1.51 | 0.70 | 3 | 1.45 | 0.69 | 3 | 1.68 | 0.58 | F(3, 85) = 0.38, p = .77 |
| Health Care | 1.53 | 0.68 | 3 | 1.58+ | 0.50 | 3 | 1.56+ | 0.66 | 6 | 1.00*+ | 1.00 | 2 | 1.74* | 0.56 | F(3, 84) = 3.12, p = .03 |
| Accessing HIV Treatments | 1.48 | 0.69 | 5 | 1.54 | 0.51 | 4 | 1.53 | 0.71 | 5 | 1.09 | 0.83 | 5 | 1.53 | 0.77 | F(3, 84) = 1.31, p = .28 |
| Social Support | 1.33 | 0.69 | 6 | 1.42 | 0.78 | 7 | 1.31 | 0.68 | 7 | 0.91 | 0.70 | 6 | 1.47 | 0.51 | F(3, 85) = 1.84, p = .15 |
| Accessing Food | 1.26 | 0.69 | 7 | 1.22 | 0.74 | 8 | 1.29 | 0.72 | 7 | 0.91 | 0.53 | 6 | 1.47 | 0.61 | F(3, 83) = 1.65, p = .18 |
| Employment | 1.17 | 0.72 | 8 | 1.04 | 0.71 | 6 | 1.44* | 0.71 | 4 | 1.18* | 0.60 | 8 | 0.84 | 0.69 | F(3, 83) = 3.44, p = .02 |
| Child Care | 0.78 | 0.79 | 10 | 0.75 | 0.74 | 10 | 0.80 | 0.83 | 7 | 0.91 | 0.83 | 9 | 0.72 | 0.83 | F(3, 84) = 0.14, p = .93 |
| Legal Aide | 0.77 | 0.61 | 9 | 0.88* | 0.61 | 8 | 0.91* | 0.59 | 10 | 0.82 | 0.60 | 10 | 0.37* | 0.50 | F(3, 82) = 3.94, p = .01 |
*
significant difference (p < .05)
+
marginal difference (p < .10)