Table I.
Socio-demographic statistics, clinical characteristics, and subsample comparisons
| Entire sample (N = 202) |
HIV + women (n = 138) |
HIV − women (n = 64) |
HIV+ and HIV− Comparison (χ2) |
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| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
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| Race | χ2 (7, N
= 202) = 3.58, p = .83 |
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| White / non-Hispanic | 8 (4) | 6 (4.3) | 2 (3.1) | |
| White / Hispanic | 10 (5) | 6 (4.3) | 4 (6.3) | |
| African-Amer / non-Hispanic | 175 (87) | 120 (87) | 55 (85.9) | |
| African-Amer / Hispanic | 3 (1.5) | 1 (0.7) | 2 (3.1) | |
| Other / Hispanic | 3 (1.5) | 2 (1.4) | 1 (1.6) | |
| Other | 3 (1.5) | 3 (2.1) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Education | χ2 (5, N
= 202) = 8.83, p = .12 |
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| Grade 11 or less | 77 (38.1) | 60 (43.4) | 17 (26.6) | |
| Completed high school | 58 (28.7) | 38 (27.5) | 20 (31.3) | |
| Some or completed college | 65 (32.1) | 38 (27.5) | 27 (42.2) | |
| Attended/completed grad school | 2 (1) | 2 (1.4) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Income | χ2 (2, N
= 200) =11.30, p =.01 |
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| $6,000 or less | 55 (27.2) | 30 (21.7) | 25 (39.1) | |
| $6,001-$12,000 | 79 (39.1) | 64 (46.4) | 15 (23.4) | |
| $12,001 and above | 66 (32.7) | 42 (30.4) | 24 (37.5) | |
| Employed | 48 (23.8) | 25 (18.1) | 23 (35.9) | χ2 (1, N
= 201) =8.05, p = .01 |
| Marital Status | χ2 (5, N
= 201) = 5.85, p= .32 |
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| Legally/common-law marriage | 31 (15.3) | 20 (14.5) | 11 (17.2) | |
| Not married but living with partner | 13 (6.4) | 9 (6.5) | 4 (6.3) | |
| Widowed | 13 (6.4) | 12 (8.7) | 1 (1.6) | |
| Divorced/Annulled | 30 (14.9) | 21 (15.2) | 9 (14.1) | |
| Separated | 19 (19.4) | 15 (10.9) | 4 (6.3) | |
| Never married | 95 (47) | 60 (43.5) | 35 (54.7) | |
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| Mean (SD) | t (p)/ χ2 | |||
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| Age | 45.23 (8.43) | 45.74 (8.38) | 44.14 (8.50) | −1.25 (p = .21) |
| CSA | 54 (26.7) | 41 (29.7) | 13 (20.3) | χ2 (1, N
= 198)= 2.05, p = .15 |
| CD-RISC | 29.14 (7.55) | 28.82 (7.8) | 29.84 (7.01) | .93 (p = .35) |
| CES-D | 12.65 (10.58) | 13.28 (10.83) | 11.28 (9.96) | −1.29 (p = .20) |
| HRQOL | 67.24 (20.76) | 64.05 (20.68) | 76.71 (18.14) | 3.77 (p = .001) |
Note. CSA = Childhood Sexual Abuse. CD-RISC = Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale - 10 item. CES-D = Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale. HRQOL = Health-Related Quality of Life.