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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 17.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Dispar Res Pract. 2014;7(6):1–25.

Table III.

Demographics of barbershop clients who were categorized according to the brief risk assessment (BRA) survey as having high versus low sexual risk behaviors, Brooklyn, NY, 2009.

Low
(%, N=76)
High
(%, N= 29)
Age ¥ Mean (SD) 29.39 (7.23) 29.04 (6.76)
Place of birth US
Non-US
58%
42%
72%
28%
Education High school/GED or less
> High school/GED
47%
53%
55%
45%
Employed Yes
No
78%
22%
62%
38%
Income *¥ Less than $10,000
$10,000-19,999
$20,000-39,999
$40,000 or more
32%
20%
22%
25%
41%
17%
14%
28%
Health insurance Yes
No
54%
46%
69%
31%
Living situation ^¥ Have their own house/apt
Live with parents or others
42%
58%
31%
69%
Where receive
medical care *
No medical care
Private/Community/Health
Emergency room
4%
65%
30%
14%
69%
17%
*

Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding and/or missing information

^

All others under current living place include the following categories: someone else’s home or apartment, shelter or single-room, or living on the streets.

¥

Statistically significant differences (p< 0.05) between focus group/interview participants and remaining 38 eligible BRA respondents