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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Behav. 2015 Nov;19(11):2108–2116. doi: 10.1007/s10461-015-1018-x

Table II. Demographic Characteristics of Study Participants.

Variable n mean (sd)/%
Age 207 43.9 (9.9)

Self-reported years HIV-infected 168 11.3 (8.3)

Sex 207

 Male 167 80%
 Female 26 13%
 Male-to-female transgender 14 7%

Race/Ethnicity 206
 African-American (non-Hispanic) 114 55%
 White (non-Hispanic) 75 36%
 Other 17 8%

Presence of Axis I or Axis II disorder 116 56%

Never completed high school 66 32%

Reported ever using drugs 185 89%

Reported ever injecting drugs 138 67%

Ever positive for Hepatitis C antibodies 118 57%

Re-incarcerated before follow-up 99 48%

Employed at follow-up 9 5%

Housing status at follow-up 184
 Stable (Living alone or with a spouse) 51 28%
 Unstable (Staying with others or a hotel) 68 37%
 Homeless 45 24%
 Incarceration/In-patient rehabilitation 20 11%