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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Behav. 2016 Jul;20(7):1451–1460. doi: 10.1007/s10461-015-1226-4

Table 1.

Descriptive characteristics by type of substance used

Alcohol (N=122) Stimulant (N=132) Total (N=254)

Age (median, IQR) 27 (23 to 32) 36 (28 to 48) 31 (25 to 43)

Race/ethnicity
White/Caucasian 86 (70.5%) 74 (56.1%) 160 (63.0%)
Black/African American 7 (5.7%) 33 (25.0%) 40 (15.8%)
Asian 5 (4.1%) 1 (0.8%) 6 (2.4%)
American Indian/Pacific Islander 4 (3.3%) 7 (5.3%) 11 (4.3%)
Latino 20 (16.4%) 17 (12.9%) 37 (14.6%)

Sexual identity
Homosexual/gay 100 (82.0%) 76 (57.6%) 176 (69.3%)
Bisexuala 19 (15.6%) 52 (39.4%) 71 (28.0%)
Heterosexual/straightt 0 2 (1.5%) 2 (0.8%)
Other 3 (2.5%) 2 (1.5%) 5 (2.0%)

College degree or higher 75 (61.5%) 44 (33.3%) 119 (46.9%)

Unstable housing in past 3 months 11 (9.0%) 44 (33.3%) 55 (21.7%)

Relationship status
Single 77 (63.1%) 99 (75.0%) 176 (69.3%)
Married/Civil Union/Monogamous 33 (27.1%) 20 (15.2%) 53 (20.9%)
Non-monogamous relationship 12 (9.8%) 13 (9.9%) 25 (9.8%)

Income
<$12,000 27 (22.5%) 57 (43.2%) 84 (33.3%)
$12,000 to 23,999 22 (18.3%) 24 (18.2%) 46 (18.3%)
$24,000 to 59,999 50 (41.7%) 36 (27.3%) 86 (34.1%)
$60,000 or more 21 (17.5%) 15 (11.4%) 36 (14.3%)

Any health insurance 114 (93.4%) 121 (91.7%) 235 (92.5%)

Heard of PrEP 62 (50.8%) 86 (65.2%) 148 (58.3%)

Used PrEP 0 13 (9.9%) 13 (5.1%)

Interested in taking PrEP in the future 89 (73.0%) 110 (83.3%) 199 (78.4%)

Preference for daily PrEP versus non-daily regimen 38 (31.2%) 66 (50.4%) 104 (41.1%)

Perception that substance use will affect ability to use PrEP 20 (16.4%) 52 (39.4%) 72 (28.4%)

Concern that using PrEP will result in HIV stigma 36 (29.5%) 39 (29.6%) 74 (29.5%)

Concern about how much PrEP will cost 101 (82.8%) 95 (72.0%) 196 (77.2%)

Do not have to worry about condomless sex with HIV-infected partners if using PrEP 11 (9.0%) 30 (22.7%) 41 (16.1%)

Taking PrEP will result in having more condomless sex 30 (24.6%) 45 (34.1%) 75 (29.5%)

Taking PrEP will let me have more sexual partners 20 (16.4%) 34 (25.8%) 54 (21.3%)

Serodiscordant condomless anal sex 3+ times in the previous 3 months 29 (25.0%) 62 (54.4%) 91 (39.6%)

High self-perceived risk of HIV 19 (15.6%) 50 (38.2%) 69 (27.3%)

Dependence on substance (versus infrequent use) 69 (55.7%) 119 (90.2%) 187 (73.6%)

Field-based recruitment method 98 (80.3%) 14 (10.6%) 112 (44.1%)