Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of participants enrolled in the cognitive-behavioral stress management intervention
| Frequency n = 258 |
% | |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||
| Male | 98 | 38 |
| Female | 160 | 62 |
| Age Range | ||
| 17–29 | 68 | 26.4 |
| 30–39 | 112 | 43.4 |
| 40–56 | 78 | 30.2 |
| Education | ||
| 6th grade or less | 152 | 61 |
| 7th grade or more | 97 | 39 |
| Marital Status | ||
| Married | 28 | 10.9 |
| Cohabitating | 123 | 47.7 |
| Single | 66 | 25.6 |
| Separated | 41 | 15.9 |
| Number of sex partners | ||
| One | 163 | 63.4 |
| Two or more | 94 | 36.6 |
| Knowledge of partner's HIV Status | ||
| HIV positive | 62 | 24.4 |
| HIV negative | 46 | 18.1 |
| Unaware | 146 | 57.5 |
| Disclosure of status to partner | ||
| No | 154 | 61.4 |
| Yes | 97 | 38.6 |
| ART therapy | ||
| No | 64 | 24 .8 |
| Yes | 194 | 75.2 |
| Have begun to be more open with people about being HIV positive since the news about the HIV medications? | ||
| Agree | 119 | 46.3 |
| Disagree | 138 | 53.7 |
| Perceived HIV infectivity | ||
| An HIV-positive person with an undetectable viral load cannot infect another person | ||
| Not true | 132 | 55.5 |
| True | 106 | 41.1 |
| Two HIV positive people don't need to use condom | ||
| Not true | 175 | 70 |
| True | 75 | 30 |
| Alcohol use | ||
| Living with someone that drinks alcohol | ||
| No | 119 | 47.4 |
| Yes | 132 | 51.2 |
| Does your partner drink alcohol? | ||
| No | 49 | 32.5 |
| Yes | 102 | 67.5 |