Table 1.

Sociodemographic Covariates and Changes in Mean Knowledge and Perception of Benefits and Barriers.

			Knowledgea			Benefitsb			Barriersb
Sociodemographic Covariates	N	%	Mean Change	SD	p	Mean Change	SD	p	Mean Change	SD	p
Genderc
Female	101	77.1	0.03	0.20	.266	−0.09	0.51	.310	−0.09	0.47	.716
Male	30	22.9	0.07	0.18		−0.20	0.62		−0.13	0.42
Aged (years)
18-49	23	17.6	0.03	0.24	.768	0.01	0.60	.507	−0.20	0.51	.322
50-59	32	24.4	0.02	0.20		−0.17	0.56		−0.15	0.41
60-64	23	17.6	0.07	0.17		−0.20	0.34		−0.14	0.35
65 and older	53	40.5	0.04	0.19		−0.09	0.56		−0.01	0.51
Ethnicityc
Latino and Afro-Latino	84	64.1	0.03	0.20	.692	−0.17	0.49	.110	−0.10	0.46	.971
African American and Afro-Caribbean	47	35.9	0.05	0.120		−0.01	0.59		−0.10	0.46
Educationd
<8th-11th grade	54	41.2	0.01	0.20	.282	−0.16	0.50	.184	0.00	0.47	.066
High school or GED	25	19.1	0.04	0.17		0.07	0.49		−0.23	0.32
At least some postsecondary	52	39.7	0.07	0.20		−0.15	0.58		−0.15	0.49
Marital statusc
Not living with a partner	112	85.5	0.04	0.20	.802	−0.14	0.55	.203	−0.08	0.46	.201
Living with a partner	19	14.5	0.03	0.16		0.03	0.43		−0.23	0.45
Program languagec
English	91	69.5	0.05	0.19	.351	−0.13	0.58	.407	−0.13	0.47	.297
Spanish	40	30.5	0.01	0.20		−0.06	0.40		−0.04	0.43
Preferred languagec
English or bilingual	91	69.5	0.05	0.18	.351	−0.14	0.50	.343	−0.13	0.46	.387
Spanish or other	40	30.5	0.01	0.22		−0.04	0.60		−0.05	0.47
Origind
U.S. mainland	47	35.9	0.06	0.19	.690	−0.04	0.61	.483	−0.24	0.44	.007*
Puerto Rico	48	36.6	0.03	0.20		−0.17	0.53		−0.10	0.44
Foreign born	36	27.5	0.02	0.21		−0.13	0.42		0.08	0.47
Length of stayd
<1 year to 19 years	19	14.5	−0.02	0.25	.352	0.01	0.65	.579	−0.01	0.50	.286
≥20 years	65	49.6	0.04	0.19		−0.13	0.43		−0.07	0.46
All my life	47	35.9	0.06	0.19		−0.13	0.61		−0.18	0.45

^aKnowledge is coded such that an increase indicates improvement.

^bBenefits and Barriers items are coded such that a decrease indicates improvement.

^cSignificance was calculated using t tests.

^dSignificance was calculated using one-way analyses of variance.