Table II.
Demographic differences in PrEP awareness.
| Totala (N = 693) |
Not aware of PrEPb (N = 225) |
Aware of PrEPc (N = 468) |
X2 (p-value) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Col % | Row % | Row % | ||
| n (%) | ||||
| Race | ||||
| African American | 132 (19.4) | 55 (41.7) | 77 (58.3) | 17.6 (0.001) |
| White | 362 (53.2) | 93 (25.7) | 269 (74.3) | |
| Multiracial | 81 (11.9) | 26 (32.1) | 55 (67.9) | |
| Other | 106 (15.6) | 45 (42.5) | 61 (57.5) | |
| Hispanic Ethnicity | 200 (28.9) | 75 (37.5) | 125 (62.5) | 3.25 (0.07) |
| Sexual Orientation | ||||
| Gay | 593 (85.6) | 184 (31.0) | 409 (69.0) | 4.41 (0.11) |
| Bisexual | 77 (11.1) | 33 (42.9) | 44 (57.1) | |
| Other | 23 (3.3) | 8 (34.8) | 15 (65.2) | |
| Education | ||||
| ≤High | 87 (12.6) | 46 (52.9) | 41 (47.1) | 45.3 (<0.001) |
| Some college | 199 (28.7) | 86 (43.2) | 113 (56.8) | |
| College degree | 324 (46.8) | 78 (24.1) | 246 (75.9) | |
| Graduate degree | 83 (12.0) | 15 (18.1) | 68 (81.9) | |
| Employment | ||||
| Unemployed | 154 (22.3) | 56 (36.4) | 98 (63.6) | 9.81 (0.007) |
| Full time | 349 (50.4) | 94 (26.9) | 255 (73.1) | |
| Part time | 189 (27.3) | 74 (39.2) | 115 (60.8) | |
| Age | 24.2 (2.9) | 23.1 (3.0) | 24.7 (2.8) |
t = −7.10 (<0.001) |
| Mean years (SD) | ||||
a
Of the total sample of 759, this number represents the total number of participants who reported no PrEP use.
b
Not aware: “Never heard of it before today” and “Heard about it, but didn’t really know what it was.”
c
Aware: “Know a little bit about it,” “Know a fair amount about it,” and “Know a lot about it.”