Table 1.
Sample Characteristics of Four Focus Groups, Chicago, IL, 2014–2015
| Group 1, n=11 | Group 2, n=7 | Group 3, n=9 | Group 4, n=3 | Total, N=30 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex assigned | |||||
| Male | 11 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 23 |
| Female | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Current gender ID | |||||
| Male/man | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Female/woman | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| Trans male | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Trans female | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| Nonbinary/GQ/Agender | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Race or ethnic ID | |||||
| Black/African American | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 10 |
| Latina/Hispanic | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| White/Caucasian | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Mixed race | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Age (mean, SD) | (34.4, 13.6) | (28.7, 6.1) | (32.6, 15.9) | (46.0, 17.3) | |
| Jobless in last year | |||||
| Yes | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
| No | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| Highest level education | |||||
| <High school graduate | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| HS diploma | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Some technical school | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Some college | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| Associates degree | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| College graduate | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Graduate degree | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Health insurance | |||||
| Yes | 7 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 26 |
| Public | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| Private | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| None | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |