Table 1.

Sociodemographic Factors Among Black Transgender Women and Black Men Who Have Sex with Men Residing in the Atlanta Metro and Surrounding Areas

	BTW (N=58)		BMSM (N=764)
	M	SD	M	SD	t-test	df	p
Age	38.57	13.41	33.13	11.14	−3.01	63.12	0.004
	n	%	n	%	χ2
Education
Less than high school	8	13.79	40	5.24	34.30	5	<0.001
High school	34	58.62	227	29.71
Some college	13	22.41	313	40.97
College degree	2	3.45	133	17.41
Graduate school	1	1.72	31	4.06
Graduate degree	0	0.00	20	2.62
Income
$0–10,000	46	79.31	399	52.23	20.06	6	0.003
$11,000–20,000	5	8.62	144	18.85
$21,000–30,000	2	3.45	104	13.61
$31,000–40,000	2	3.45	52	6.81
$41,000–50,000	0	0.00	33	4.32
$51,000–60,000	0	0.00	18	2.36
$61,000 or higher	1	1.72	10	1.31
Homelessness	32	55.17	172	22.51	32.12	1	<0.001
Sexual orientation
Gay/homosexual/same gender loving	20	34.48	358	46.86	3.49	2	0.175
Bisexual	24	41.38	302	39.53
Straight/heterosexuala	11	18.97	97	12.70
Employment status
Unemployed	49	84.48	473	61.91	13.25	1	<0.001
Employed	8	13.79	291	38.09

^aMen who identified as straight/heterosexual were included in the analysis if they reported at least one instance of engaging in male-to-male sexual contact (N=1 participant was excluded for identifying as straight/heterosexual and reporting no male-to-male sexual contact).

BMSM, black men who have sex with men; BTW, black transgender women.