Table 2.

Characteristics of social support scale (original scale=1–5; refined scale=0–2)

	Original Scale (1–5)		Refined Scale (0–2)
Wave (study visit)	Mean	Standard error	Mean	Standard error
38	3.4484	0.06946	1.2735	0.04827
39	3.3504	0.06267	1.208	0.04354
40	3.1971	0.05585	1.0899	0.0388
41	3.1868	0.05321	1.0974	0.03697
42	3.2035	0.05167	1.0893	0.0359
43	3.1421	0.05226	1.0533	0.03631
44	3.2311	0.05117	1.1046	0.03555
45	3.1857	0.05062	1.0976	0.03517
46	3.1533	0.05117	1.0657	0.03555
47	3.1788	0.05032	1.0824	0.03496
48	3.1961	0.05136	1.0882	0.03568
49	3.17	0.04906	1.0626	0.03409
50	3.2039	0.04858	1.0921	0.03375
Social support frequency, by subject	Value	%	Value	%
	1 (no one)	3.2%	0 (low: 0–1 person)	24.2%
	2 (one person)	21.0%	--	--
	3 (2–3 people)	38.7%	1 (medium: 2–3 people)	38.7%
	4 (4–5 people)	23.7%	--	--
	5 (6 or more people)	13.2%	2 (high: 4 or more)	36.9%
Reliability assessment	Estimate	95% CI	Estimate	95% CI
Intra-class coefficient	0.74	0.72, 0.77	0.72	0.70, 0.75
Within-subject variability	0.17	0.17, 0.18	0.38	0.36, 0.39

Models adjusted for wave, race/ethnicity, annual income below $20,000, ART adherence, bisexual behavior, recent sero-conversion, and syndemics count.