Table 2.
Characteristics of Study Sample (N=1373)
| Characteristics | N | % |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||
| Female | 385 | 28.39 |
| Genderqueer | 4 | 0.29 |
| Male | 957 | 70.58 |
| Transgender Female/Transwoman/MTF | 8 | 0.59 |
| Transgender Male/Transman/FTM | 2 | 0.15 |
| Race* | ||
| White/Caucasian | 849 | 61.84 |
| Black/African American | 412 | 30.01 |
| Other | 132 | 9.61 |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Non-Hispanic | 1181 | 87.87 |
| Hispanic | 163 | 12.13 |
| Sex orientation | ||
| Homosexual | 816 | 60.18 |
| Heterosexual | 399 | 29.42 |
| Bisexual | 141 | 10.4 |
| Education (Highest Level Completed) | ||
| None/Prefer Not to Answer | 4 | .29 |
| Elementary School | 2 | 0.15 |
| Some High School | 51 | 3.79 |
| High School Graduate/Got GED | 137 | 10.19 |
| Associate’s Degree/Technical Degree | 190 | 14.14 |
| Some College | 406 | 30.21 |
| College Graduate (4 years) | 292 | 21.73 |
| Professional or Graduate Degree | 262 | 19.49 |
| Annual household income | ||
| $10,000–$19,999 | 272 | 20.37 |
| $100,000–$149,999 | 74 | 5.54 |
| $150,000 or more | 26 | 1.95 |
| $20,000–$39,999 | 299 | 22.4 |
| $40,000–$59,999 | 162 | 12.13 |
| $60,000–$79,999 | 125 | 9.36 |
| $80,000–$99,999 | 61 | 4.57 |
| Don’t know | 13 | 0.97 |
| Less than $10,000 | 234 | 17.53 |
| Prefer not to answer | 69 | 5.17 |
| Age (years) mean(SD) | 48.57 | 11.68 |
| AIDS | ||
| No | 821 | 63.15 |
| Yes | 479 | 36.85 |
| Information Source** | ||
| Do not know/Not applicable | 2621 | 30.69 |
| Common Sense/Self-experience | 2237 | 26.20 |
| Health care professional | 2014 | 23.59 |
| No Action | 631 | 7.39 |
| Social support | 305 | 3.57 |
| Multiple | 250 | 2.93 |
| Internet | 196 | 2.30 |
| Literature | 146 | 1.71 |
| TV ads | 87 | 1.02 |
| Instruction | 37 | 0.43 |
| Alternative health care professional | 15 | 0.18 |
*
Participant can select multiple races
**
Participants can report multiple symptoms and thus multiple information sources