Table 1.
Sample demographics and related characteristics
| Characteristic | Overall (n= 70) |
Trauma history (n = 57) |
No trauma history (n= 13) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (yrs.) | |||
| Mean (SD) | 31.6 (9.5) | 32.5 (9.9) | 27.5 (5.4) |
| Education (highest level) | |||
| =< Grade 7, n (%) | 7 (10) | 6 (10.5) | 1 (7.7) |
| Grade 8-11, n (%) | 42 (60) | 35 (61.4) | 7 (53.8) |
| Completed high school, n (%) | 20 (28.6) | 15 (26.3) | 5 (38.4) |
| Post-secondary education, n (%)Years of education | 1 (1.4) | 1 (1.8) | 0 (0) |
| Mean (SD) | 10.4 (1.9) | 10.2 (2.0) | 11 (1.3) |
| Employment | |||
| Employed, n (%) | 26 (37.1) | 20 (35.0) | 6 (46.1) |
| Relationship status | |||
| Single, n (%) | 12 (17.1) | 11 (19.2) | 1 (7.7) |
| Partner, n (%) | 39 (55.7) | 29 (50.8) | 10 (76.9) |
| Married, n (%) | 11 (15.7) | 9 (15.7) | 2 (15.3) |
| Divorced, n (%) | 8 (11.4) | 8 (8.8) | 0 (0) |
| Current partner | 50 (71.4) | 38 (66.6) | 12 (92.3) |
| Pregnancy | |||
| Pregnant, n (%) | 3 (4.3) | 2 (3.5) | 1 (7.7) |
| Time since HIV diagnosis (yrs.) | |||
| =< 2, n (%) | 38 (54.2) | 27 (47.3) | 11 (84.6) |
| 3-5, n (%) | 15 (21.4) | 13 (22.8) | 2 (15.4) |
| >5, n (%) | 17 (24.2) | 17 (11.1) | 0 (0) |
a
No statistically significant differences between participants who had a trauma history and those without a trauma history