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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Care. 2018 Feb 22;30(8):1062–1069. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2018.1442555

Table 1.

Sample description and univariate associations with HIV test acceptance. a

Characteristic Mean
(SD) or n (%)
Accepted
(SD) or n (%)
Not Accepted
(SD) or n (%)

P-Value
Race/ Ethnicity (N=2016)
 Hispanic or Latino 397 (19.7%) 306 (77.1%) 91 (22.9%)
 not Latino but African American or Black 880 (43.7%) 741 (84.2%) 139 (15.8%) <.01
 not Latino but other groups not African American or Black 739 (36.7%) 626 (84.7%) 113 (15.3%) <.01
Age (N=2031) 44.12 (13.2) 44.22 (12.9) 43.40 (14.33) NS
Education status (N=2010)
 Non- High School 565 (28.1%) 474 (83.9%) 91 (16.1%)
 Some High School 651 (32.4%) 546 (83.9%) 105 (16.1%) NS
 Post - High School 794 (39.5%) 649 (81.7%) 145 (18.3%) NS
Employment Status (N=2013)
 No 1238 (61.5%) 1033 (83.4%) 205 (16.6%)
 Yes 775 (38.5%) 639 (82.5%) 136 (17.5%) NS
Income (N=1945)
 < $10,000 899 (46.2%) 764 (85%) 135 (15%)
 $10,000 - $29,999 827 (42.5%) 683 (82.6%) 144 (17.4%) NS
 ≥$30,000 219 (11.3%) 181 (82.6%) 38 (17.4%) NS
USBORN (N=2014)
 not born in U.S. 388 (19.3%) 305 (78.6%) 83 (21.4%)
 born in U.S. 1626 (80.7%) 1366 (84.0%) 260 (16.0%) <.05
Years since Last HIV Test (N=1985)
 0–1 Years Ago 451 (22.7%) 332 (73.6%) 119 (26.4%)
 Not Previously Tested 896 (45.1%) 776 (85.5%) 130 (14.5%) <.01
 2–5 Years Ago 289 (14.6%) 246 (85.1%) 43 (14.9%) <.01
 >5 Years Ago 349 (17.6%) 302 (86.5%) 47 (13.5%) <.01
Mean Obstacle Scale (N=2012) 4.4 (2.1) 4.3 (2.1) 4.7 (2.1) <.01
Mean Benefits Scale (N=2012) 22.2 (3.2) 22.6 (2.9) 20.7 (4.0) <.01
Mean Norm Scale (N=2011) 24.9 (3.7) 25.1 (3.5) 23.5 (4.1) <.01
Mean Worry Scale (N=2014) 5.0 (2.3) 5.1 (2.3) 4.2 (2.2) <.01
Relationship Status (N=2011)
 Not in a relationship 840 (41.8%) 694 (41.5%) 146 (17.4%)
 Married and living with husband 424 (21.1%) 343 (80.9%) 81 (19.1%) NS
 Married and not living with husband 116 (5.8%) 100 (86.2%) 16 (13.8%) NS
 Not married and living with a partner 369 (18.3%) 306 (82.9%) 63 (17.1%) NS
 Not married and not living with a partner 262 (13.0%) 228 (87.0%) 34 (13.0%) NS
Partner numbers during Lifetime (N=1971)
 0–3 Partners 538 (27.3%) 418 (77.7%) 120 (22.3%)
 4–7 Partners 536 (27.2%) 455 (84.9%) 81 (15.1%) <.01
 8–15 Partners 456 (23.1%) 383 (84.0%) 73 (16.0%) <.05
 More than 15 Partners 441 (22.4%) 393 (89.1%) 48 (10.9%) <.01
Sexual Activity during Recent 3 Months (N=1945)
 0 759 (39.0%) 625 (82.3%) 134 (17.7%)
 1 and more 1186 (61.0%) 1004 (84.7%) 182 (15.3%) NS
No Condom Used during Recent 3 Months (N=1908)
 No Partners Last 3MO 399 (20.9%) 332 (83.2%) 67 (16.8%)
 Partners - 100% Condom Use 774 (40.6%) 636 (82.2%) 138 (17.8%) NS
 ≥1 instance of non-condom use 735 (38.5%) 632 (86.0%) 103 (14.0%) NS
Oral Sexual Activity during Recent 3 Months (N=1911)
 No 1116 (58.4%) 925 (82.9%) 191 (17.1%)
 Yes 795 (41.6%) 686 (86.3%) 109 (13.7%) NS
Casual Sexual Behaviors during Recent 3 Months (N=1960)
 0 1409 (71.9%) 1186 (84.2%) 223 (15.8%)
 ≥1 Times 269 (13.7%) 237 (88.1%) 32 (11.9%) NS
 No Lifetime Partners 282 (14.4%) 217 (77.0%) 65 (23.0%) <.01
Ever Had STD Before (N=2005)
 Not Have STD Before 1022 (51.0%) 818 (80.0%) 204 (20.0%)
 At Least Have One STD Before 983 (49.0%) 847 (86.2%) 136 (13.8%) <.01
Injection Drug Use Index (N=2008)
 No Use, No Partner Use 1542 (76.8%) 1250 (81.1%) 292 (18.9%)
 No Use, Partner or Unknown Partner Use 393 (19.6%) 353 (89.8%) 40 (10.2%) <.01
 IV Drug Use 73 (3.6%) 66 (90.4%) 7 (9.6%) <.05
Messaging Condition
 Information Only 518 (25.7%) 443 (85.5%) 75 (14.5%)
 1-Sided Message 499 (24.8%) 401 (80.4%) 98 (19.6%) <.01
 2-Sided Superficial Message 504 (25.0%) 411 (81.5%) 93 (18.5%) NS
 2-Sided Serious Message 495 (24.6%) 418 (84.4%) 77 (15.6%) NS
a

Differences in N represent missing cases.