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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Care. 2018 Jul 15;30(12):1542–1550. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2018.1497767

Table 2.

Characteristics of study participants

Total 45
Mean Age (SD) 42.3(9.2)
Country of Origin (N/%)
Uganda 11(24.4)
Cote d’Ivoire 5(11.2)
Other 29(64.4)
Mean Duration in the US (SD) 10 (6.1)
Immigration Status (N/%)
Undocumented 10(22.2)
Asylee 9(20.0)
Permanent Resident 12(26.7)
Other 14(31.1)
Primary Language (N/%)
English 13(28.9)
French 12(26.7)
Swahili 4(8.9)
Other 16(35.6)
Marital Status1 (N/%)
Single2 28(62.2)
Married or Living with a Partner 15(34.9)
Number of Children (Mean/SD) 2.8 (1.7)
Education3 (N/%)
Associates degree, college degree or higher 17(37.8)
High school diploma/GED or less 27(60.0)
Unemployed (N/%) 20(44.4)
Household Income (N/%)
<$5,000 23(51.1)
Currently Sexually Active (N/%) 19(42.2)
Serodiscordant Relationship (N/%) 15(33.3)
Disclosed HIV Status to Sexual Partner4 12(80.0)
Mean Years Since Initial HIV Diagnosis (SD) 12.1(6.3)
Diagnosed in the US (N/%) 28 (62.2)
Contracted HIV through Heterosexual Sex 28(58.1)
Has a Healthcare Provider 45(100.0)
Prescribed ART 42(93.3)
Undetectable Viral Load 34(75.6)
1.

Missing responses from 2 participants

2.

Single status includes participants reporting widowed, divorced and separated status.

3.

Missing responses from 1 participant

4.

The number and percentage of participants among those who are in serodiscordant relationships and have disclosed their HIV status to their sexual partner(s).