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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 15.
Published before final editing as: AIDS Care. 2018 Nov 15:1–6. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2018.1545988

Table 3.

Percentage of adults living with HIV with recent diagnoses reporting discriminationa stratified by povertyb, homelessnessc, and attending a facility funded by Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP)d, Medical Monitoring Project 2011–2014.

Discrimination
Yes
No
n % n % Odds Ratio 95% CI
RWHAP
Poverty in past 12 months 1.2 0.9, 1.5
Yes 213 14.9 (13.0, 16.8) 1312 85.1 (83.2, 87.0)
No 132 12.5 (10.4, 14.5) 1042 87.5 (10.4, 14.5)
Homelessness in past 12 months 1.9 1.3, 2.9*
Yes 68 21.5 (15.0, 27.9) 280 78.5 (72.1, 85.0)
No 291 12.3 (11.0, 13.7) 2238 87.7 (86.4, 89.0)
Non-RWHAP
Poverty in past 12 months 2.1 1.3, 3.5*
Yes 42 27.5 (18.0, 36.9) 124 72.5 (63.1, 82.0)
No 69 15.1 (10.5, 19.7) 384 84.9 (80.3, 89.5)
Homelessness in past 12 months 2.5 1.4, 4.6*
Yes 17 34.0 (20.7, 47.2) 32 66.0 (52.8, 79.3)
No 98 17.0 (12.3, 21.6) 496 83.0 (78.4, 87.7)
*

p < 0.05.

a

Discrimination was defined as reporting at least one discriminatory experience in an HIV healthcare setting: exhibited hostility or a lack of respect towards you to given you less attention than other patients, or refused you service.

b

Poverty guidelines as defined by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). More information regarding the HHS poverty guidelines can be found at http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/faq.cfm.

c

Living on the street, in a shelter, in a single-room-occupancy hotel, or in a car.

d

Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) was defined as a facility receiving any Ryan White funding from any Ryan White source.