Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics, sexual orientation and HIV-status by country of origin

%	Brazilian (n = 146)	Colombian (n = 169)	Dominican (n = 167)	Total (n = 482)
Participants’ age (mean, SD)*	37.5 (8.9)	38.2 (9.2)	33.6 (9.4)	36.4 (9.5)
Age of migration to the US (mean, SD)*	23.3 (11.5)	25.4 (9.2)	15.9 (10.5)	21.5 (11.2)
Time living in the USA (mean, SD)*	14.2 (11.3)	12.8 (9.3)	17.7 (10.9)	14.9 (10.7)
Monthly income*
< $1,600	97	95	86	278
>$1600	49	74	81	204
Education**
Less than high school	12	30	28	70
Completed high school/GED or vocational school	35	26	24	85
Some college	37	36	58	131
Completed college	47	46	35	128
Graduate school	15	31	22	68
Sexual orientationa
Gay or homosexual*	126	148	130	404
Bisexual**	16	25	44	85
Man who has Sex with Men (MSM)	18	17	24	59
Straight or heterosexual	0	1	3	4
In the “down-low”	1	2	3	6
Transgender or transsexual	0	1	1	2
Transvestite	0	1	0	1
Current HIV status
Positive	33	54	25	129
Negative	95	94	65	298
Unknown	42	109	16	55

^aSexual orientation categories are not mutually exclusive

^*p < 0.05

^**p < 0.01

^***p < 0.001