Table 1:

Descriptive Characteristics of the Sample

	% or Mean (SD)
Characteristic	Overall N=209	Under 50 N=130	50 and older N=79
Socio-Demographics:
Low Education (less than HS grad)	15.3	17.7	11.4
Low Income (less than 10K annual income)	61.7	68.5	50.6^*
Incarceration past 3 months	7.2	8.5	5.1
Stable Housing^a	67.0	59.2	79.7^*
Months Since HIV Diagnosis	174 (102)	138 (88)	233 (97)^***
Mental Health:
Depression	21.6	27.9	11.4^*
Stimulant Substance Use	25.5	25.6	25.3
Problem Alcohol Use	34.2	36.2	30.7
Internalized HIV Stigma (1-5)	2.75 (1.16)	2.86 (1.18)	2.58 (1.11)⁺
Trust/Mistrust:
Perceived ART Efficacy (1-4)	3.29 (0.51)	3.32 (0.45)	3.23 (0.60)
Trust in Healthcare (0-4)	3.40 (0.87)	3.38 (0.90)	3.44 (0.83)
Ratings of Care (0-10)	8.55 (1.84)	8.46 (1.92)	8.70 (1.71)
Ratings of Doctor (0-10)	8.66 (2.02)	8.68 (1.94)	8.62 (2.16)
Agreement with HIV Conspiracy Beliefs (1-5)	2.56 (0.87)	2.59 (0.83)	2.52 (0.94)
Social Support (1-5)	3.22 (1.13)	3.24 (1.11)	3.18 (1.16)
Self-reported Adherence in past month (%)	83.32 (22.51)	80.67 (24.20)	87.67 (18.78)^*

Note: Data were missing for some characteristics, ranging from n=0 to n=7 (3%).

^a.

Stable housing includes rent or own home or apartment or publicly subsidized housing.

⁺

p < .10

p < .05,

^**

p < .01,

^***

p < .001 for comparison of under 50 vs. 50 and older.