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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 6.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Epidemiol. 2019 May 16;35:4–11. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2019.05.003

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics by study enrollment/survey milestone, Together5000 (T5K) study, 2017–2018, n = 8,777.

Enrolled
Completed enrollment survey. Consent for follow up
Milestone 1
Completed second survey and mailed an HIV testing kit
Milestone 2
Returned a HIV testing kit to lab, valid results
Demographic Characteristics n = 8,777
n (%)
Yes
n = 6,166
n (%)
No
n = 2,611
n (%)
Chi-Sq p -value Yes
n = 5,010
n (%)
No
n = 1,156
n (%)
Chi-Sq p - value
Gender 4.37 0.22 19.76 0.0002
 Cis-man 8554 (97.5) 6016 (97.6) 2538 (97.2) 4899 (97.8) 1117 (96.6)
 Trans-woman 63 (0.7) 41 (0.7) 22 (0.8) 22 (0.4) 19 (1.6)
 Trans-man 53 (0.6) 41 (0.7) 12 (0.5) 37 (0.7) 4 (0.3)
 Non-binary (male at birth) 107 (1.2) 68 (1.1) 39 (1.5) 52 (1.0) 16 (1.4)
Race/Ethnicity 115.36 <.0001 31.11 <.0001
 White 4309 (49.1) 3210 (52.1) 1099 (42.1) 2665 (53.2) 545 (47.2)
 Black or African American 1156 (13.2) 679 (11.0) 477 (18.3) 507 (10.1) 172 (14.9)
 Latinx 2227 (25.4) 1505 (24.4) 722 (27.7) 1203 (24.0) 302 (26.1)
 Asian or Pacific Islander 311 (3.5) 224 (3.6) 87 (3.3) 194 (3.9) 30 (2.6)
 Multiracial/Other 774 (8.8) 548 (8.9) 226 (8.7) 441 (8.8) 107 (9.3)
Employment Status (current) 8.63 0.03 17.75 0.0005
 Full-time 5395 (61.5) 3839 (62.3) 1556 (59.6) 3181 (63.5) 658 (56.9)
 Part-time 1160 (13.2) 804 (13.0) 356 (13.6) 628 (12.5) 176 (15.2)
 Working or full-time student 1330 (15.2) 930 (15.1) 400 (15.3) 739 (14.8) 191 (16.3)
 Unemployed/Other 892 (10.2) 593 (9.6) 299 (11.5) 462 (9.2) 131 (11.3)
Highest level of Education
 < High school diploma 269 (3.1) 144 (2.3) 125 (4.8) 97.46 <.0001 106 (2.1) 38 (3.3) 78.36 <.0001
 High school diploma or GED 1391 (15.9) 880 (14.3) 511 (19.6) 660 (13.2) 220 (19.0)
 Some college or associates degree 3949 (45.0) 2771 (44.9) 1178 (45.1) 2195 (43.8) 576 (49.8)
 College graduate or higher 3168 (36.1) 2371 (38.5) 797 (30.5) 2049 (40.9) 322 (27.9)
Income 22.66 <.0001 30.56 <.0001
 Less than $20,000 3067 (34.9) 2057 (33.4) 1010 (38.7) 1609 (32.1) 448 (37.8)
 $20,000-$49,999 3559 (40.6) 2561 (41.5) 998 (38.2) 2079 (41.5) 482 (41.7)
 $50,000 or more 2151 (24.5) 1548 (25.1) 603 (23.1) 1322 (26.4) 226 (19.6)
Marital status 8.97 0.003
 Yes (marriage license or commitment ceremony) 665 (13.3) 116 (10.0)
 No 4345 (86.7) 1040 (90.0)
Health insurance 23.70 <.0001
 Yes 3706 (74.0) 772 (66.8)
 No 1304 (26.0) 384 (33.2)
Housing instability 11.60 0.001 23.62 <.0001
 Yes, within the last 5 years 1912 (21.8) 1283 (20.8) 629 (24.1) 982 (19.6) 301 (26.0)
 No or not within the last 5 years 6865 (78.2) 4883 (79.2) 1982 (75.9) 4028 (80.4) 855 (74.0)
Sexual identity 29.96 <.0001 9.60 0.01
 Gay, Queer, Homosexual 7314 (83.3) 5224 (84.7) 2090 (80.1) 4276 (85.4) 948 (82.0)
 Bisexual 1346 (15.3) 860 (14.0) 486 (18.6) 675 (13.5) 185 (16.0)
 Other (reports sex with men) 117 (1.3) 82 (1.3) 35 (1.3) 59 (1.2) 23 (2.0)
Transactional sex in the past 3 months 0.79 0.37 24.49 <.0001
 Yes 7438 (84.7) 927 (15.0) 412 (15.8) 699 (14.0) 228 (19.7)
 No 1339 (15.3) 5239 (85.0) 2199 (84.2) 4311 (86.1) 928 (80.3)
Incarcerated (ever) 13.73 0.0002
 Yes 688 (13.7) 208 (18.0)
 No 4322 (86.3) 948 (82.0)
Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) t -value p -value Mean (SD) Mean (SD) t-value p - value
Age 30.41 (7.9) 30.54 (7.8) 30.09 (8.0) −2.49 0.01 30.89 (7.9) 29.06 (7.4) −7.15 <.0001