TABLE 1.
Baseline Sociodemographic and Behavioral Characteristics Among PrEP Chicago Participants, Chicago, (2016–2018)
| Characteristics | Intervention (%)* (n = 209) | Control (%) (n = 214) | P |
| Age, mean (SD) | 26.1 (4.2) | 25.7 (4.3) | 0.28 |
| Education | 0.17 | ||
| High school or less | 141 (67.5) | 165 (77.1) | |
| Post HS vocational certification | 17 (8.1) | 11 (5.1) | |
| Associate's/Bachelor's/Grad. degree | 43 (20.6) | 29 (13.6) | |
| Employment | 0.31 | ||
| Employed | 109 (52.2) | 92 (43.0) | |
| Not employed | 81 (38.8) | 99 (46.3) | |
| Disabled | 6 (2.9) | 7 (3.3) | |
| Gender identity | 0.043 | ||
| Male | 193 (94.2) | 184 (88.0) | |
| Female/transfeminine | 7 (3.4) | 20 (9.6) | |
| Other | 5 (2.4) | 5 (2.4) | |
| Sexual orientation | |||
| Gay | 135 (64.6) | 123 (57.5) | 0.55 |
| Bisexual | 46 (22.0) | 62 (29.0) | |
| Straight | 5 (2.4) | 8 (3.7) | |
| Other | 11 (5.3) | 10 (4.7) | |
| HIV-Positive | 92 (48.4) | 87 (46.5) | 0.71 |
| Ever heard of PrEP | 0.20 | ||
| No | 50 (23.9) | 66 (30.8) | |
| Yes | 156 (74.7) | 143 (66.8) | |
| Experience taking PrEP | |||
| No | 180 (86.1) | 186 (86.9) | |
| Yes | 20 (9.6) | 20 (9.4) | 0.95 |
| Facebook friends, mean (SD) | 1810 (1394.3) | 1859 (1503.4) | 0.73 |