Table 1.
BASELINE SAMPLE CHARACTERISTICS AND ASSOCIATIONS WITH HOUSING STATUS AMONG SEXUAL MINORITY YOUNG ADULTS IN NYC (N = 665)
| Housing status past six months, % (n) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % (n) | Housed | Homeless | Unstably housed |
Both | p | |
| 75.9 (505) | 4.2 (28) | 11.3 (75) | 8.6 (57) | |||
| Agea | 22.98 (0.64) | 23.00 (0.64) | 22.72 (0.65) | 23.03 (0.68) | 22.86 (0.56) | .055 |
| Race | ||||||
| White non-Hispanic | 25.1 (167) | 83.8 (140) | 0.6 (1) | 11.4 (19) | 4.2 (7) | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 32.2 (214) | 74.3 (159) | 4.7 (10) | 10.7 (23) | 10.3 (22) | |
| Black non-Hispanic | 27.4 (182) | 71.4 (130) | 6.0 (11) | 11.5 (21) | 11.0 (20) | |
| Other non-Hispanic | 15.3 (102) | 74.5 (76) | 5.9 (6) | 11.8 (12) | 7.8 (8) | .085 |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 93.4 (621) | 77.3 (480) | 4.2 (26) | 11.3 (70) | 7.2 (45) | |
| Transgender | 6.6 (44) | 56.8 (25) | 4.5 (2) | 11.4 (5) | 27.3 (12) | <.001 |
| Education status | ||||||
| High school/GED or less | 47.8 (318) | 70.4 (224) | 6.0 (1 9) | 11.0 (35) | 12.6 (40) | |
| Any college degree | 52.0 (346) | 80.9 (280) | 2.6 (9) | 11.6 (40) | 4.9 (17) | <.001 |
| Total annual income | ||||||
| < $5,000 | 32.9 (219) | 67.6 (148) | 5.9 (1 3) | 11.9 (26) | 14.6 (33) | |
| $5,000–24,999 | 41.2 (274) | 75.9 (208) | 4.7 (1 3) | 12.0 (33) | 7.3 (20) | |
| $25,000+ | 21.1 (140) | 89.3 (125) | 0.7 (1) | 7.1 (10) | 2.9 (4) | <.001 |
| Country of origin | ||||||
| Born in the US | 84.2 (560) | 76.8 (430) | 3.9 (22) | 11.3 (63) | 8.0 (45) | |
| Not born in the US | 15.6 (104) | 72.1 (75) | 5.8 (6) | 11.5 (12) | 10.6 (11) | .652 |
| HIV status | ||||||
| Negative | 94.7 (630) | 76.3 (481) | 3.8 (24) | 11.4 (72) | 8.4 (53) | |
| Positive | 5.0 (33) | 69.7 (23) | 12.1 (4) | 6.1 (2) | 12.1 (4) | .085 |
| Sexual identity | ||||||
| Not exclusively homosexual | 49.9 (332) | 72.0 (239) | 5.1 (17) | 12.0 (40) | 10.8 (36) | |
| Exclusively homosexual | 50.1 (333) | 79.9 (266) | 3.3 (11) | 10.5 (35) | 6.3 (21) | .072 |
| Depression (BDI) | ||||||
| None or minimal | 63.6 (423) | 79.4 (336) | 3.8 (16) | 9.7 (41) | 7.1 (30) | |
| Mild, moderate, or severe | 31.9 (212) | 69.3 (147) | 5.7 (12) | 1 3.7 (29) | 11.3 (24) | .045 |
| Anxiety (BAI) | ||||||
| None or minimal | 69.8 (464) | 78.7 (365) | 4.1 (1 9) | 10.1 (47) | 7.1 (33) | |
| Mild, moderate, or severe | 27.7 (184) | 70.7 (130) | 4.3 (8) | 1 3.6 (25) | 11.4 (21) | .140 |
| PTSD (PCL) | ||||||
| Non- symptomatic | 89.6 (596) | 77.2 (460) | 3.7 (22) | 10.7 (64) | 8.4 (50) | |
| Symptomatic | 10.4 (69) | 65.2 (45) | 8.7 (6) | 15.9 (11) | 10.1 (7) | .088 |
| Self-rated general health | ||||||
| Very good or excellent | 73.4 (488) | 78.3 (382) | 4.5 (22) | 10.5 (51) | 6.8 (33) | |
| Less than very good | 26.2 (174) | 70.1 (122) | 3.4 (6) | 13.8 (24) | 12.6 (22) | .045 |
| Grit-Sa | 3.42 (0.66) | 3.42 (0.67) | 3.43 (0.52) | 3.47 (0.67) | 3.37 (0.67) | .842 |
| Gay-related stigmaa | 10.38 (3.27) | 10.03 (3.14) | 12.93 (3.52) | 10.31 (2.89) | 12.52 (3.47) | <.001 |
Notes
a
Descriptive statistics reported as mean (standard deviation, range).
GED= General Education Diploma
BDI= Beck Depression Inventory
BAI= Beck Anxiety Inventory
PCL= PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) Checklist