Table 1.
Baseline characteristics, All About Me, 2016-17
| Characteristic | Total (n=236) |
Intervention (n=118) |
Control (n=118) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| Demographics | |||||||
| Age | 16-19 | 33 | 14.0 | 15 | 12.7 | 18 | 15.3 |
| 20-24 | 120 | 50.9 | 65 | 55.1 | 55 | 46.6 | |
| 25-29 | 83 | 35.2 | 38 | 32.2 | 45 | 38.1 | |
| Gender | Male | 192 | 81.4 | 95 | 80.5 | 97 | 82.2 |
| Transwoman/female | 39 | 16.5 | 19 | 16.1 | 20 | 17.0 | |
| Gender queer/other | 5 | 2.1 | 4 | 3.4 | 1 | 0.9 | |
| Sexual identity (n=231) | Gay/same gender loving | 158 | 68.4 | 78 | 68.4 | 80 | 68.4 |
| Bisexual | 50 | 21.7 | 25 | 21.9 | 25 | 21.4 | |
| Hetero/unsure/other | 23 | 10.0 | 11 | 9.7 | 12 | 10.3 | |
| Employment (n=226) | Working (full/part/off books/other) | 128 | 56.6 | 64 | 57.1 | 64 | 56.1 |
| Not working | 98 | 43.4 | 48 | 42.9 | 50 | 43.9 | |
| Education (n=230) | HS grad/GED/Tech or less | 113 | 49.1 | 53 | 46.5 | 60 | 51.7 |
| Some college or Assoc Degree | 76 | 33.0 | 40 | 35.1 | 36 | 31.0 | |
| Bachelor’s degree or more | 41 | 17.8 | 21 | 18.4 | 20 | 17.2 | |
| Income (n=201) | Less than $10,000 | 100 | 49.8 | 56 | 57.1 | 44 | 42.7 |
| $10,000 to $39,999 | 58 | 28.9 | 21 | 21.4 | 37 | 35.9 | |
| $40,000 + | 43 | 21.4 | 21 | 21.4 | 22 | 21.4 | |
| Financial insecurity (n=223) | Never | 74 | 31.4 | 37 | 33.0 | 37 | 33.3 |
| Once in a while | 54 | 22.9 | 25 | 22.3 | 29 | 26.1 | |
| Fairly often (3-5 times) | 42 | 17.8 | 20 | 17.9 | 22 | 19.8 | |
| Very Often | 53 | 22.5 | 30 | 26.8 | 23 | 20.7 | |
| Sexual behavior and alcohol use (P3M) | |||||||
| No. partners | 0-1 | 68 | 28.8 | 30 | 25.4 | 38 | 32.2 |
| 1 | |||||||
| 2-3 | 81 | 34.3 | 39 | 33.1 | 42 | 35.6 | |
| 4+ | 87 | 36.9 | 49 | 41.5 | 38 | 32.2 | |
| Serodiscordant insertive anal intercourse (N=219) | Yes | 82 | 34.8 | 47 | 39.8 | 35 | 29.7 |
| No | 137 | 58.0 | 70 | 59.3 | 67 | 56.8 | |
| Serodiscordant receptive anal intercourse (N=236) | Yes | 82 | 34.8 | 45 | 38.1 | 37 | 31.4 |
| No | 154 | 65.2 | 73 | 61.9 | 81 | 68.6 | |
| Exchange sex for money | Yes | 58 | 25.7 | 32 | 29.1 | 26 | 23.9 |
| No | 161 | 71.2 | 78 | 70.9 | 83 | 76.1 | |
| STI diagnosed | Yes | 30 | 12.7 | 14 | 12.2 | 12 | 10.3 |
| No | 206 | 87.3 | 101 | 87.8 | 105 | 89.7 | |
| Alcohol or drugs with sex (excluding marijuana) | Yes | 94 | 39.8 | 48 | 40.7 | 46 | 39.0 |
| No | 142 | 60.2 | 70 | 59.3 | 72 | 61.0 | |
| HIV Testing Behavior | |||||||
| Ever HIV tested (lifetime) | Yes | 219 | 92.8 | 109 | 92.4 | 110 | 93.2 |
| No | 17 | 7.2 | 9 | 7.6 | 8 | 6.8 | |
| Most recent test (n=218) | Past 3 months | 90 | 41.3 | 53 | 49.1 | 37 | 33.6 |
| Between 4 and 6 months | 55 | 25.2 | 25 | 23.2 | 30 | 27.3 | |
| In past year, but not P6M | 42 | 19.3 | 19 | 17.6 | 23 | 20.9 | |
| 1+ year ago/unsure, but 1+ year ago | 31 | 14.2 | 11 | 10.2 | 20 | 18.2 | |
| Place of last test (n=218) | Clinic | 109 | 50.0 | 56 | 51.9 | 53 | 48.2 |
| Mobile van | 40 | 18.4 | 20 | 18.5 | 20 | 18.2 | |
| Private doctor’s office | 20 | 9.2 | 9 | 8.3 | 11 | 10.0 | |
| Hospital or emergency room | 14 | 6.4 | 6 | 5.6 | 8 | 7.3 | |
| Used an HIV self-test | 13 | 6.0 | 7 | 6.5 | 6 | 5.5 | |
| All other places/other place/don’t remember | 22 | 10.1 | 10 | 9.3 | 12 | 10.9 | |
| Ever self-test (n=217) | Yes | 39 | 17.8 | 23 | 21.3 | 16 | 14.7 |
| No | 178 | 81.3 | 85 | 78.7 | 93 | 85.3 | |
| Ever CHTC (n=218) | Yes | 36 | 16.4 | 18 | 16.7 | 18 | 16.4 |
| No | 182 | 83.1 | 90 | 83.3 | 92 | 83.6 | |
CHTC: couples HIV testing and counseling