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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Rural Health. 2021 Mar 5;38(1):93–99. doi: 10.1111/jrh.12564

Table 1.

Summary Statistics for Respondents by Question Type

HIV (n=304)a HCV (n=185)a
Outcome Variable n % n %
Likely to participate in free testing
Very unlikely 11 3.6 5 2.7
Somewhat unlikely 12 4.0 8 4.3
Somewhat likely 53 17.4 24 13.0
Very likely 228 75.0 148 80.0
Predisposing Factors
Age (years)
18–24 25 8.2 15 8.1
25–34 124 40.8 71 38.4
35–44 101 33.2 59 31.9
45–64 54 17.8 40 21.6
Highest Level of Education
Less than high school 96 31.6 59 31.9
High school diploma or GED 137 45.1 89 48.1
Some college and above 71 23.4 37 20.0
Genderb
Male 168 55.3 100 54.0
Female 136 44.7 85 46.0
Ethnicityb
Not Hispanic or Latino 303 99.7 185 100.0
Race
Self-identified as White 296 97.4 178 96.2
Self-identified as anything else 8 2.6 7 3.8
Cohabitationc
No 174 57.2 101 54.6
Yes 130 42.8 84 45.4
Enabling Factors
Homeless in past six months
No 192 63.2 118 63.8
Yes 112 36.8 67 36.2
Currently have health insurance
No 51 16.8 33 17.8
Yes 253 83.2 152 82.2
Total Income in past 30 days
<$1000 217 71.4 125 67.6
≥$1000 87 28.6 60 32.4
Needs Factors
History of testing for HIV
No 104 34.2 - -
Yes 200 65.8 - -
History of testing for HCV
No - - 83 44.9
Yes - - 102 55.1
Shared needles, syringes, cookers, cottons, or rinse water in past 30 days
No 177 58.2 125 67.6
Yes 127 41.8 60 32.4
a

Missing values in any variable excluded the observation.

b

Other response categories had very few responses.

c

Those who responded “married” or “living with partner” were categorized as cohabiting. All other responses were characterized as no cohabitation.