Table 1.

Characteristics of participants who experienced enacted stigma over twelve months and those not reporting any enacted stigma experiences during that time period.

	Did Not Experience Stigma N = 121		Experienced Stigma N = 109
Characteristic	N	%	N	%	X2
Gender
Male	84	69	73	67
Female	37	31	36	33	0.15
Transgender	4	3	6	6
Sexual orientation
Gay	34	28	40	37
Bisexual	9	7	14	13
Heterosexual	78	65	53	50	5.50+
Race
White	13	11	17	16
African American	103	85	88	81
Other	5	4	4	4	3.27
Education level
Less than High-School	39	32	43	39
High-School or equivalence	48	40	41	38
More than High-school	34	28	25	23	6.21
Context of testing HIV positive
Rural setting in current state	66	55	53	49
Urban setting in current state	37	31	45	41
Out of current state	18	14	11	10
Was prescribed ART at baseline	82	68	75	69	0.20
Viral load at baseline
Undetectable	47	42	45	45
Detectable	66	58	55	55	0.20
	M	SD	M	SD	F
Age	44.4	11.9	40.4	12.0	6.4*
Years since HIV diagnosis	13.3	9.0	10.1	7.9	7.9**
Baseline enacted stigma	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.2	41.6**
Baseline anticipated stigma	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.2	14.2**
Baseline ART adherence	75.5	26.0	68.9	30.2	2.6
Baseline Stress Score	0.5	0.5	0.8	0.5	11.8**
Number of alcohol drinks / day	4.5	15.4	1.8	6.6	2.3
Baseline Depression	17.9	8.8	25.1	10.2	32.0**

Note:

^*p < .05

^**p < .01

⁺p < .10