Table 1.

Baseline sample characteristics, means and standard deviations of key study variables

Variable	Total (n = 171)	TAU (n = 90)	MI (n = 81)
Age (M, SD)	42.1, 10.4	43.22, 10.59	41.27, 10.13
Race (n, %)^a
American Indian/Alaskan Native	7, 4.1	3, 3.3	4, 4.9
Asian	2, 1.2	1, 1.1	1, 1.2
Black/African American	40, 23.4	23, 25.6	17, 21.0
White	126, 73.7	64, 71.1	62, 76.5
Ethnicity (n, %)
Hispanic or Latino	29, 17.0	15, 16.7	14, 17.3
Not Hispanic or Latino	142, 83.0	75, 83.3	67, 82.7
Education (n, %)
≤ High school graduate/GED	27, 15.8	13, 14.4	14, 17.3
Some post-high school education	65, 38.0	35, 38.9	30, 37.0
College graduate	79, 46.2	42, 46.7	37, 45.7
Income (n, %)
$0–29,999	63, 36.8	32, 35.6	41, 50.6
$30,000–99,999	66, 38.6	41, 45.6	25, 30.9
$100,000 or more	32, 18.7	17, 18.9	15, 18.5
Employment (n, %)
Unemployed	57, 33.3	25, 27.8	32, 39.5
Employed part time	25, 14.6	14, 15.6	11, 13.6
Employed full time	74, 43.3	43, 47.8	31, 38.3
Full time student	6, 3.5	3, 3.3	3, 3.7
Part time student	2, 1.2	1, 1.1	1, 1.2
Retired	7, 4.1	4, 4.4	3, 3.7
Sexual identity (n, %)
Gay	159, 93	85, 94.4	74, 91.4
Bisexual	9, 5.3	4, 4.4	5, 6.2
Other	3, 1.8	1, 1.1	2, 2.5
Other substance use ≥ once in past 3 months (n, %)
Cannabis	86, 50.3	42, 46.7	44, 54.3
Weekly or more	48, 28.1	24, 26.7	24, 29.6
Cocaine/crack	41, 24	18, 20	23, 28.4
Methamphetamines	18, 10.5	11, 12.2	7, 8.6
Inhalants	65, 38	35, 38.9	30, 37
Psychedelics	12, 7	9, 10	3, 3.7
Opiates	14, 8.2	5, 5.6	9, 11.1
Discrimination (M, SD)	3.15, 4.18	2.42, 3.10	4.09, 5.12^*
Racial	.79, 1.85	.57, 1.20	1.11, 2.40
Sexual orientation	1.25, 1.85	.92, 1.49	1.63, 2.16^*
HIV status	1.11, 1.54	.93, 1.38	1.35, 1.73
Alcohol use	20.79, 16.96	19.84, 13.48	21.52, 19.87
Alcohol problems	9.28, 8.51	9.36, 9.04	9.33, 8.14

Note.

indicates a significant difference between TAU and MI at p < .05 using independent samples t-tests.

Participants can select more than one race so the total across the categories is greater than the sample size.