Table 4.
Relationship-level characteristics of dyads and individually represented HIV-serodiscordant relationships in PP1
| Relationship characteristic | Total relationships (N = 460) N (%) |
Dyad (n = 153) n (%) |
Individual representative (n = 307) n (%) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Language (survey completion) | Unavailable | Unavailable | – | |
| Both English | 138 (90.2) | |||
| Both French | 9 (5.9) | |||
| English and French | 6 (3.9) | |||
| Partner gender | 0.062 | |||
| Male-male | 221 (48.6) | 85 (55.6) | 136 (44.3) | |
| Male-female | 213 (46.3) | 62 (40.5) | 151 (49.2) | |
| Other | 26 (5.7) | 6 (3.9) | 20 (6.5) | |
| Age difference between partners (HIV-positive – HIV-negative) | 435 | 153 | 282 | 0.268 |
| Mean (SD) | −0.3 (9.8) | 0.4 (9.5) | − 0.7 (9.9) | |
| Median (range) | 0 (− 33, 34) | 0 (− 29, 34) | 0 (− 33, 34) | |
| Race | Unavailable | Unavailable | – | |
| Both partners White | 83 (54.2) | |||
| Both partners not White | 20 (13.1) | |||
| Mixed | 46 (30.1) | |||
| One or both partners missing | 4 (2.6) | |||
| Region | 0.339 | |||
| British Columbia | 49 (10.7) | 20 (13.1) | 29 (9.4) | |
| Prairies | 65 (14.1) | 20 (13.1) | 45 (14.7) | |
| Ontario | 265 (57.6) | 84 (54.9) | 181 (59.0) | |
| Quebec | 51 (11.1) | 15 (9.8) | 36 (11.7) | |
| Atlantic | 25 (5.4) | 12 (7.8) | 13 (4.2) | |
| Split across 2 regions | 2 (0.4) | 2 (1.3) | 0 (0) | |
| Missing | 3 (0.7) | 0 | 3 (1) | |
| HIV diagnosis or relationship first | Unavailable | Unavailable | – | |
| HIV diagnosis first | 102 (66.7) | |||
| Relationship first | 38 (24.8) | |||
| Same time | 13 (8.5) | |||
| Relationship duration (years) | 460 | 153 | 307 | 0.002 |
| Mean (SD) | 6.8 (8.0) | 8.5 (8.3) | 6 (7.7) | |
| Median (range) | 4 (0, 40) | 5 (0, 40) | 3 (0, 40) | |
| HIV-positive partner virally suppressedb | 0.043 | |||
| Yes | 367 (79.8) | 132 (86.3) | 235 (76.5) | |
| No | 43 (9.3) | 11 (7.2) | 32 (10.4) | |
| Don’t know | 31 (6.7) | 6 (3.9) | 25 (8.1) | |
| Missing | 19 (4.1) | 4 (2.6) | 15 (4.9) | |
| Relationship Satisfaction – mean of partnersc | 458 | 153 | 305 | < 0.001 |
| Mean (SD) | 4.1 (0.8) | 4.4 (0.5) | 4 (0.9) | |
| Median (range) | 4.3 (1, 5) | 4.4 (2.4, 5) | 4.1 (1, 5) | |
| Sexual Satisfaction – mean of partnersc | 452 | 153 | 299 | 0.799 |
| Mean (SD) | 3.7 (1.1) | 3.8 (1) | 3.7 (1.2) | |
| Median (Range) | 4 (1, 5) | 4 (1, 5) | 4 (1, 5) |
Abbreviations: PP1 Positive Plus One Study
a Unavailable for couples with only one participating partner
b For dyads, we used the response of the HIV positive partner where it was divergent from the negative partner’s response. HIV-positive participants in a past relationship who reported being suppressed at any time in the relationship were classified as suppressed while HIV-positive past-relationship participants who reported that they were virally suppressed “none of the time” during the relationship were counted as not suppressed
c Possible range 1–5; (1 = low, 5 = high)