Table 1.
Characteristics of respondents (N = 315)
| N (%) | |
|---|---|
| Age M (SD) | 29 (7.46) |
| Age groups | |
| 24 years or younger | 105 (33.3) |
| 25–29 years | 69 (21.9) |
| 30–39 years | 104 (33.0) |
| 40–49 years | 37 (11.7) |
| Relationship status | |
| Single | 149 (47.3) |
| In relationship | 166 (52.7) |
| Education | |
| Less than high school degree | 6 (1.9) |
| High school/GED | 150 (47.6) |
| Technical/associate degree | 70 (22.2) |
| Bachelors or higher | 89 (28.3) |
| Employment | |
| Unemployed | 69 (21.9) |
| Student | 31 (9.8) |
| Part-time employment | 68 (21.6) |
| Full-time employment | 147 (46.7) |
| Household income (USD) | |
| Less than 20,000 | 104 (33.0) |
| 20,000–40,000 | 102 (32.4) |
| 40,001–60,000 | 74 (23.5) |
| 60,001–80,000 | 35 (11.1) |
| Geographic region | |
| Midwest | 72 (22.8) |
| Northeast | 42 (13.3) |
| South | 174 (55.2) |
| West | 27 (8.7) |
| Health insurance status | |
| Uninsured | 36 (11.4) |
| Private health plan | 112 (35.6) |
| Medicaid | 122 (38.7) |
| Other government plan | 35 (11.1) |
| Other | 10 (3.2) |
| Visited a health care provider past 12 months | 278 (88.3) |
| Didn’t receive healthcare due to cost in past 12 months | 83 (26.3) |
| Ever treated for STI in lifetime | 129 (41.0) |
| Received test for HIV in the past 12 months | 165 (52.4) |
| Ever had sex with someone to receive money, food, housing | 24 (7.6) |
| Number of sexual partners in the past 6 months | |
| 0–1 Sex partner | 245 (77.8) |
| 2–3 Sexual partners | 57 (18.1) |
| 4 Or more sexual partners | 13 (4.1) |
| Inconsistent or no condom use in the past 6 months | 210 (66.7) |
| Inconsistent or no condom use and multiple partners past 6 months | 39 (12.4) |
| Worry about HIV Infection | 182 (57.8) |
| Aware of PrEP | 116 (36.8) |
| Interested in PrEP for HIV prevention | 128 (40.6) |
| Would use PrEP if provided for free | 196 (62.2) |
| Comfortable speaking to provider about PrEP | 249 (79.0) |
| PrEP disapproval by others subscale score M (SD) | 6.40 (2.33) |
| My friends would approve of me taking PrEP | 241 (76.5) |
| My family would approve of me taking PrEP | 234 (74.3) |
| My sexual partner(s) would approve of me taking PrEP | 214 (67.9) |
| PrEP-user stereotypes subscale score M (SD) | 10.9 (3.66) |
| I would feel ashamed to tell other people that I was taking PrEP | 121 (38.4) |
| People would assume I slept around if they knew I took PrEP | 152 (48.2) |
| People would assume I am HIV positive if they knew I took PrEP | 134 (42.5) |
| People would assume I am a bad person if they knew I took PrEP | 80 (24.5) |
| People would assume I am gay if they knew I took PrEP | 74 (23.5) |
PrEP disapproval by others subscale scores range from 3 to 12, with higher scores indicating greater anticipated disapproval. PrEP-user stereotypes subscale scores range from 5 to 20, with higher scores indicating greater anticipated stereotyping
PrEP preexposure prophylaxis, HIV human immunodeficiency virus, STI sexually transmitted infection