Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics of the Sample, Overall and by Anticipated Future PrEP Use (N=211)
| Future PrEP | ||||
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| Overall Sample | Not Likely (n=135; 64%) |
Likely (n=76; 36%) |
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| Outcome: Anticipated PrEP Use | ||||
| Not at all likely | 105 (49.8%) | 135 (100.0%) | - | |
| Somewhat unlikely | 12 (5.7%) | |||
| Not likely or unlikely | 18 (8.5%) | |||
| Somewhat likely | 46 (21.8%) | 76 (100.0%) | ||
| Very Likely | 30 (14.2%) | |||
| Demographics | ||||
| Women (including four transwomen) | 159 (75.4%) | 99 (73.3%) | 60 (79.0%) | .36 |
| Age (mean (SD)) | 37.2 (13.2) | 37.0 (13.6) | 37.5 (12.4) | .77 |
| Black/African American (BAA) | 126 (59.7%) | 79 (58.5%) | 47 (61.8%) | .64 |
| Hispanic/Latinx | 51 (24.2%) | 35 (25.9%) | 16 (21.1%) | .43 |
| Homeless (past 6m) | 107 (50.7%) | 61 (45.2%) | 46 (60.5%) | <.05* |
| Arrested (ever) | 157 (74.4%) | 93 (68.9%) | 64 (84.2%) | <.05* |
| Discrimination (MDSR; mean (SD); range 0–10) □ | 2.6 (2.4) | 2.4 (2.2) | 3.0 (2.6) | <.05* |
| Childhood physical abuse (missing=9) | 94 (46.5%) | 60 (46.9%) | 34 (46.0%) | .90 |
| Childhood sexual abuse (missing=10) | 98 (48.8%) | 63 (48.5%) | 35 (49.3%) | .91 |
| Ever been forced to have sex (missing=7) | 92 (45.1%) | 51 (38.6%) | 41 (56.9%) | <.05* |
| PrEP & HIV Testing | ||||
| Are you now or have you ever taken PrEP? | ||||
| Yes, I am currently taking it | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | .47 |
| Yes, I have taken it in the past | 1 (0.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.5%) | |
| No, never taken it | 81 (38.4%) | 53 (39.3%) | 28 (36.8%) | |
| I’ve never heard of it | 129 (61.1%) | 82 (60.7%) | 47 (61.8%) | |
| Perceived risk of HIV (mean (SD); missing=1; range 0–4) | 1.0 (1.0) | 0.8 (0.9) | 1.4 (1.2) | <.0001*** |
| Barriers to HIV testing (mean (SD); range 1–4.9) □ | 2.8 (0.7) | 2.6 (0.7) | 3.0 (0.8) | <.001** |
| Ever previously tested for HIV (missing=1) | 172 (81.9%) | 108 (80.0%) | 64 (85.3%) | .34 |
| Likely to test for HIV in the future (missing=2) | 119 (56.9%) | 65 (48.5%) | 54 (72.0%) | <.001** |
| Risk Behaviors | ||||
| Consumed alcohol (past 6m; missing=5) | 172 (83.5%) | 106 (79.7%) | 66 (90.4%) | <.05* |
| Non-injection drug use (past 6m) | 146 (69.2%) | 92 (68.2%) | 54 (71.1%) | .66 |
| Injection drug use (past 6m) | 39 (18.5%) | 22 (16.3%) | 17 (22.4%) | .28 |
| Receptive syringe/paraph. sharing (past 6m; missing=5) | 22 (10.7%) | 12 (9.1%) | 10 (13.5%) | .32 |
| Drug detoxification or treatment (ever; missing=1) | 78 (37.1%) | 45 (33.6%) | 33 (43.4%) | .16 |
| 12-step participation such as AA or NA (ever) | 99 (46.9%) | 54 (40.0%) | 45 (59.2%) | <.05* |
| Casual sex partner (past 6m; missing=11) | 95 (47.5%) | 52 (40.9%) | 43 (58.9%) | <.05* |
| Regular sex partner (past 6m; missing=11) | 157 (78.5%) | 101 (79.5%) | 56 (76.7%) | .64 |
| High risk sex partner (past 6m; missing=22) | 71 (37.6%) | 41 (33.3%) | 30 (45.5%) | .10 |
| Unprotected sex (past 6m) | 155 (73.5%) | 92 (68.2%) | 63 (82.9%) | <.05* |
| Social Network Characteristics | ||||
| Size (mean (SD)) | 14.3 (6.1) | 14.8 (6.1) | 13.5 (6.1) | .13 |
| Density (mean (SD)) | 0.4 (0.3) | 0.4 (0.3) | 0.4 (0.3) | .98 |
| Prop. family (mean (SD)) | 0.3 (0.3) | 0.3 (0.3) | 0.4 (0.3) | <.05* |
| Prop. friend (mean (SD); missing=2) | 0.7 (0.3) | 0.7 (0.3) | 0.6 (0.4) | <.05* |
| Prop. female (mean (SD); missing=2) | 0.5 (0.2) | 0.5 (0.2) | 0.5 (0.2) | .09 |
| Prop. taking PrEP (mean (SD); missing=1) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.01) | .32 |
| Prop. regularly tests for HIV (mean (SD); missing=2) | 0.2 (0.3) | 0.1 (0.3) | 0.2 (0.4) | .08 |
| Prop. supportive of ego HIV testing (mean (SD); missing=2) | 0.8 (0.4) | 0.8 (0.4) | 0.9 (0.3) | .71 |
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p-values derived from chi-square test and Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables and t-tests for ordinal and continuous variables
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Cronbach’s alpha for scales in the current study are as follows: MDSR α=.79; Barriers to HIV testing α=.80