Research Article
Trauma and Growth: Impact of AIDS Activism
Table 2
Demographic characteristics of ACT UP group and control group.
| | ACT UP group | Control group = 50 | Male HIV+ N = 41 | Male HIV− N = 61 | N = 23 | Total = 125 |
| Age, M (range) | 55 (45–73) | 54 (44–74) | 52 (37–68) | 54 (37–74) | 56 (44–68) | Ethnicity, (%) | | | | | | White | 35 (85) | 51 (84) | 20 (87) | 106 (85) | 44 (88) | Black | 0 | 2 (3) | 3 (13) | 5 (4) | 3 (6) | Hispanic | 6 (15) | 7 (11) | 0 | 13 (10) | 1 (2) | Other | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 1 (1) | 2 (4) | Education (years), M (SD) | 17.2 (2.3) | 17.1 (2.3) | 17.7 (2.5) | 17.2 (2.3) | 16.9 (2.2) | Education, (%) | | | | | | Less than college | 7 (17) | 9 (15) | 3 (13) | 19 (15) | 6 (12) | College | 15 (37) | 25 (38) | 7 (30) | 47 (38) | 24 (48) | Graduate training | 19 (46) | 27 (44) | 13 (57) | 59 (47) | 20 (40) | Income, (%) | | | | | | Under $30,000 | 11 (28) | 13 (22) | 5 (22) | 29 (24) | 7 (14) 4 (8) 9 (18) 1 (2) 29 (58) | 30,000–75,000 | 14 (35) | 22 (37) | 9 (39) | 45 (36) | 76,000–99,999 | 4 (10) | 11 (18) | 3 (13) | 18 (15) | $100,000+ | 11 (27) | 14 (23) | 6 (26) | 31 (25) | Major depression diagnosis, (%) | 9 (22) | 1 (2) | 0 | 10 (8) | 1 (2) |
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