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Volume 14, Number 5—May 2008
Dispatch

Social Support and Response to AIDS and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

Arijit Nandi*, Melissa Tracy†, Allison Aiello†, Don C. Des Jarlais‡, and Sandro Galea†§¶Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: *Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; †University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; ‡Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York, USA; §New York Academy of Medicine, New York, New York, USA; ¶Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York, USA

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Table 2

Sociodemographic characteristics of 914 study participants, New York, New York, metropolitan area

Characteristic No. (%)
Sex
M 395 (45.4)
F
519 (54.6)
Race/ethnicity
White 570 (54.1)
Asian/other 71 (7.6)
Black 130 (18.5)
Hispanic
131 (19.8)
Age, y
18–34 245 (37.3)
35–54 393 (38.2)
>55
267 (24.5)
Education
Some college 642 (65.4)
High school or equivalent 182 (25.0)
Less than high school
88 (9.6)
Marital status
Married 403 (53.0)
Divorced/separated/widowed 210 (15.6)
Never married/unmarried couple
295 (31.4)
Income
>$75,000 259 (33.9)
$40,000–$74,999 214 (27.5)
$20,000–$39,999 157 (23.5)
<$20,000
129 (15.2)
Social support
Low 28 (30.2)
Medium 272 (30.5)
High 361 (39.3)

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