Table 1.
Study characteristics
| Studies | Year(s) data collection | Location | Methodology | N | Sample demographics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mutchler et al. [65] | 2014 | Los Angeles, CA, US | Dyadic interviews | 48 | Mean age = 22.1 (19–28), 86% Black, 88% gay/bi, 12.5% ciswomen |
| Golub et al. [107] | 2013–2014 | New York, NY, US | Interviews | 160 | Mean age = 32.5 (N/A), 57% Black/Latino, 80% gay/bi, ciswomen N/A |
| Knight et al. [35] | N/A | Vancouver, Canada | Interviews | 50 | Mean age N/A (18–24), 48% non-White, 32% gay/bi, 2% transmen ciswomen N/A |
| Farhat et al. [83] | 2015 | New York, NY, US | Survey | 583 | Mean age = 44 (N/A), 75% Black, 6% Latinx, 9% gay/bi, 53% ciswomen |
| Philbin et al. [61] | 2013–2014 | New York, NY, US | Interviews | 31 | Mean age = 29 (N/A), race/ethnicity N/A, 100% gay/bi, ciswomen N/A |
| Lelutiu-Weinberger and Golub [5] | 2012–2014 | New York, NY, US | Survey, interviews | 491 | Mean age N/A, 56% Black/Latinx, 100% gay/bi, ciswomen N/A |
| Eaton et al. [84] | 2014 | Five US cities | Survey | 1274 | Mean age = 30 (N/A), race/ethnicity N/A, 76% gay/bi, 4% transwomen, ciswomen N/A |
| Eaton et al. [14] | 2015 | City in SE US | Survey | 264 | Mean age = 31 |
| Cahill et al. [67] | 2013 | Boston and Jackson | Focus groups | 35 | Boston: Mean age = 43 (N/A), 73% White non-Hispanic, 100% gay/bi, ciswomen N/A Jackson: Mean age = 23 (N/A), 95% Black, 100% gay/bi, transwomen 5%, ciswomen N/A |
| Hubach et al. [21] | 2016 | Southcentral US | Interviews | 20 | Mean age N/A (N/A), race/ethnicity N/A, 100% gay/bi, 100% cismen ciswomen N/A |
| Garcia and Harris [85] | N/A | San Antonio, Texas | Survey | 159 | Mean age N/A (21–30), 100% Latinx, 100% gay/bi, 100% cismen ciswomen N/A |
| Thomann et al. [29] | N/A | New York, NY, US | Focus groups | 24 | Mean age N/A (21–50), 100% Black/Latinx, 100% gay/bi, ciswomen N/A |
| Golub et al. [94] | 2015 | US | Survey | 692 | Mean age = 33 (N/A), 23% non-white 22% Latino, 100% MSM/TW, ciswomen N/A |
| Franks et al. [66] | N/A | Harlem | Focus groups, interviews | 37 | Mean age = 34 (N/A), 68% Black 8% Asian 2% Latinx, 100% MSM, ciswomen N/A |
| Grace et al. [80] | N/A | Toronto, Canada | Focus groups, interviews | 16 | Mean age = 38 (N/A), 69% White, 100% gay/bi, 100% cismen, ciswomen N/A |
| Mustanski et al. [33] | 2016 | Chicago, US | Survey | 620 | Mean age = 21 (N/A), 29% Black 33% Hispanic, 100% gay/bi/transwomen, ciswomen N/A |
| Grimm and Schwartz [81] | 2016–2017 | US | Interviews | 39 | Mean age = 35 (N/A), 69% White 19% Latinx, 100% gay/bi, ciswomen N/A |
| Pawson and Grov [82] | 2015–2016 | New York, NY, US | Focus groups | 32 | Mean age = 35 (N/A), race/ethnicity N/A, 100% gay/bi, ciswomen N/A |
| Jaiswal et al. [87] | 2014–2016 | New York, NY, US | Data from longitudinal cohort study | 492 | Mean age N/A (N/A; “young”), 26% Black 31% Latinx, 100% gay/bi, ciswomen N/A |
| Dubov et al. [34] | 2015 | US | Interviews | 43 | Mean age = 30 (N/A), race/ethnicity N/A, 100% gay/bi, ciswomen N/A |
| Refugio et al. [88] | 2016–2017 | San Francisco Bay area | Survey | 25 | Mean age = 22 (N/A), 40% Latinx, 32% Asian, 100% gay/bi, 100% cismen, ciswomen N/A |
| Walsh [45] | 2016 | Midwest, US | Survey | 476 | Mean age = 35, 21% Black, 100% gay/bi, ciswomen N/A |
| Brooks et al. [32] | 2017 | US | Interviews | 29 | Mean age = 30 (N/A), 100% Latinx, 100% gay/bi, ciswomen N/A |