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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Jul 2.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Commun. 2024 Jun 13;29(7):467–480. doi: 10.1080/10810730.2024.2366498

Table 2.

Differences in storytelling networks of English- vs. Spanish-speaking Latinx sexual minority men, American Men’s Internet Survey, 2021

English (n=564) Spanish (n=285) Total (N=849) p value
Individual-level storytellers
Number of MSM friends 0.306
 Mean (SD) 22.6 (90.0) 15.9 (40.2) 20.5 (78.1)
 Range 0.0 – 1500.0 0.0 – 500.0 0.0 – 1500.0
 Missing 97 76 173
Sexual orientation disclosure
Out to: anyone < 0.001
 No 17 (3.0%) 29 (10.3%) 46 (5.5%)
 Yes 543 (97.0%) 253 (89.7%) 796 (94.5%)
 Missing 4 3 7
Out to: gay, lesbian, or bisexual (GLB) friends 0.026
 No 15 (2.8%) 15 (6.0%) 30 (3.8%)
 Yes 527 (97.2%) 234 (94.0%) 761 (96.2%)
 Missing 22 36 58
Out to: non-GLB friends 0.054
 No 37 (6.9%) 27 (10.9%) 64 (8.1%)
 Yes 503 (93.1%) 221 (89.1%) 724 (91.9%)
 Missing 24 37 61
Out to: family members 0.027
 No 88 (16.3%) 57 (22.9%) 145 (18.4%)
 Yes 451 (83.7%) 192 (77.1%) 643 (81.6%)
 Missing 25 36 61
Out to: healthcare providers < 0.001
 No 91 (16.9%) 68 (27.1%) 159 (20.1%)
 Yes 449 (83.1%) 183 (72.9%) 632 (79.9%)
 Missing 91 68 159
Meso-level storytellers
Church activities 0.752
 No 413 (79.0%) 201 (77.9%) 614 (78.6%)
 Yes 110 (21.0%) 57 (22.1%) 167 (21.4%)
 Missing 41 27 68
Cultural activities 0.001
 No 350 (69.9%) 188 (78.0%) 538 (72.5%)
 Yes 151 (30.1%) 53 (22.0%) 204 (27.5%)
 Missing 63 44 107
Community activities < 0.001
 No 332 (65.6%) 206 (81.4%) 538 (70.9%)
 Yes 174 (34.4%) 47 (18.6%) 221 (29.1%)
 Missing 58 32 90
Communication action context
Census Region < 0.001
 Northeast 78 (13.8%) 49 (17.2%) 127 (15.0%)
 Midwest 62 (11.0%) 32 (11.2%) 94 (11.1%)
 South 194 (34.4%) 140 (49.1%) 334 (39.3%)
 West 230 (40.8%) 64 (22.5%) 294 (34.6%)
NCHS rural-urban category 0.258
 Large Metro 425 (75.5%) 213 (76.1%) 638 (75.7%)
 Medium metro 87 (15.5%) 35 (12.5%) 122 (14.5%)
 Small metro 26 (4.6%) 21 (7.5%) 47 (5.6%)
 Micropolitan 25 (4.4%) 11 (3.9%) 36 (4.3%)
Missing 1 5 6