TABLE 1.
—Selected Sociodemographics by Prevalence Estimates of Battering Victimization During Previous 5 Years Among Urban Men Who Have Sex With Men (N = 2881)
| Type of Battering Victimization | |||||
| Characteristic (n) | Psychological/Symbolic, % (95% CI) | Physical, % (95% CI) | Sexual, % (95% CI) | Multiple,a % (95% CI) | Any,b % (95% CI) |
| Age, y | |||||
| 18–29 (565) | 39.6 (34.3, 45.2)* | 25.3 (20.8, 30.4)* | 7.9 (5.1, 12.0)* | 21.6 (17.3, 26.5)* | 45.8 (40.3, 51.3)* |
| 30–39 (1122) | 38.8 (35.3, 42.4)* | 27.1 (23.8, 30.6)* | 6.1 (4.4, 8.5)* | 22.2 (19.1, 25.5)* | 45.6 (41.9, 49.3)* |
| 40–49 (718) | 33.6 (29.5, 38.0)* | 20.1 (16.8, 23.9)* | 2.8 (1.6, 5.0)* | 16.8 (13.7, 20.4)* | 37.6 (33.4, 42.1)* |
| 50–59 (287) | 17.2 (12.7, 22.8)* | 10.8 (7.2, 15.9)* | 3.8 (1.9, 7.4)* | 8.9 (5.6, 13.8)* | 20.6 (15.7, 26.5)* |
| ≥60 (184) | 14.8 (9.7, 21.9)* | 5.3 (2.7, 10.1)* | 1.4 (0.3, 5.3)* | 4.6 (2.3, 9.2)* | 16.0 (10.7, 23.2)* |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||
| African American (123) | 34.7 (25.6, 45.1) | 24.2 (16.1, 34.7) | 8.0 (3.8, 16.1) | 19.6 (12.5, 29.4) | 41.1 (31.4, 51.5) |
| White (2266) | 34.0 (31.5, 36.6) | 21.7 (19.7, 24.0) | 4.7 (3.6, 6.1) | 18.1 (16.1, 20.3) | 39.1 (36.6, 41.7) |
| Asian/Pacific Islander (120) | 27.8 (18.7, 39.3) | 14.7 (8.2, 24.9) | 2.6 (0.8, 8.5) | 12.6 (6.7, 22.7) | 31.1 (21.5, 42.7) |
| Latino (273) | 34.5 (27.5, 42.2) | 23.4 (17.4, 30.6) | 8.5 (4.6, 15.1) | 18.9 (13.3, 26.1) | 41.3 (34.0, 49.0) |
| Native American (77) | 40.5 (27.8, 54.5) | 28.8 (18.2, 42.5) | 3.9 (1.2, 12.2) | 23.5 (13.8, 37.1) | 46.2 (33.1, 60.0) |
| Education | |||||
| High school diploma or less (858) | 37.4 (33.3, 41.8)* | 24.8 (21.3, 28.7)* | 6.7 (4.7, 9.5)* | 20.9 (17.6, 24.6)* | 43.1 (38.8, 47.4)* |
| College degree (1298) | 34.2 (31.0, 37.6)* | 23.4 (20.6, 26.4)* | 5.4 (3.9, 7.6)* | 19.5 (16.8, 22.5)* | 40.0 (36.7, 43.4)* |
| Graduate/professional degree (724) | 29.5 (25.6, 33.7)* | 16.1 (13.0, 19.7)* | 2.6 (1.5, 4.5)* | 12.9 (10.1, 16.3)* | 33.5 (29.4, 37.8)* |
| HIV serostatus | |||||
| Positive (442) | 38.5 (33.0, 44.3)* | 28.7 (23.7, 34.2)* | 6.4 (3.6, 11.1) | 24.6 (19.9, 30.0)* | 43.1 (37.5, 49.0)* |
| Negative (1927) | 34.6 (32.0, 37.3)* | 21.4 (19.3, 23.8)* | 4.9 (3.7, 6.4) | 17.6 (15.5, 19.8)* | 40.1 (37.5, 42.9)* |
| Don’t know/never tested (292) | 20.6 (15.3, 27.1)* | 12.7 (9.0, 17.5)* | 3.5 (1.6, 7.5) | 9.7 (6.5, 14.1)* | 25.6 (19.8, 32.5)* |
| Employment status | |||||
| Full-time (1975) | 35.1 (32.6, 37.9) | 22.3 (20.2, 24.7) | 5.0 (3.8, 6.5) | 18.2 (16.2, 20.5) | 40.9 (38.2, 43.6)* |
| Part-time (219) | 29.0 (22.3, 36.7) | 17.4 (12.1, 24.4) | 4.3 (2.2, 8.5) | 16.9 (11.7, 23.9) | 31.3 (24.4, 39.1)* |
| Not employed (507) | 33.9 (31.7, 36.2) | 22.2 (18.0, 27.0) | 5.9 (3.6, 9.4) | 18.5 (14.6, 23.1) | 36.2 (31.2, 41.5)* |
| Income, $ | |||||
| < 20 000 (417) | 35.9 (30.4, 41.8) | 22.1 (17.7, 27.3) | 9.0 (6.0, 13.4) | 20.7 (16.3, 25.9) | 39.6 (33.9, 45.5) |
| 20 001–40 000 (694) | 37.3 (33.1, 41.7) | 22.2 (18.8, 26.0) | 4.3 (2.9, 6.4) | 20.4 (17.1, 24.2) | 40.7 (36.5, 45.1) |
| 40 001–60 000 (541) | 35.0 (30.1, 40.1) | 24.6 (20.3, 29.5) | 4.7 (2.6, 8.6) | 18.9 (14.9, 23.5) | 41.1 (36.0, 46.3) |
| 60 001–80 000 (341) | 27.4 (22.0, 33.6) | 20.2 (15.4, 26.1) | 2.9 (1.3, 6.0) | 15.2 (11.1, 20.5) | 34.0 (28.0, 40.5) |
| 80 001–100 000 (211) | 29.7 (22.7, 37.8) | 15.1 (10.2, 21.8) | 3.4 (1.3, 8.9) | 11.6 (7.5, 17.3) | 36.3 (28.4, 45.0) |
| > 100 000 (464) | 32.6 (27.1, 38.7) | 22.5 (17.7, 28.1) | 5.1 (2.7, 9.4) | 17.1 (12.8, 22.6) | 39.2 (37.0, 41.5) |
Note. CI = confidence interval. “n” values do not add to 2881 owing to missing data.
aTwo or more types of battering.
bAny type of battering.
*P < .05.