Table 1.

Recruitment outcomes and socio-demographic characteristics of men who have sex with men, 23–29 years of age, by city, 1998–2000

Characteristic	Baltimore	Dallas	Los Angeles	Miami	New York	All
Recruitment
Venues (no.)	19	26	40	32	38	155
Participation rate (%)	58	61	56	58	60	58
Enrolled (no.)	486	491	458	458	531	2,424
Race/ethnicity (%)
Asian	3	2	12	2	9	6
Black	29	19	11	4	32	20
Hispanic	4	26	23	54	30	27
White	60	52	52	36	23	44
Mixed/other	3	1	2	4	6	3
Age (%)
23–25	53	48	46	48	54	50
26–29	47	52	54	52	46	50
Education (%)
≤High School	30	28	23	23	30	27
At least some college	70	72	77	77	70	73
Employment (%)
Unemployed	10	6	17	12	16	12
Part-time	13	10	21	20	24	18
Full time	77	85	62	68	59	70
Have health insurance (%)
No	11	8	19	12	14	87
Yes	89	92	81	88	86	13
Use health care provider (%)
No	36	34	43	44	31	37
Yes	64	66	57	56	69	63
Source of health carea
Private MD or HMO	45	44	43	45	39	43
Hospital	6	11	3	3	15	8
Health department	1	1	<1	1	2	1
Clinicb	5	5	4	1	10	5
Otherc	6	5	7	5	4	5
None	36	34	43	45	30	37
Tested for HIV in past year
No	48	49	40	46	54	48
Yes	52	51	60	54	46	52
Source of last HIV testd
Private MD	25	25	17	32	36	26
Hospital	10	9	2	7	15	9
Health department	21	9	9	21	19	16
Clinice	25	42	49	22	19	32
Otherf	19	15	23	18	11	17

MD Medical doctor, HMO Health Maintenance Organization.

^aOf those who use a health care provider. All percentages do not sum to 100 due to rounding error.

^bClinic includes: community, neighborhood, or migrant health center and urgent-care clinic

^cOther providers include: school clinic, company clinic, military clinic, and other

^dOf those who tested in the past year.

^eClinic includes: anonymous test sites, community-based organizations, HIV/AIDS organizations, and other local clinics.

^fOther testing locations include: school clinics, drug treatment centers, correctional facilities, tuberculosis clinics, blood banks, home test kits, research studies, and other.