Table 3. Differences across Race/Ethnicity, Age, and Education in Acceptability of Sexually Explicit Media and Interest in Online Sexual Health Topics (N= 2,716).
| Total % | % | % | % | % | % | χ2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Differences by Race/Ethnicity | Latino
(n=683) |
Other
(n=348) |
White
(n=728) |
Asian
(n=512) |
Black
(n=445) |
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| Reading sexually explicit text (A) | 92 | 89 | 93 | 94 | 91 | 91 | 13.78** |
| Images of men engaged in group sex (A) | 87 | 88 | 81 | 89 | 87 | 85 | 15.74** |
| Images of male-female sex (A) | 74 | 73 | 72 | 70 | 77 | 79 | 15.88** |
| Negotiating safer sex online (I) | 66 | 71 | 62 | 61 | 69 | 65 | 21.62*** |
| How to evaluate my alcohol and drug use (I) | 41 | 46 | 42 | 37 | 38 | 43 | 15.06** |
| Explore sexuality and spirituality (I) | 64 | 67 | 67 | 59 | 61 | 68 | 16.35** |
| How to talk about condoms and safer sex (I) | 62 | 68 | 62 | 57 | 61 | 64 | 18.37** |
| Watching how to put on a condom, correctly (I) | 52 | 56 | 49 | 47 | 55 | 51 | 15.83** |
| Ways of coping with sexual abuse (I) | 32 | 37 | 38 | 25 | 32 | 33 | 29.12*** |
| Help with coming out (e.g. to family) (I) | 48 | 50 | 47 | 41 | 56 | 48 | 28.18*** |
| Developing a long-term HIV/STD prevention plan (I) | 69 | 76 | 69 | 65 | 69 | 69 | 19.95** |
| Differences by Age (years) | 18-25
(n=1159) |
26-29
(n=510) |
30-39
(n=724) |
40-49
(n=249) |
50+
(n=71) |
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| Animations (e.g. cartoons) of sexual activity (A) | 84 | 82 | 84 | 87 | 90 | 86 | 15.78** |
| Images of men fully nude (A) | 95 | 93 | 94 | 96 | 98 | 99 | 16.74** |
| How to evaluate my alcohol and drug use (I) | 41 | 45 | 43 | 38 | 32 | 30 | 23.99*** |
| Aging as a gay man (I) | 76 | 73 | 76 | 75 | 83 | 87 | 16.87** |
| How to have anal sex without pain (I) | 74 | 79 | 76 | 70 | 62 | 66 | 42.22*** |
| Watching how to put on a condom correctly (I) | 52 | 55 | 52 | 47 | 47 | 60 | 14.43** |
| How to date men offline (i.e. in real life) (I) | 72 | 74 | 75 | 70 | 62 | 77 | 17.95** |
| Help with coming out (e.g. to family) (I) | 48 | 52 | 49 | 42 | 39 | 40 | 28.21*** |
| Developing a long-term HIV/STD prevention plan (I) | 69 | 71 | 73 | 66 | 62 | 76 | 18.84*** |
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| Differences by Education (years) | <12 (n=88) | 12-15 (n=1093) | 16 (n=827) | >16 (n=704) | |||
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| Explicit demonstration of how to put a condom on (A) | 92 | 94 | 90 | 93 | 94 | 14.09** | |
| Images of men engaged in group sex (A) | 87 | 86 | 84 | 86 | 91 | 14.70** | |
| Images of male-female sex (A) | 74 | 71 | 71 | 75 | 78 | 11.74** | |
| How to evaluate my alcohol and drug use (I) | 41 | 49 | 44 | 41 | 36 | 14.50** | |
| Ways of coping with sexual abuse (I) | 32 | 42 | 36 | 30 | 28 | 15.43** | |
A = Acceptability; I = Interest
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p<.01;
***
p<.005. Additional posthoc pairwise comparisons not conducted due to Type I error concerns.