Table I.
Descriptive Statistics of Variables for YMSM (N = 431)
| Mean | (SD) | Median | N | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 21.49 | (1.94) | 22 | ||
| Educational Attainment | 4.23 | (1.28) | 4 | ||
| Race/Ethnicity a | |||||
| Hispanic | 38 | 8.9 | |||
| Black | 26 | 6.1 | |||
| White | 314 | 73.9 | |||
| API | 32 | 7.5 | |||
| Other | 15 | 3.5 | |||
| Sexual Identity | |||||
| Gay | 380 | 88.2 | |||
| Bisexual | 51 | 11.8 | |||
| Romantic Partner-Seeking Behavior | |||||
| Never | 30 | (7.0%) | |||
| Once a month or less | 116 | (27.1%) | |||
| 2-3 times a month | 104 | (24.3%) | |||
| About once a week | 48 | (11.2%) | |||
| 2-6 times a week | 65 | (15.1%) | |||
| About once a day | 34 | (7.9%) | |||
| More than once a day | 31 | (7.2%) | |||
| Casual Partner-Seeking Behavior | |||||
| Never | 100 | (23.4%) | |||
| Once a month or less | 136 | (31.9%) | |||
| 2-3 times a month | 99 | (23.3%) | |||
| About once a week | 36 | (8.4%) | |||
| 2-6 times a week | 33 | (7.7%) | |||
| About once a day | 9 | (2.1%) | |||
| More than once a day | 14 | (3.3%) | |||
| Time Spent Online for Dating(hrs/wk)c | 6.25 | (8.23) | 3 | ||
| Time Spent Online for Casual Sex(hrs/wk)c | 4.29 | (7.08) | 2 | ||
| Internet replaced socializing in bars or clubs c | |||||
| Not at all | 145 | (33.6%) | |||
| Somewhat | 140 | (32.5%) | |||
| Moderately | 60 | (15.2%) | |||
| Very Much | 51 | (12.9%) | |||
| Not old enough to go to bars/clubs | 28 | (6.5%) | |||
| Will Meet Ideal Partner in Dating Site | 2.15 | (.95) | 2 | ||
| Will Meet Ideal Partner in Hookup Site | 1.77 | (1.12) | 1 | ||
| Will Meet Ideal Partner in Social Network Site | 2.12 | (1.00) | 2 | ||
| Sexual Behavior (past 2 months)c,d | |||||
| Total Number of Male Partners | 3.83 | (.78) | 2 | ||
| URAI Partners | 0.89 | (2.66) | .00 | ||
| UIAI Partners | 0.78 | (2.36) | 0 |
Six participants had missing data on their race/ethnicity.
Three participants had missing data on their romantic partner-seeking category; three participants had missing data on their casual partner-seeking category. Seven participants had missing data on the Internet socialization question.
Variables presented in original metric for descriptive purposes. Given their skewed distributions, we used each variable’s log10 transformation in multivariate analyses.
Twenty-six participants had missing data on their sexual behaviors and were excluded from the analyses. Participants who did not report engaging in receptive or insertive anal intercourse are assigned a value of zero. Descriptive statistics specific to sexually-active participants are included in text.