Table 2.
Demographic characteristics, social support factors, venues for meeting sexual partners, and residential distance from sexual partners among African American MSM in Baltimore, the Unity in Diversity study (N = 188)
| Total (n = 188) | |
|---|---|
| N (%) | |
| At least college, associate or technical degree | 79 (42.0) |
| Working full/part time | 52 (27.7) |
| Income >10,000 | 87 (46.3) |
| HIV-positive | 93 (49.5) |
| Lifetime incarceration | 131 (79.68) |
| Mean (SD) | |
| Age | 38.2 (10.39) |
| Total networks size | 8.72 (4.34) |
| Age of network members | 39.6 (8.37) |
| Number of network members advise or talk to | 1.94 (1.64) |
| Number of network members pitch into help | 1.31 (1.47) |
| Number of network members loan money/valuables | 1.28 (1.43) |
| Number of network members entrust w/money | 0.77 (0.89) |
| Number of network members providing health advice | 0.98 (1.01) |
| Number of network members give support to | 0.51 (0.88) |
| Number of sex partners | 3.28 (1.79) |
| Number of male sex partners | 2.62 (1.79) |
| Number of female sex partners | 0.53 (0.99) |
| Number of male partners who loaned money | 0.26 (0.53) |
| Number of female partners who loaned money | 0.08 (0.27) |
| Number of male partners hang out with | 0.61 (0.80) |
| Number of female partners hang out with | 0.12 (0.36) |
| Number of male partners see at least weekly | 1.12 (1.17) |
| Number of female partners see at least weekly | 0.31 (0.60) |
| Number of HIV-positive partners | 1.23 (1.95) |
| Mean dependence on partners | 1.67 (1.00) |
| % of network members HIV-positive (SD) | 0.16 (0.22) |
| Network density | 0.40 (0.28) |
| Number of partners met through friends | 0.57 (0.99) |
| Number of partners met on Internet | 0.46 (1.07) |
| Number of partners met at a bar | 0.54 (0.99) |
| Number of partners met in support/social group | 0.10 (0.51) |
| Number of partners met at a party | 0.13 (0.42) |
| Number of partners met on chat line | 0.16 (0.63) |
| N (%) | |
| Partners met through friends | 68 (36.17) |
| Partners met at a bar | 57 (30.32) |
| Partners met on Internet | 41 (21.81) |
| Partners met in support/social group | 10 (5.32) |
| Partners met at a party | 20 (10.64) |
| Partners met on chat line | 16 (8.51) |
| Residential distance from sexual partners | |
| All sex partners living outside the neighborhood | 110 (58.51) |
| Having sex partners living in the same neighborhood but not same household | 39 (20.74) |
| Having sex partners living in the same household | 39 (20.74) |