Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of 500 MSM recruited through RDS (weighted values)
| Total | Gay | Bisexual | Hetero | Other | 4-Groupa | 2-Groupa | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (N=500) | (n=123) | (n=181) | (n=109) | (n=87) | F/X2df | p | t/X2df | p | |
| M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | |||||
| Age | 30.5 (11.5) | 34.7 (12.1) | 30.2 (10.9) | 29.4 (11.9) | 26.6 (9.8) | 9.43 | <.001 | -4.7493 | <.001 |
| Educationb | 4.3 (1.7) | 5.5 (2.1) | 4.1 (1.3) | 4.0 (1.4) | 3.5 (0.9) | 37.33 | <.001 | -8.0154 | <.001 |
| Monthly incomec | 2.1 (1.0) | 2.4 (1.1) | 2.0 (0.9) | 2.0 (0.8) | 2.0 (0.9) | 3.93 | .009 | -3.1153 | .003 |
| Network size | 2.9 (2.0) | 3.3 (2.9) | 3.0 (1.6) | 2.5 (1.6) | 2.6 (1.5) | 3.83 | .010 | -2.0146 | .052 |
| % | % | % | % | % | |||||
| Work status d | |||||||||
| Temporary work | 32 | 19 | 34 | 38 | 39 | 13.73 | .003 | 12.51 | <.001 |
| Unemployed | 30 | 30 | 24 | 35 | 39 | 7.53 | .057 | 0.01 | .968 |
| Employed by employer | 25 | 42 | 24 | 12 | 21 | 28.23 | <.001 | 22.71 | <.001 |
| Self employed | 22 | 21 | 24 | 19 | 21 | 1.23 | .755 | 0.01 | .827 |
| Student | 18 | 31 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 21.63 | <.001 | 17.21 | <.001 |
| Place of residencee | |||||||||
| Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires | 29 | 38 | 30 | 24 | 18 | 20.26 | .003 | 9.32 | .010 |
| West Zone | 54 | 42 | 55 | 64 | 56 | ||||
| South Zone | 15 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 25 | ||||
| North Zone | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Civil statusf | |||||||||
| Single | 78 | 83 | 80 | 68 | 81 | 9.23 | .026 | 1.91 | .165 |
| Married | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Other | 18 | 16 | 12 | 31 | 16 | ||||
| Health insuranceg | |||||||||
| None | 79 | 58 | 82 | 92 | 88 | 47.13 | <.001 | 43.61 | <.001 |
| Employer-supported | 19 | 36 | 16 | 8 | 11 | ||||
| Private | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
4-Group statistical tests compare the 4 sexual identity groups using ANOVAs for continuous variables and chi-square tests for categorical variables. 2-Group statistical tests compare the gay identified men to all other participants using t-tests for continuous variables and chi-square tests for categorical variables.
Education measured on a 9-point scale with 3=completed elementary school, 5=completed high school.
Income measured on a 5-point scale with 2=below $ar1000 per month, 3=between $ar1000 and $ar1999 per month
Categories are not mutually exclusive so may sum to more than 100%.
“North Zone” was excluded from the Chi-square tests, due to empty or low N cells.
“Married”/“Other” were compared to “Single” in Chi-square tests.
“Employer-supported”/”Private” were compared to “None” in Chi-square tests.