Table 1.

Comparisons of socio-demographic characteristics between MSM participants who met partners online only, offline only, and both online and offline. (N = 9,367)

	Offline only (N = 1,339)	Online only (N = 2,634)	Online and Offline (N = 5,394)	χ2
Country of Residencea
China	172 (5.4%)	1,154 (36.5%)	1,839 (58.1%)	488.39**
Hongkong	191 (22.0%)	174 (20.1%)	502 (57.9%)
Indonesia	58 (15.6%)	74 (20.0%)	239 (64.4%)
Japan	76 (20.0%)	78 (20.4%)	227 (59.6%)
Malaysia	167 (15.7%)	279 (26.1%)	621 (58.2%)
Philippines	54 (23.6%)	51 (22.3%)	124 (54.1%)
Singapore	301 (22.7%)	327 (24.7%)	696 (52.6%)
Taiwan	119 (12.7%)	280 (29.9%)	538 (57.4%)
Thailand	147 (22.5%)	132 (20.2%)	374 (57.3%)
Other	54 (14.5%)	85 (22.8%)	234 (62.7%)
Age
18 – 29	429 (32.0%)	1,499 (56.9%)	2,579 (47.8%)	294.22**
30 – 39	508 (37.9%)	818 (31.1%)	1,895 (35.1%)
40+	402 (30.0%)	317 (12.0%)	920 (17.1%)
Employment
Fulltime/Student	1,146 (85.6%)	2,365 (89.8%)	4,779 (88.6%)	17.47**
Unemployed/Social	83 (6.2%)	114 (4.3%)	237 (4.4%)
Security	110 (8.2%)	155 (5.9%)	378 (7.0%)
Other
Education
High school or less	160 (11.9%)	205 (7.8%)	512 (9.5%)	24.50**
Technical or some college	328 (24.5%)	591 (22.4%)	1,292 (23.9%)
College or above	851 (63.6%)	1,838 (69.8%)	3,590 (66.6%)
Marital status
Single or divorced	1,159 (86.6%)	2,331 (88.5%)	4,730 (87.7%)	3.16
Married	180 (13.4%)	303 (11.5%)	664 (12.3%)
Relationship status
Regular and casual	426 (31.8%)	712 (27.0%)	1,902 (35.3%)	180.02**
Regular only	231 (17.3%)	488 (18.5%)	499 (9.2%)
Casual only	682 (50.9%)	1,434 (54.4%)	2,993 (55.5%)
Sexual orientation
Gay	1,138 (85.0%)	2,149 (81.6%)	4,513 (83.7%)	8.81*
Bisexual/heterosexual/other	201 (15.0%)	485 (18.4%)	881 (16.3%)

Note:

^aRow percentages;

^*p < .05;

^**p < .01.