Table 1.

Demographic and HIV Risk Characteristics of 209 Black Men Who Have Sex with Men

Demographic and Background Characteristics
Age – Mean (SD), in years	31.8 (10.5)
Years of education – Mean (SD), in years	10.6 (4.5)
Income < $10,000/year – 0% (n)	40.1% (85)
Reported unstable housing	11.0% (23)
Employed fulltime – % (n)	32.5% (68)
Currently in school – % (n)	23.4% (49)
Ever had an HIV test – % (n)	95.2% (199)
Reported having an HIV test in the past year – % (n)	66.5% (139)
Reported being HIV-positive – % (n)	36.8% (77)
Self-identified as exclusively or mostly gay – % (n)	78.0% (163)
Reported having a main, committed male partner	47.4% (99)
Reported having a main, committed female partner	2.9% (2)
Sexual Risk Behavior in the Past 3 Months
Reported having unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) – % (n):
With any male partner	45.9% (95)
With main male partner	22.5% (47)
With non-main male partner(s)	28.2% (59)
Reported having insertive UAI – % (n):
With any male partner	32.5% (68)
With main male partner	13.9% (29)
With non-main male partner(s)	20.6% (43)
Reported having receptive UAI – % (n):
With any male partner	33.0% (69)
With main male partner	16.3% (34)
With non-main partner(s)	19.1% (40)
Reported having UAI with multiple male partners	15.8% (33)
Frequency of UAI acts—mean (median), full sample:
With any male partner	4.8 (0)
With main male partner	2.8 (0.8)
With non-main male partner(s)	1.9 (0)
Frequency of UAI acts—mean (median), among men who reported any UAI:
With any male partner	10.5 (8)
With main male partner	12.3 (6)
With non-main male partner(s)	6.6 (3)
Reported having UAI with a male partner of unknown or discordant HIV serostatus – % (n)	18.2% (38)
Reported having a female partner – % (n)	9.6% (20)
Reported unprotected vaginal intercourse (UVI) with a female partner – % (n)	3.8% (8)
Frequency of UVI acts—mean (median), full sample	0.3% (0)