TABLE 2.
Correlates of Favoring Encouragement of PrEP Use and Interest in Using PrEP: Sexually Active MSM Recruited from Gay Pride Events, New York City, June 2011
| In Favor of Encouraging PrEP Use Total, No. (%)a | Not in Favor of Encouraging PrEP Use Total, No. (%)a | Don't Know Whether They are in Favor of Encouraging PrEP Use Total, No. (%)a | P | Likely to Use PrEP Total, No. (%)ab | Not Likely to Use PrEP Total, No. (%)ab | Don't Know Whether They are Likely to Use PrEP Total, No. (%)ab | P | |
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| Total | 277 (58.4%) | 43 (9.1%) | 154 (32.5%) | 205 (50.9%) | 141 (35.0%) | 57 (14.1%) | ||
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| Mode of survey administration | .001 | .000 | ||||||
| Self | 157 (52.5) | 28 (9.4) | 114 (38.1) | 119 (45.6) | 93 (35.6) | 49 (18.8) | ||
| Interviewer | 107 (69.9) | 13 (8.5) | 33 (21.6) | 78 (60.5) | 45 (34.9) | 6 (4.7) | ||
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| Race/ethnicity | .029 | .000 | ||||||
| African American/Black | 28 (58.3) | 4 (8.3) | 16 (33.3) | 26 (66.7) | 11 (28.2) | 1 (5.1) | ||
| Latino | 68 (70.8) | 8 (8.3) | 20 (20.8) | 54 (72.0) | 11 (14.7) | 10 (13.3) | ||
| White | 125 (52.3) | 20 (8.4) | 94 (39.3) | 80 (38.1) | 96 (45.7) | 34 (16.2) | ||
| Other | 53 (60.9) | 11 (12.6) | 23 (26.4) | 43 (57.3) | 23 (30.7) | 9 (12.0) | ||
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| HIV status | .023 | |||||||
| Negative | 245 (56.6) | 40 (9.2) | 148 (34.2) | 205 (50.9) | 141 (35.0) | 57 (14.1) | ||
| Positive | 32 (78.0) | 3 (7.3) | 6 (14.6) | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | ||
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| Perceived risk of HIVb | .103 | .000 | ||||||
| No risk | 64 (62.7) | 9 (8.8) | 29 (28.4) | 47 (46.5) | 42 (41.6) | 12 (11.9) | ||
| Low risk | 144 (52.0) | 27 (9.7) | 106 (38.3) | 119 (46.7) | 95 (37.3) | 41 (16.1) | ||
| High risk | 33 (70.2) | 3 (6.4) | 11 (23.4) | 35 (81.4) | 4 (9.3) | 4 (9.3) | ||
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| Ever heard of PrEP | .206 | .651 | ||||||
| Yes | 115 (63.2) | 16 (8.8) | 51 (28.0) | 75 (53.2) | 49 (34.8) | 17 (12.1) | ||
| No | 160 (55.4) | 26 (9.0) | 103 (35.6) | 128 (49.4) | 92 (35.5) | 39 (15.1) | ||
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| PrEP only taken before sex | .000 | .000 | ||||||
| True | 67 (76.1) | 11 (12.5) | 10 (11.4) | 51 (68.0) | 14 (18.7) | 10 (13.3) | ||
| False | 124 (70.1) | 17 (9.6) | 36 (20.3) | 80 (51.6) | 59 (38.1) | 16 (10.3) | ||
| Don't know | 66 (40.2) | 15 (9.1) | 83 (50.6) | 63 (39.9) | 65 (41.1) | 13 (19.0) | ||
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| Side effects of PrEP | .000 | .000 | ||||||
| Has a lot of side effects | 24 (40.0) | 15 (25.0) | 21 (35.0) | 15 (27.8) | 35 (64.8) | 4 (7.4) | ||
| Has a few side effects | 136 (71.2) | 17 (8.9) | 38 (19.9) | 105 (63.3) | 46 (27.7) | 15 (9.0) | ||
| Has no side effects | 11 (91.7) | 1 (8.3) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (63.6) | 3 (27.3) | 1 (9.1) | ||
| Don't know | 95 (52.5) | 10 (5.5) | 76 (42.0) | 77 (45.0) | 57 (33.3) | 37 (21.6) | ||
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| Protection offered by PrEP against HIV infection | .000 | .000 | ||||||
| 75%–100% protection | 118 (79.7) | 16 (10.8) | 14 (9.5) | 85 (68.5) | 33 (26.6) | 6 (4.8) | ||
| At least 50%-protection | 50 (66.7) | 7 (9.3) | 18 (24.0) | 39 (57.4) | 20 (29.4) | 9 (13.2) | ||
| Less than 50% protection | 22 (42.3) | 13 (25.0) | 17 (32.7) | 19 (38.8) | 25 (51.0) | 5 (10.2) | ||
| Don't know | 76 (45.8) | 6 (3.6) | 84 (50.6) | 60 (38.0) | 62 (39.2) | 36 (22.8) | ||
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| How many of your friends would use PrEP if made available | .000 | .000 | ||||||
| All or most | 120 (76.4) | 10 (6.4) | 27 (17.2) | 114 (78.1) | 23 (15.8) | 9 (6.2) | ||
| Some or a few | 110 (56.1) | 24 (12.2) | 62 (31.6) | 68 (38.9) | 83 (47.4) | 24 (13.7) | ||
| None | 13 (44.8) | 5 (17.2) | 11 (37.9) | 8 (32.0) | 11 (44.0) | 6 (24.0) | ||
| Don't know | 26 (40.6) | 3 (4.7) | 35 (54.7) | 14 (25.0) | 24 (42.9) | 18 (32.1) | ||
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| Would gay men stop using condoms if PrEP becomes available | .017 | .041 | ||||||
| Gay men would continue using condoms | 89 (66.9) | 9 (6.8) | 35 (26.3) | 71 (58.2) | 32 (26.2) | 19 (15.6) | ||
| Gay men would stop using condoms | 113 (56.5) | 28 (14.0) | 59 (29.5) | 88 (48.9) | 74 (41.1) | 18 (10.0) | ||
| Don't know | 67 (59.3) | 5 (4.4) | 41 (36.3) | 46 (46.9) | 34 (34.7) | 18 (18.4) | ||
a
Due to missing data, the total number is some categories is <480.
b
Men who reported being HIV-positive were excluded from these analyses.