Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of the SEM study participants by Compulsive Pornography Consumption (CPC) scale score (N=1165 MSM) 1
| Variable | Total n (%) |
No n (%) |
Problemat ic n (%) |
Compulsiv e n (%) |
χ2(df) |
p- value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 917 (78.7) | 165 (14.2) | 83 (7.1) | ||||
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| Age: | 23.23(6) | 0.001 | ||||
| 18 – 24 | 422 (36.2) | 309 (33.7) | 74 (44.8) | 39 (46.9) | ||
| 25 – 34 | 371 (31.9) | 286 (31.2) | 58 (35.2) | 27 (32.5) | ||
| 35 – 44 | 184 (15.8) | 156 (17.1) | 20 (12.1) | 8 (9.6) | ||
| ≥45 | 188 (16.1) | 166 (18.1) | 13 (7.9) | 9 (10.8) | ||
| Race/ethnicity: | 13.86(8) | 0.08 | ||||
| NH white | 501 (43.0) | 406 (44.3) | 61 (36.9) | 34 (40.9) | ||
| NH black | 125 (10.7) | 98 (10.6) | 15 (9.1) | 13 (15.7) | ||
| Latino | 333 (28.6) | 255 (27.8) | 57 (34.6) | 21 (25.3) | ||
| Asian/PI | 94 (8.1) | 65 (7.1) | 19 (11.5) | 10 (12.1) | ||
| Other2 | 112 (9.6) | 94 (10.3) | 13 (7.9) | 5 (6.0) | ||
| Education: | 3.20(2) | 0.20 | ||||
| Less than college degree |
590 (50.6) | 452 (49.3) | 91 (55.2) | 47 (56.6) | ||
| College degree or greater |
575 (49.4) | 465 (50.7) | 74 (44.8) | 36 (43.4) | ||
| Residence: | 22.29(4) | <0.001 | ||||
| Rural/small town | 188 (16.1) | 152 (16.6) | 23 (13.9) | 13 (15.7) | ||
| Medium size/suburb |
599 (51.5) | 440 (48.0) | 107 (64.9) | 52 (62.6) | ||
| Large city | 377 (32.4) | 324 (35.4) | 35 (21.2) | 18 (21.7) | ||
| Self-reported HIV status: |
1.18(2) | 0.55 | ||||
| Positive | 100 (8.6) | 83 (9.1) | 11 (6.7) | 6 (7.2) | ||
| Negative3 | 1064 (91.4) | 834 (90.9) | 153 (93.3) | 77 (92.8) | ||
| Non-HIV STI4 | 1.04(2) | 0.59 | ||||
| No | 1057 (90.9) | 830 (90.6) | 149 (90.8) | 78 (94.0) | ||
| Yes | 106 (9.1) | 86 (9.4) | 15 (9.2) | 5 (6.0) | ||
| In a long-term relationship |
8.66(2) | 0.013 | ||||
| No | 596 (51.2) | 458 (58.7) | 91 (71.1) | 47 (68.1) | ||
| Yes | 381 (32.7) | 322 (41.3) | 37 (28.9) | 22 (31.9) | ||
| Missing | 188 (16.1) | |||||
| Member of a Gay Organization |
1.85(2) | 0.39 | ||||
| No | 909 (78.9) | 711 (78.4) | 135 (82.8) | 63 (76.8) | ||
| Yes | 243 (21.1) | 196 (21.6) | 28 (17.2) | 19 (23.7) | ||
Note: NH= Non-Hispanic; PI= Pacific Islander; SEM= Sexually Explicit Media; STI= Sexually Transmitted Infection;
1
Due to missing values N=977~1165
2
Other: Native American (1.9%); Multi Race (7.7%)
3
Negative: Self-reported negative (77.1%)/Unsure (12.9%)/Don’t know (1.3%)
4
In the past 12 months