Table 1.

Demographic characteristics and frequency of visits among 2376 MSM at the five types of gay venues and websites across the Netherlands.

	Overall	Sex venues	Bars/clubs	Social/sports gatherings	Dating websites	Social network websites
	N=2376	N=376	N=537	N=113	N=495	N=855
	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	p
Age; Median [IQR]	30 [22-43]	44 [36-51]	27 [23-37]	41 [29.5-48.5]	41 [27-51]	23 [20-30]	<0.001
≥43	493 (20.7)	166 (44.1)	57 (10.6)	37 (32.7)	189 (38.2)	44 (5.1)	<0.001
30-42	479 (20.2)	129 (34.3)	103 (19.2)	36 (31.9)	120 (24.2)	91 (10.6)
23-29	587 (24.7)	66 (17.6)	168 (31.3)	23 (20.4)	95 (19.2)	235 (27.5)
≤22	485 (34.4)	15 (4.0)	209 (38.9)	17 (15.0)	91 (18.4)	485 (56.7)
Educational level
Low & middle	1031 (44.4)	142 (38.9)	191 (35.8)	31 (28.2)	227 (47.9)	440 (52.6)	<0.001
High	1289 (55.6)	223 (61.1)	343 (64.2)	79 (71.8)	247 (52.1)	397 (47.4)
Nationality
Dutch	1943 (81.8)	274 (72.9)	442 (82.3)	91 (80.5)	411 (83.0)	725 (84.8)	<0.001
Non-Dutch	433 (18.2)	102 (27.1)	95 (17.7)	22 (19.5)	84 (17.0)	130 (15.2)
Sexual Orientation *
Mean (SD)	4.96 (1.35)	5.13 (1.30)	5.11 (1.31)	5.14 (1.30)	4.63 (1.56)	4.97 (1.22)	<0.001
Median [IQR]	5 [4-6]	6 [5-6]	6 [5-6]	6 [5-6]	5 [3-6]	5 [4-6]	<0.001
Frequency of visit †
at least once every 2 weeks	1630 (68.6)	175 (46.5)	196 (36.5)	58 (51.3)	458 (92.5)	743 (86.9)	<0.001
Once a month or less than once a month	506 (21.3)	145 (38.6)	225 (41.9)	44 (38.9)	30 (6.1)	62 (7.3)
More than 6 months ago or never before	240 (10.1)	56 (14.9)	116 (21.6)	11 (9.7)	7 (1.4)	50 (5.8)

^*Sexual orientation was measured using a 7-point Kinsey scale, ranging from exclusively heterosexual (0) to exclusively homosexual (6).

^†Participants’ frequency of visit of a specific site in the preceding 6 months.

MSM = men who have sex with men.

IQR = inter quartile range.

SD = standard deviation.

Note that totals might not add up due to missing values.