Table 1.

Demographic characteristics by whether the participants included a GSN app-met partner in their social network. (N = 295)^a

	App-met partner in network (n = 62)		No app-met partner in network (n = 226)		Total (n = 295)		Χ2 or t Statistic	p value
Variable	N	% or Mean (SD)	N	% or Mean (SD)	N	% or Mean (SD)
Age	62	25.94 (6.56)	226	25.58 (6.61)	295	25.56 (6.56)
Race/Ethnicitya							0.2404	.6240
White	34	54.84	116	51.33	152	51.53
Black/AA	2	3.23	11	4.87	13	4.41
Latino/Hispanic	13	20.97	53	23.45	69	23.39
Asian	5	8.06	24	10.62	30	10.17
Mixed	7	11.29	20	8.85	28	9.49
Other	1	1.61	2	0.88	3	1.02
Sexual Orientationb							1.1420	0.2852
Gay	58	93.55	201	88.94	265	90.14
Bisexual	4	6.45	17	7.56	22	7.48
Straight	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
Questioning	0	0.00	4	1.78	4	1.36
Queer	0	0.00	1	0.44	1	0.34
Other	0	0.00	2	0.89	2	0.68
Educationc							0.0009	0.9755
< High school	1	1.61	4	1.77	5	1.69
High school GED	8	12.90	18	7.96	28	9.49
Some college	24	38.71	87	38.50	115	38.98
4 year college	20	32.26	91	40.27	112	37.97
Master’s degree	9	14.52	21	9.29	30	10.17
Doctorate	0	0.00	5	2.21	5	1.69
Employed	45	72.58	158	69.91	209	70.85	0.1666	0.6831
“Out” to family members	52	83.87	184	81.42	241	81.69
Single*d	45	72.58	190	84.07	240	81.36	4.276	0.0386
GSN app Use
Use 5 + times/day	35	56.45	111	49.12	146	50.69	1.0477	0.3060
Use > 1 year*	37	59.68	97	42.92	134	46.53	5.4911	0.0191
Chest/abs showing	21	33.87	64	28.44	85	29.62	0.6866	0.4073
Use after midnight	35	56.45	117	51.77	152	52.78	0.4279	0.5130
Use to find substance users*	12	19.35	17	7.52	29	10.07	7.5225	0.0061
Use after alcohol / drug use^	4	6.45	19	8.41	23	7.99	--	--
Last sex under influence of alcohol/drugs	21	33.87	55	24.55	79	29.96	2.1605	0.1416
Recent Substance Use
Binge drinking	35	56.45	135	59.73	175	59.32	0.2168	0.6415
Marijuana use	19	31.15	82	37.27	106	36.81	0.7782	0.3777
Illicite drug use	20	32.26	56	24.78	78	26.44	1.4011	0.2365
Has at least one alter who:
Drinks alcohol to drunkenness*	52	86.67	164	74.55	216	77.14	3.9282	0.0475
Smokes marijuana	33	53.23	121	55.50	154	55.00	0.1013	0.7503
Uses any illicit substance	17	27.42	49	21.68	66	22.92	0.9036	0.3410

^*p < .05

^**p < .01

^***p < .001

^{^}Contains cells with < 5 expected counts

^aMay not add up to total sample size due to missing values

^bΧ² test: White vs. all others

^cΧ² test: Gay/Homosexual vs. all others

^dΧ² test: Some college or university vs. all others

^eΧ² test: Single vs. all others

^fIncludes poppers, cocaine, heroin, methamphetamines and/or ecstasy