Table 3.
Seroadaptation practices by psychosocial determinants of Black men who have sex with men, Baltimore, Chicago, Milwaukee, and New York City
| Characteristic | Total | 100 % condom use | Serosorting | Condom serosorting | Sero- positioning | No strategy | Χ2/F-test statistic (df), P-value | ||||||
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| Frequency of attending religious services | Χ2(16 df) = 7.46, 0.963 | ||||||||||||
| Never | 175 | 21.0 | 21 | 12.0 | 39 | 22.3 | 12 | 6.9 | 32 | 18.3 | 71 | 40.6 | |
| 1–2 times/year | 208 | 24.9 | 23 | 11.1 | 56 | 26.9 | 16 | 7.7 | 33 | 15.9 | 80 | 38.5 | |
| Every month | 126 | 15.1 | 10 | 7.9 | 36 | 28.6 | 7 | 5.6 | 22 | 17.5 | 51 | 40.5 | |
| 1–2 times/month | 148 | 17.7 | 16 | 10.8 | 41 | 27.7 | 11 | 7.4 | 23 | 15.5 | 57 | 38.5 | |
| ≥Every week | 178 | 21.3 | 18 | 10.1 | 49 | 27.5 | 14 | 7.9 | 20 | 11.2 | 77 | 43.3 | |
| Frequency of praying | Χ2(8 df) = 9.35, 0.313 | ||||||||||||
| ≤Every week | 260 | 31.2 | 30 | 11.5 | 67 | 25.8 | 15 | 5.8 | 42 | 16.2 | 106 | 40.8 | |
| More than once/week | 160 | 19.2 | 13 | 8.1 | 41 | 25.6 | 20 | 12.5 | 23 | 14.4 | 63 | 39.4 | |
| Every day | 414 | 49.6 | 44 | 10.6 | 113 | 27.3 | 25 | 6.0 | 65 | 15.7 | 167 | 40.3 | |
| Importance of religion/spirituality | Χ2(8 df) = 3.80, 0.875 | ||||||||||||
| Not at all/somewhat | 199 | 23.9 | 17 | 8.5 | 59 | 29.7 | 12 | 6.0 | 33 | 16.6 | 78 | 39.2 | |
| Very | 309 | 37.1 | 37 | 12.0 | 78 | 25.2 | 25 | 8.1 | 44 | 14.2 | 125 | 40.5 | |
| Extremely | 326 | 39.1 | 33 | 10.1 | 84 | 25.8 | 23 | 7.1 | 53 | 16.3 | 133 | 40.8 | |
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| Psychological distress (higher = higher distress) | 20.0 | 7.4 | 18.30 | 6.55 | 18.76 | 6.63 | 18.08 | 6.23 | 20.66 | 7.56 | 21.43 | 7.97 | F(4 df) = 7.27, <0.001 |
| Social support (lower = more support) | 14.1 | 4.9 | 13.10 | 4.65 | 13.26 | 4.60 | 13.40 | 3.70 | 14.76 | 5.66 | 14.81 | 4.89 | F(4 df) = 5.26, 0.0003 |
| Sexual self-efficacy (higher = higher efficacy) | 24.3 | 7.0 | 25.58 | 6.88 | 25.86 | 7.07 | 26.00 | 6.64 | 24.18 | 6.62 | 22.61 | 6.76 | F(4 df) = 9.64, <0.001 |
| Personal responsibility to avoid HIV transmission (higher = more responsibility) | 21.0 | 4.4 | 21.33 | 4.42 | 21.37 | 4.40 | 21.43 | 4.35 | 21.44 | 3.85 | 20.34 | 4.45 | F(4 df) = 2.90, 0.021 |
| Partner responsibility for safety (higher = more responsibility) | 5.9 | 2.6 | 6.05 | 2.69 | 5.80 | 2.76 | 6.00 | 2.77 | 5.56 | 2.61 | 6.07 | 2.4 | F(4 df) = 1.06, 0.376 |
| Outness (higher = more out) | 9.8 | 4.1 | 8.44 | 4.14 | 9.58 | 4.11 | 10.95 | 3.59 | 9.04 | 4.43 | 10.48 | 3.91 | F(4 df) = 7.30, <0.001 |
| Internalized homophobia (higher = higher internalized homophobia) | 9.8 | 5.1 | 10.51 | 4.83 | 9.66 | 5.06 | 8.30 | 4.74 | 10.32 | 5.22 | 9.74 | 5.23 | F(4 df) = 2.11, 0.078 |
Pearson χ2 test statistic for categorical measures and ANOVA with Tukey multiple comparison adjustment for continuous measures