Table 1.
Correlates and odds of men who have sex with men engaging in group sex (sex with 3 or more people in a single encounter) in the last 12 months, November 2014–February 2015 (n = 1,997).
| Total | Group sex | No group sex | Χ2(p- value) |
Unadjusted | Adjusted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | ||
| Race/ethnicity | -- | -- | ||||||
| Black/ African American | 157 (8.3) | 48 (30.6) | 109 (69.4) | 5.48 (0.14) |
1.00 | -- | ||
| Hispanic/Latino | 362 (19.1) | 131 (36.2) | 231 (63.8) | 1.29 | 0.86, 1.92 | |||
| White | 1207 (63.7) | 451 (37.4) | 756 (62.6) | 1.36 | 0.95, 1.94 | |||
| Other | 169 (8.9) | 51 (30.2) | 118 (69.8) | 0.98 | 0.61, 1.57 | |||
| Sexual orientation | -- | -- | ||||||
| Gay | 1668 (83.6) | 606 (36.3) | 1062 (63.7) | 0.18 (0.91) |
1.00 | -- | ||
| Bisexual | 229 (11.5) | 80 (34.9) | 149 (65.1) | 0.94 | 0.71, 1.26 | |||
| Other | 98 (4.9) | 36 (36.7) | 62 (63.3) | 1.02 | 0.67, 1.55 | |||
| Education | -- | -- | ||||||
| Elementary/Junior High | 7 (0.4) | 3 (42.9) | 4 (57.1) | 15.1 (0.005) |
1.17 | 0.26, 5.26 | ||
| Some high school | 30 (1.5) | 8 (26.7) | 22 (73.3) | 0.57 | 0.25, 1.29 | |||
| High school graduate | 170 (8.5) | 44 (25.9) | 126 (74.1) | 0.55 | 0.38, 0.78 | |||
| Some college | 602 (30.2) | 202 (33.6) | 400 (66.5) | 0.79 | 0.64, 0.97 | |||
| College graduate or more | 1186 (59.5) | 463 (39.0) | 723 (61.0) | 1.00 | -- | |||
| Employment status | ||||||||
| Employed full time | 1239 (62.1) | 481 (38.8) | 758 (61.2) | 33.4 (<0.0001) |
2.62 | 1.86, 3.70 | 1.65 | 1.14, 2.39 |
| Employed part time | 200 (10.0) | 81 (40.5) | 119 (59.5) | 2.81 | 1.83, 4.33 | 1.93 | 1.23, 3.03 | |
| Full time student | 231 (11.6) | 45 (19.5) | 186 (80.5) | 1.00 | -- | 1.00 | -- | |
| Unemployed | 193 (9.7) | 67 (34.7) | 126 (65.3) | 2.20 | 1.42, 3.41 | 1.51 | 0.95, 2.39 | |
| Other | 133 (6.7) | 48 (36.1) | 85 (63.9) | 2.33 | 1.44, 3.78 | 1.15 | 0.68, 1.95 | |
| Annual income | -- | -- | ||||||
| Less than $25,000 | 592 (32.4) | 181 (30.6) | 411 (69.4) | 21.9 (0.0002) |
1.00 | -- | ||
| $25,000 – $49,999 | 525 (28.7) | 197 (37.5) | 328 (62.5) | 1.36 | 1.06, 1.75 | |||
| $50,000 – $74,999 | 311 (17.0) | 119 (38.3) | 192 (61.7) | 1.41 | 1.06, 1.88 | |||
| $75,000 – $99,999 | 173 (9.5) | 73 (42.2) | 100 (57.8) | 1.66 | 1.17, 2.35 | |||
| More than $100,000 | 227 (12.4) | 106 (46.7) | 121 (53.3) | 1.99 | 1.45, 2.72 | |||
| Area of residence | -- | -- | ||||||
| Rural | 252 (13.2) | 104 (41.3) | 148 (58.7) | 5.25 (0.07) |
1.19 | 0.90, 1.57 | ||
| Suburban | 657 (34.5) | 220 (33.5) | 437 (66.5) | 0.85 | 0.69, 1.05 | |||
| Urban | 995 (52.3) | 370 (37.2) | 625 (62.8) | 1.00 | -- | |||
| HIV status | ||||||||
| Negative | 1417 (71.9) | 508 (35.9) | 909 (64.2) | 73.7 (<0.0001) |
1.00 | -- | 1.00 | -- |
| Positive | 308 (15.6) | 162 (52.6) | 146 (47.4) | 1.99 | 1.55, 2.55 | 1.88 | 1.46, 2.42 | |
| Never tested | 247 (12.5) | 43 (17.4) | 204 (82.6) | 0.38 | 0.27, 0.53 | 0.48 | 0.34, 0.69 | |
| Age (years) | 1.03 | 1.02, 1.04 | 1.02 | 1.01, 1.03 | ||||