Table 2.
Characteristics of MSM participants in the American Men's Internet Survey by recruitment website type, United States, 2013.
| Participant characteristics | Total | Gay social networking |
General gay interest |
General social networking |
Geospatial social networking |
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(n=2) | (n=3) | (n=1) | (n=1) | ||||||
| n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | ||
| Race/Ethnicity |
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Black, non-Hispanic | 354 | (3.41) | 37 | (4.61) | 48 | (2.45) | 119 | (2.23) | 150 | (6.58) |
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Hispanic | 1084 | (10.45) | 66 | (8.23) | 127 | (6.49) | 417 | (7.81) | 474 | (20.78) |
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White, non-Hispanic | 8076 | (77.83) | 645 | (80.42) | 1638 | (83.66) | 4351 | (81.54) | 1442 | (63.22) |
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Other or multiple races | 863 | (8.32) | 54 | (6.73) | 145 | (7.41) | 449 | (8.41) | 215 | (9.43) |
| Age (years) |
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18-24 | 1982 | (19.10) | 96 | (11.97) | 246 | (12.56) | 1067 | (20.00) | 573 | (25.12) |
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25-29 | 1515 | (14.60) | 76 | (9.48) | 256 | (13.07) | 693 | (12.99) | 490 | (21.48) |
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30-39 | 1918 | (18.48) | 80 | (9.98) | 398 | (20.33) | 881 | (16.51) | 559 | (24.51) |
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40 or older | 4962 | (47.82) | 550 | (68.58) | 1058 | (54.03) | 2695 | (50.51) | 659 | (28.89) |
| Region |
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Midwest | 2078 | (20.03) | 203 | (25.31) | 347 | (17.72) | 1147 | (21.50) | 381 | (16.70) |
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Northeast | 2050 | (19.76) | 176 | (21.95) | 444 | (22.68) | 1119 | (20.97) | 311 | (13.63) |
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South | 3558 | (34.29) | 279 | (34.79) | 648 | (33.09) | 1681 | (31.50) | 950 | (41.65) |
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West | 2503 | (24.12) | 144 | (17.96) | 518 | (26.46) | 1382 | (25.90) | 459 | (20.12) |
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US dependent areas | 8 | (0.08) | 0 | (0.00) | 1 | (0.05) | 7 | (0.13) | 0 | (0.00) |
| NHBSa City Resident |
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Yes | 3268 | (31.49) | 244 | (30.42) | 858 | (43.82) | 1750 | (32.80) | 416 | (18.24) |
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No | 7109 | (68.51) | 558 | (69.58) | 1100 | (56.18) | 3586 | (67.20) | 1865 | (81.76) |
| Population Density |
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Rural | 3833 | (36.94) | 360 | (44.89) | 626 | (31.97) | 2129 | (39.90) | 718 | (31.48) |
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Urban | 6544 | (63.06) | 442 | (55.11) | 1332 | (68.03) | 3207 | (60.10) | 1563 | (68.52) |
| Self-reported HIV Status |
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Positive | 1113 | (10.73) | 50 | (6.23) | 155 | (7.92) | 439 | (8.23) | 469 | (20.56) |
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Negative | 7657 | (73.79) | 535 | (66.71) | 1556 | (79.47) | 4018 | (75.30) | 1548 | (67.86) |
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Unknown | 1607 | (15.49) | 217 | (27.06) | 247 | (12.61) | 879 | (16.47) | 264 | (11.57) |
| Total | 10,377 |
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802 |
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1958 |
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5336 |
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2281 |
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a NHBS: National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System