Table 2.
Characteristics of MSM participants in the American Men's Internet Survey by recruitment website type, United States, 2014.
| Recruitment website type | ||||||||||||
| Participant characteristics | Total | Gay social networking (n=2) |
General gay interest (n=4) |
General social networking (n=1) |
Geospatial social networking (n=2) |
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| N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | P -valuea | ||
| Race/ethnicity | <.001 | |||||||||||
| Black, non-Hispanic | 415 | (4.49) | 11 | (2.92) | 21 | (5.69) | 225 | (3.76) | 158 | (6.28) | ||
| Hispanicb | 1308 | (14.14) | 14 | (3.71) | 37 | (10.03) | 713 | (11.91) | 544 | (21.63) | ||
| White, non-Hispanic | 6819 | (73.73) | 327 | (86.74) | 286 | (77.51) | 4643 | (77.55) | 1563 | (62.15) | ||
| Other or multiple races | 706 | (7.63) | 25 | (6.63) | 25 | (6.78) | 406 | (6.78) | 250 | (9.94) | ||
| Age (years) | <.001 | |||||||||||
| 15-24 | 1389 | (15.02) | 21 | (5.57) | 47 | (12.74) | 857 | (14.31) | 464 | (18.45) | ||
| 25-29 | 1221 | (13.20) | 24 | (6.37) | 48 | (13.01) | 612 | (10.22) | 537 | (21.35) | ||
| 30-39 | 1962 | (21.22) | 40 | (10.61) | 86 | (23.31) | 1164 | (19.44) | 672 | (26.72) | ||
| 40 or older | 4676 | (50.56) | 292 | (77.45) | 188 | (50.95) | 3354 | (56.02) | 842 | (33.48) | ||
| Region | <.001 | |||||||||||
| Midwest | 1560 | (16.87) | 68 | (18.04) | 64 | (17.34) | 985 | (16.45) | 443 | (17.61) | ||
| Northeast | 1933 | (20.90) | 117 | (31.03) | 55 | (14.91) | 1306 | (21.81) | 455 | (18.09) | ||
| South | 3634 | (39.29) | 122 | (32.36) | 180 | (48.78) | 2369 | (39.57) | 963 | (38.29) | ||
| West | 2110 | (22.82) | 69 | (18.30) | 65 | (17.62) | 1323 | (22.10) | 653 | (25.96) | ||
| US dependent areas | 11 | (0.12) | 1 | (0.27) | 5 | (1.36) | 4 | (0.07) | 1 | (0.04) | ||
| NHBS city residentc | <.001 | |||||||||||
| Yes | 3553 | (38.42) | 137 | (36.34) | 206 | (55.83) | 2177 | (36.36) | 1033 | (41.07) | ||
| No | 5695 | (61.58) | 240 | (63.66) | 163 | (44.17) | 3810 | (63.64) | 1482 | (58.93) | ||
| Population densityd | <.001 | |||||||||||
| Rural | 2774 | (30.00) | 133 | (35.28) | 80 | (21.68) | 1902 | (31.77) | 659 | (26.20) | ||
| Urban/suburban | 6300 | (68.12) | 241 | (63.93) | 285 | (77.24) | 4001 | (66.83) | 1773 | (70.50) | ||
| Self-reported HIV status | <.001 | |||||||||||
| Positive | 1049 | (11.34) | 23 | (6.10) | 32 | (8.67) | 554 | (9.25) | 440 | (17.50) | ||
| Negative | 6992 | (75.61) | 277 | (73.47) | 303 | (82.11) | 4588 | (76.63) | 1824 | (72.52) | ||
| Unknown | 1207 | (13.05) | 77 | (20.42) | 34 | (9.21) | 845 | (14.11) | 251 | (9.98) | ||
| Total | 9248 | 377 | 369 | 5987 | 2515 | |||||||
aChi-square testing difference in characteristics between website type.
bHispanic persons could have been of any race, including other or multiple.
cNHBS: National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System.
dThere were 71 participants missing information needed to determine the population density of the area where they lived.