Table 2.
Characteristics of casual and anonymous sexual partnerships while in the two most recently visited countries in the previous 12 months, weight adjusted, men who have sex with men who travel internationally, San Francisco Bay Area, 2009–2011 (N=800 partnerships)
| Casual Partner | Anonymous Partner | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count (%) | Count (%) | F (ndf,ddf) | p | |
| Partner's gender | ||||
| Male | 335 (97.5) | 449 (98.6) | 1.5 (1.5,448.1) | 0.23 |
| Female | 3 (0.7) | 6 (1.4) | ||
| Male-to-female transgender | 6 (1.8) | 0 (0) | ||
| Partner's race | ||||
| White | 166 (48.4) | 259 (56.7) | 2.2 (3.6,1094.3) | 0.07 |
| Asian or PI | 66 (19.1) | 80 (17.6) | ||
| Hispanic or Latino | 62 (18) | 88 (19.2) | ||
| Black | 9 (2.7) | 4 (1) | ||
| Other or mixed | 41 (11.9) | 20 (4.4) | ||
| Don't know | 0 (0.1) | 5 (1.1) | ||
| Partner's age | ||||
| 18–19 | 6 (1.7) | 10 (2.2) | 1.9 (3.9,1185.6) | 0.11 |
| 20–29 | 151 (43.9) | 133 (29.3) | ||
| 30–39 | 116 (33.7) | 159 (34.8) | ||
| 40–49 | 63 (18.4) | 128 (28.1) | ||
| 50–69 | 8 (2.3) | 22 (4.8) | ||
| Don't know or skipped | 0 (0) | 4 (0.8) | ||
| Partner's HIV status | ||||
| Negative | 241 (70.2) | 102 (22.4) | 28.7 (1.9,561.5) | < 0.01 |
| Positive | 23 (6.6) | 20 (4.5) | ||
| Don't know | 80 (23.2) | 334 (73.2) | ||
| HIV seroconcordancy | ||||
| Concordant | 211 (61.2) | 111 (24.3) | 25.7 (1.0,302.0) | < 0.01 |
| Discordant or Unknown | 134 (38.8) | 345 (75.7) | ||
| Respondent disclosed HIV status to partner | ||||
| Yes | 196 (57.1) | 110 (24.1) | 20.8 (1.3,393.9) | < 0.01 |
| No | 148 (42.9) | 345 (75.7) | ||
| Don't know or refused | 0 (0) | 1 (0.1) | ||
| Respondent's fluency in the common language | ||||
| Poorly: communication difficult | 14 (4.0) | 34 (7.6) | 4.9 (3.9,1167.5) | < 0.01 |
| Sufficiently: communication difficult but possible | 33 (9.7) | 101 (22.1) | ||
| Well: conversation easily | 72 (21.1) | 72 (15.9) | ||
| Fluent: we both spoke the same language | 224 (65.2) | 213 (46.7) | ||
| Don't know or skipped | 0 (0) | 36 (7.8) | ||
| Country in which respondent met partner | ||||
| Country visited | 281 (81.8) | 447 (98.1) | 14.8 (2.0,600.6) | < 0.01 |
| United States | 55 (15.9) | 0 (0) | ||
| Somewhere else | 8 (2.3) | 9 (1.9) | ||
| Venue type where respondent met partner | ||||
| Bar or nightclub | 60 (17.4) | 86 (18.9) | 10.6 (4.6,1382.5) | < 0.01 |
| Internet | 109 (31.7) | 80 (17.6) | ||
| Sex club or bathhouse | 20 (5.9) | 186 (40.7) | ||
| Introduced by friends | 53 (15.4) | 19 (4.1) | ||
| Street or park or public venue | 24 (6.9) | 42 (9.3) | ||
| Other | 78 (22.6) | 43 (9.4) | ||
| Sexual behaviors | ||||
| Mutual masturbation | 265 (77.1) | 286 (62.8) | 3.5 (1.0,302.0) | 0.06 |
| Finger-anal contact | 157 (45.6) | 152 (33.3) | 4.4 (1.0,302.0) | 0.04 |
| Oral-anal contact | 120 (34.8) | 100 (22.0) | 5.0 (1.0,302.0) | 0.03 |
| Anal fisting | 15 (4.2) | 8 (1.9) | 6.9 (1.0,302.0) | 0.01 |
| Oral intercourse | 313 (91.0) | 380 (83.4) | 3.5 (1.0,302.0) | 0.06 |
| Insertive anal intercourse | 142 (41.1) | 138 (30.3) | 2.4 (1.0,302.0) | 0.12 |
| Receptive anal intercourse | 148 (43.0) | 108 (23.7) | 13.5 (1.0,302.0) | < 0.01 |
| Condomless anal intercourse | 76 (22.0) | 48 (10.5) | 8.3 (1.0,302.0) | < 0.01 |
| Condomless insertive anal intercourse | 54 (15.8) | 30 (6.6) | 6.6 (1.0,302.0) | 0.01 |
| Condomless receptive anal intercourse | 51 (14.8) | 23 (5.0) | 11.0 (1.0,302.0) | < 0.01 |
| Vaginal intercourse | 2 (0.5) | 6 (1.4) | 1.4 (1.0,302.0) | 0.24 |
F: F distribution
ndf: numerator degrees of freedom
ddf: denominator degrees of freedom