Table 3.

Bivariate associations between ability to communicate in a common language and HIV status disclosure and knowledge within casual and anonymous sexual partnerships while in the two most recently visited countries in the previous 12 months, of gay and bisexual men who travel internationally, San Francisco Bay Area, 2009-2011 (N=800 partnerships)

	Casual Partnerships
	HIV Status Disclosure		Partner HIV Status Known
	%	OR (95% CI)	%	OR (95% CI)
Ability to communicate with partner
Poor	5.1	Reference	56.3	Reference
Sufficient or better	59.2	27.0 (2.9,249.0)	77.6	2.7 (0.4,17.3)
Venue type where partner met
Bar or nightclub	65.7	Reference	1.3	Reference
Internet	52.1	0.6 (0.2,1.5)	7.4	6.0 (1.2,29.1)
Sex club or bathhouse	46.6	0.5 (0.1,2.2)	13.6	11.8 (1.6,89.7)
Introduced by friends	57.3	0.7 (0.2,2.1)	5.9	4.7 (0.7,32.3)
Street or park or public venue	55.2	0.6 (0.1,2.8)	22.3	21.4 (3.0,151.7)
Other	60.5	0.8 (0.3,2.1)	3.5	27.0 (0.5,15.1)
	Anonymous Partnerships
	HIV Status Disclosure		Partner HIV Status Known
	%	OR (95% CI)	%	OR (95% CI)
Ability to communicate with partner
Poor	4.7	Reference	8.1	Reference
Sufficient or better	28.1	8.0 (1.3,50.1)	31.0	5.1 (1.4,18.3)
Venue type where partner met
Bar or nightclub	19.1	Reference	2.8	Reference
Internet	60.9	6.6 (2,22)	11.3	4.5 (0.5,39.5)
Sex club or bathhouse	12.5	0.6 (0.2,1.8)	3.3	1.2 (0.2,8.0)
Introduced by friends	55.0	5.2 (0.7,35.9)	0	0
Street or park or public venue	17.0	0.9 (0.3,2.8)	2.1	0.8 (0.3,1.9)
Other	9.0	0.4 (0.1,1.3)	4.1	1.5 (0.2,12.8)