Table 1. Respondent characteristics and median scale index scores of 2,763 internet-recruited gay and bisexual men in seven countries.
| Variable | Australia (n=379) |
Brazil (n=466) |
Canada (n=370) |
South Africa (n=470) |
Thailand (n=282) |
United Kingdom (n=419) |
United States (n=377) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sexual orientation | |||||||
| Gay | 365 (96.3%) | 449 (96.4%) | 355 (96.0%) | 457 (97.2%) | 262 (92.9%) | 410 (97.9%) | 368 (97.6%) |
| Bisexual | 14 (3.4%) | 17 (3.7%) | 15 (4.1%) | 13 (2.8%) | 20 (7.1%) | 9 (2.1%) | 9 (2.4%) |
| Age | |||||||
| 18-24 years | 199 (52.5%) | 300 (64.4%) | 141 (38.1%) | 121 (25.7%) | 88 (31.2%) | 208 (49.6%) | 210 (55.7%) |
| 25-34 years | 84 (22.2%) | 119 (25.5%) | 96 (26.0%) | 165 (35.1%) | 128 (45.4%) | 99 (23.6%) | 62 (72.2%) |
| 35-44 years | 53 (14.0%) | 29 (6.2%) | 54 (14.6%) | 104 (22.1%) | 53 (18.8%) | 55 (13.1%) | 34 (9.0%) |
| ≥45 years | 43 (11.4%) | 18 (3.9%) | 79 (21.4%) | 80 (17.0%) | 13 (4.6%) | 57 (13.6%) | 71 (18.8%) |
| Education | |||||||
| ≤ 12 years | 145 (38.3%) | 168 (36.1%) | 92 (24.9%) | 151 (32.1%) | 55 (19.5%) | 92 (22.0%) | 123 (32.6%) |
| > 12 years | 234 (61.7%) | 298 (64.0%) | 278 (75.1%) | 319 (67.9%) | 227 (80.5%) | 327 (78.0%) | 254 (67.4%) |
| Race/Ethnicity1 | |||||||
| European/White/Thai | 235 (62.0%) | 275 (59.0%) | 321 (86.8%) | 392 (83.4%) | 271 (96.1%) | 397 (94.8%) | 303 (80.4%) |
| Mixed/Black | -- | 128 (27.5%) | -- | 41 (8.7%) | -- | -- | -- |
| Other | 144 (38.0%) | 63 (12.5%) | 49 (13.2%) | 37 (7.9%) | 11 (3.9%) | 22 (5.3%) | 74 (19.6%) |
| Relationship Status | |||||||
| Single | 191 (50.4%) | 249 (53.4%) | 158 (42.7%) | 205 (43.6%) | 132 (46.8%) | 202 (48.2%) | 189 (50.1%) |
| In a relationship | 188 (49.6%) | 217 (46.7%) | 212 (57.3%) | 265 (56.4%) | 150 (53.2%) | 217 (51.8%) | 188 (49.9%) |
| Number of Gay Friends in Social Network | |||||||
| 0 friends | 6 (1.6%) | 5 (1.1%) | 6 (1.6%) | 12 (2.6%) | 33 (11.7%) | 4 (1.0%) | 13 (3.5%) |
| 1-10 friends | 122 (32.2%) | 95 (20.4%) | 100 (27.0%) | 80 (17.0%) | 127 (45.0%) | 127 (30.3%) | 106 (28.1%) |
| 11-20 friends | 85 (22.4%) | 84 (18.0%) | 70 (18.9%) | 103 (21.9%) | 56 (19.9%) | 103 (24.6%) | 81 (21.5%) |
| ≥21 friends | 166 (43.8%) | 282 (60.5%) | 194 (52.4%) | 275 (58.5%) | 66 (23.4%) | 185 (44.2%) | 177 (47.0%) |
| Scale Indices Scores (median/interquartile range) | |||||||
| Experiences of External Homophobic Discrimination | 5 (3) | 6 (3) | 5 (4) | 6 (3) | 4 (3) | 5 (3) | 5 (4) |
| Internalised Homophobia | 14 (15) | 15 (16) | 11 (15) | 11 (14) | 29 (18) | 10 (12) | 10 (13) |
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Race/ethnicity was categorised as follows: Australia - European, Other; Brazil - White, Mixed, Other; Canada - European, Other; South Africa - White, Black, Other; Thailand - Thai, Other; UK - White, Other; USA - White, Other