Table 1.

Social Network Types of men who have sex with men in Cape Town and Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Social Network Type	Description
Disconnected	No connections between any friends, family or sex partners, only within network subgroups
Sparsely connected	Minimal connections between friends and family members and no connections between sex partners and friends or between sex partners and family
Connected	Most connections between friends and sex partners, or between friends and family, but none between sex partners and family
Well-connected	Connections between family and sex partners as well as friends and sex partners
Densely connected	Connection exists between every person in network