Table 3.
Sociodemographic profile of men who have sex exclusively with women (MSEW), all men who have sex with men (MSM), and MSM who identified as gay in Natsal-3
| MSEW | All MSM | MSM who identified as gayb | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denominators a : | 5069, 6257 | 190, 191 | 107, 99 | ||
| % [95 % CI] | % [95 % CI] | p-value* | % [95 % CI] | p-value** | |
| Age group | |||||
| 16–34 | 35.0 [33.6–36.5] | 43.6 [35.9–51.6] | 0.106 | 51.3 [40.2–62.3] | <0.001 |
| 35–54 | 41.0 [39.3–42.8] | 38.3 [30.3–47.0] | 41.2 [30.2–53.1] | ||
| 55–74 | 23.9 [22.5–25.4] | 18.1 [12.1–26.2] | 7.5 [3.7–14.8] | ||
| Median (IQR) | 41 (30–54) | 40 (26–51) | 34 (26–46) | ||
| Age-standardised estimates: | |||||
| Relationship status | |||||
| Married/civil partnership | 54.4 [53.1–55.7] | 25.6 [18.2–34.8] | <0.001 | 14.9 [8.0–26.0] | <0.001 |
| Living with partner | 16.0 [14.9–17.1] | 20.6 [14.3–28.8] | 21.8 [12.8–34.7] | ||
| In a ‘steady’ relationship but not living together | 11.8 [11.0–12.7] | 14.5 [9.9–20.7] | 15.8 [9.5–25.0] | ||
| Not in a ‘steady’ relationship | 17.8 [16.9–18.8] | 39.3 [31.5–47.6] | 47.6 [35.5–59.9] | ||
| Ethnicity - white | 88.4 [87.2–89.5] | 96.8 [91.6–98.8] | 0.007 | 98.9 [92.9–99.8] | 0.013 |
| Religion/religious beliefs –fairly/very important | 33.8 [32.3–35.4] | 23.4 [16.9–31.4] | 0.007 | 27.3 [17.6–39.9] | 0.056 |
| Academic qualificationsc | |||||
| No academic qualifications | 17.9 [16.7–19.2] | 10.2 [6.0–16.9] | 0.017 | 9.3 [4.2–19.5] | 0.010 |
| Academic qualifications typically gained at age 16 | 34.3 [32.8–35.8] | 33.8 [26.2–42.2] | 31.7 [21.2–44.5] | ||
| Studying for/attained further academic qualifications | 47.8 [46.1–49.5] | 56.0 [47–64.6] | 58.9 [45.7–71.0] | ||
| National Statistics Socio-Economic Classificationd | |||||
| Managerial & professional occupations | 38.1 [36.4–39.7] | 43.1 [34.6–52] | 0.086 | 43.8 [31.9–56.5] | 0.094 |
| Intermediate occupations | 17.1 [15.8–18.4] | 20.0 [13.7–28.3] | 26.5 [16.4–39.8] | ||
| Semi-routine/routine occupations | 32.6 [31.1–34.2] | 27.5 [20.1–36.4] | 18.9 [11.9–28.8] | ||
| Never worked and long-term unemployed | 5.0 [4.4–5.7] | 1.2 [0.4–3.9] | 3.7 [0.9–13.7] | ||
| Full-time students | 7.2 [6.5–8] | 8.2 [54–12.3] | 7.1 [3.8–12.8] | ||
| Lives in an urban areae | 76.6 [74.8–78.3] | 81.5 [72.9–87.9] | 0.118 | 89.1 [79.9–94.4] | 0.005 |
| Quintile of Index of Multiple Deprivationf | |||||
| 1 (least deprived) | 21.2 [19.7–22.8] | 18.9 [12.7–27.2] | 0.530 | 13.1 [7.5–22.0] | 0.116 |
| 2 | 21.6 [20.1–23.2] | 16.6 [11.0–24.3] | 17.2 [9.2–29.8] | ||
| 3 | 19.4 [17.9–20.9] | 21.0 [15.0–28.7] | 16.9 [10.1–26.8] | ||
| 4 | 19.6 [18.1–21.2] | 21.2 [15.1–29.0] | 26.2 [17.3–37.6] | ||
| 5 (most deprived) | 18.2 [16.8–19.6] | 22.2 [16.2–29.6] | 26.6 [18.6–36.6] | ||
* p-value for comparing all MSM to MSEW
** p-value for comparing MSM who identified as gay in Natsal-3 to MSEW. Note that MSM who identify as gay are a subset of all MSM
aUnweighted, weighted denominators defined as participants who reported at least one sexual partner in the 5 years prior to interview
bMSM who identified as gay in Natsal-3 are a subset of all MSM
cParticipants aged ≥17 years
dNational Statistics Socio-Economic Classification is a measure of individual socio-economic status [17]
eDefined as areas with a population of at least 10,000 people
fIndex of Multiple Deprivation is an area-level measure of deprivation [18]