Table 1.

Sociodemographic differences between self-reported HIV-negative, HIV-positive, and HIV-unknown/unsure gay and bisexual men

	Self-reported HIV status						χ2	p	Post hoc
	A. Negative		B. Positive		C. Unknown
	n = 801		n = 445		n = 164
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Race or ethnicity							32.92	<0.001	A ≠ B
Black	70	8.7	84	18.9	22	13.4
White	587	72.5	266	59.8	114	65.5
Latino	89	11.1	55	12.4	19	11.6
Multiracial or other	61	7.6	40	9	9	5.5
Sexual identity							41.30	<0.001	A, C ≠ B
Gay	580	72.4	392	88.1	123	75.0
Bisexual	221	27.6	53	11.9	41	25.0
Currently in a relationship
Yes	279	34.8	137	30.8	48	29.3	3.23	0.20
No	522	65.2	608	69.2	116	70.7
Main partner’s HIV status (among n = 464 currently in relationship)							104.86	<0.001	A ≠ B ≠ C
Partner told me s/he is HIV-positive	28	10.0	61	44.5	4	8.3
Not certain	28	10.0	17	12.4	19	39.6
Partner told me s/he is HIV-negative	223	79.9	59	43.1	25	52.1
Main partner’s gender is male (among n = 463 valid responses)
No	70	25.1	11	8.1	13	27.1	17.86	<0.001	B ≠ A, C
Yes	209	74.9	125	91.9	35	72.9
Has health insurance
No	120	15.0	51	11.5	43	26.2	20.33	<0.001	C ≠ A, B
Yes	681	85.0	394	88.5	121	73.8
Has a primary care provider/physician
No	219	27.3	31	7.0	77	47.0	125.48	<0.001	A ≠ B ≠ C
Yes	582	72.7	414	93.0	57	53.0
How long ago was last HIV-test (non-HIV-positive men only)
Within the last 3 months	326	40.7	–	–	7	4.3	249.96	<0.001
3–6 months ago	187	23.3	–	–	13	7.9
6–12 months ago	135	16.9	–	–	20	12.2
More than a year ago	123	15.4	–	–	72	43.9
Never tested	30	3.7	–	–	52	31.7
Ever heard or PrEP (non-HIV-positive men only)
No, never	280	36.4	–	–	68	42.2	1.929	0.17
Yes	489	63.6	–	–	93	57.8
Would take PrEP if it were 90 % effective (non-HIV-positive men only)
No	195	25.4	–	–	26	16.1	6.231	0.01
Yes “Definitely” or “Probably”	574	74.6	–	–	135	83.9
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	F	p	Post hoc
Age in years	41.4	13.1	44.1	11.1	37.9	12.1	15.91	<0.001	A ≠ B ≠ C