Table 1.
Characteristics of an online sample of 588 participating men who have sex with men (MSM) from 9 United States metropolitan statistical areas (MSA) in 2015
| Covariate | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Age | |
| 18–29 | 214 (36.4) |
| 30–50 | 286 (48.6) |
| 51 and over | 88 (15.0) |
| Race | |
| White | 430 (73.1) |
| Black | 37 (6.3) |
| Hispanic | 60 (10.2) |
| Other | 61 (10.4) |
| Education | |
| High school or less | 28 (4.8) |
| Some college | 131 (22.3) |
| College degree | 429 (73.0) |
| Employment Status | |
| Employed part-time or full-time | 465 (79.1) |
| Student | 73 (12.4) |
| Unemployed | 14 (2.4) |
| Other | 36 (6.1) |
| Car as primary mode of transportation | 341 (58.0) |
| Any transportation instability | 152 (25.8) |
| Moved to the city in the past 6 months | 45 (7.7) |
| Reported HIV positive | 45 (7.7) |
|
Reporting regular PrEP use (among those not reporting being HIV positive) |
59 (10.9) |
| Sex partners | |
| Main partners only | 179 (30.4) |
| Main and casual partners | 203 (34.5) |
| Casual partners only | 206 (35.0) |
| Highly out | 465 (79.1) |
| Metropolitan statistical area (MSA) | |
| Atlanta | 40 (6.8) |
| Chicago | 71 (12.1) |
| Dallas | 37 (6.3) |
| Houston | 32 (5.4) |
| Los Angeles | 91 (15.5) |
| Miami | 26 (4.4) |
| New York | 179 (30.4) |
| Philadelphia | 41 (7.0) |
| Washington, DC | 71 (12.1) |
| Residential density and poverty | |
| Average density–Low poverty | 232 (39.5) |
| Average density–High poverty | 52 (8.8) |
| High density–Low poverty | 192 (32.7) |
| High density–High poverty | 112 (19.1) |