Table 1.

Characteristics of Study Respondents in the European MSM Internet Survey (N = 174,209) ^a

Demographic Characteristics	n	%		n	%
Sexual attraction			Settlement size
Only to men	123,974	71.2	≥ 1 million	52,016	29.9
Mostly to men and sometimes to women	33,237	19.1	500,000-999,999	25,523	14.7
Both to men and women equally	9,213	5.3	100,000-499,999	36,776	21.1
Mostly to women and sometimes to men	6,966	4.0	10,000-99,999	33,755	19.4
Only to women	236	0.1	<10,000	21,832	12.5
Sexual behavior (past 12 months)			HIV diagnosis
Only men	141,435	82.1	Diagnosed positive	13,353	7.7
Men and women	19,478	11.2	Last test negative or untested	159,633	91.6
Only women	2,730	1.6	Immigration status
No sex in the past 12 months	8,668	5.0	Not born in current country	23,371	13.4
Sexual orientation identity			Born in current country	146,311	84.0
Gay or homosexual	132,498	76.1	Employment status
Bisexual	26,292	15.1	Employed/student/retired/sick leave	163,752	94.0
Straight or heterosexual	1,331	0.8	Unemployed	10,457	6.0
Any other term	1,497	0.9	Country-level stigma
I don’t usually use a term	12,195	7.0	High (above median)	38,316	22.0
Relationship status			Low (below median)	135,893	78.0
Single	93,635	53.7
Steady relationship	80,097	45.9
Education (ISCED levels b)				Mean	SD
Low (ISCED 1,2)	14,000	8.0	Age	34.06	11.27
Mid (ISCED 3,4)	72,599	41.7		Median = 32
High (ISCED 5,6)	86,269	49.5		Interquartile range = 25-42

^aPercentages may not equal 100 due to missing data.

^bISCED: 1997 International Standardized Classification of Educational Degrees.