Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of participants by neighborhood congruence, NYCM2M Study
| Characteristic | Total (n = 1493) | All the same (n = 248; 16.6 %) | Same home and social (n = 68; 4.6 %) | Same social and sex (n = 148; 9.9 %) | Same home and sex (n = 586; 39.2 %) | None the same (n = 443; 29.7 %) | p valuea | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| Age (mean, SD) | 32.1 (10.3) | 34.3 (11.1) | 33.2 (11.7) | 30.5 (9.1) | 32.8 (10.1) | 30.3 (9.9) | <0.001 | ||||||
| Race/ethnicity | |||||||||||||
| White | 474 | 31.9 | 101 | 21.3 | 26 | 5.5 | 41 | 8.6 | 190 | 40.1 | 116 | 24.5 | 0.004 |
| Black | 375 | 25.2 | 56 | 14.9 | 13 | 3.5 | 44 | 11.7 | 137 | 36.5 | 125 | 33.3 | |
| Hispanic | 452 | 30.4 | 58 | 12.8 | 20 | 4.4 | 42 | 9.3 | 176 | 38.9 | 156 | 34.5 | |
| All other | 186 | 12.5 | 30 | 16.1 | 9 | 4.8 | 21 | 11.3 | 82 | 44.1 | 44 | 23.7 | |
| Sexual identity | |||||||||||||
| Gay, homosexual, queer, same-gender loving, etc. | 1303 | 87.3 | 220 | 16.9 | 56 | 4.3 | 124 | 9.5 | 522 | 40.1 | 381 | 29.2 | 0.51 |
| Bisexual | 140 | 9.4 | 23 | 16.4 | 9 | 6.4 | 17 | 12.1 | 47 | 33.6 | 44 | 31.4 | |
| Straight, heterosexual/other | 50 | 3.4 | 5 | 10.0 | 3 | 6.0 | 7 | 14.0 | 17 | 34.0 | 18 | 36.0 | |
| Education | |||||||||||||
| ≤High school graduate | 253 | 16.9 | 27 | 10.7 | 15 | 5.9 | 36 | 14.2 | 85 | 33.6 | 90 | 35.6 | <0.001 |
| Some college | 504 | 33.8 | 69 | 13.7 | 26 | 5.2 | 47 | 9.3 | 193 | 38.3 | 169 | 33.5 | |
| College graduate+ | 736 | 49.3 | 152 | 20.7 | 27 | 3.7 | 65 | 8.8 | 308 | 41.8 | 184 | 25.0 | |
| Employment | |||||||||||||
| Working | 943 | 63.3 | 162 | 17.2 | 38 | 4.0 | 92 | 9.8 | 396 | 42.0 | 255 | 27.0 | 0.07 |
| Not working | 457 | 30.7 | 71 | 15.5 | 25 | 5.5 | 49 | 10.7 | 154 | 33.7 | 158 | 34.6 | |
| Working off the book/other | 90 | 6.0 | 14 | 15.6 | 5 | 5.6 | 7 | 7.8 | 35 | 38.9 | 29 | 32.2 | |
| Personal income | |||||||||||||
| <$10,000 | 385 | 26.3 | 57 | 14.8 | 22 | 5.7 | 35 | 9.1 | 126 | 32.7 | 145 | 37.7 | <0.001 |
| $10,000–39,999 | 608 | 41.5 | 88 | 14.5 | 22 | 3.6 | 66 | 10.9 | 256 | 42.1 | 176 | 28.9 | |
| $40,000–59,999 | 226 | 15.4 | 38 | 16.8 | 11 | 4.9 | 17 | 7.5 | 97 | 42.9 | 63 | 27.9 | |
| $60,000+ | 245 | 16.7 | 62 | 25.3 | 12 | 4.9 | 27 | 11.0 | 99 | 40.4 | 45 | 18.4 | |
| Financial insecurity in the last 3 months | |||||||||||||
| Not enough $ for rent, food, or utilities | |||||||||||||
| No | 773 | 52.1 | 135 | 17.5 | 34 | 4.4 | 66 | 8.5 | 328 | 42.4 | 210 | 27.2 | 0.039 |
| Yes | 710 | 47.9 | 113 | 15.9 | 34 | 4.8 | 82 | 11.5 | 257 | 36.2 | 224 | 31.5 | |
| Not enough $ for social activity | |||||||||||||
| No | 451 | 30.3 | 87 | 19.3 | 20 | 4.4 | 39 | 8.6 | 187 | 41.5 | 118 | 26.2 | 0.13 |
| Yes | 1039 | 69.7 | 161 | 15.5 | 48 | 4.6 | 109 | 10.5 | 398 | 38.3 | 323 | 31.1 | |
| Serodiscordant CAI in the last 3 months | |||||||||||||
| No | 1105 | 74.0 | 187 | 75.4 | 45 | 66.2 | 97 | 65.5 | 435 | 74.2 | 341 | 77.0 | 0.041 |
| Yes | 388 | 26.0 | 61 | 24.6 | 23 | 33.8 | 51 | 34.5 | 151 | 25.8 | 102 | 23.0 | |
| CAI with partners from Internet/mobile app in the last 3 months | |||||||||||||
| No | 425 | 33.5 | 81 | 39.3 | 15 | 26.8 | 27 | 22.1 | 187 | 36.5 | 115 | 31.0 | 0.006 |
| Yes | 842 | 66.5 | 125 | 60.7 | 41 | 73.2 | 95 | 77.9 | 325 | 63.5 | 31 | 69.0 | |
| Recruitment approach | |||||||||||||
| Venue based | 778 | 53.2 | 113 | 14.5 | 30 | 3.9 | 78 | 10.0 | 306 | 39.3 | 251 | 32.3 | 0.027 |
| Online | 685 | 46.8 | 132 | 19.3 | 38 | 5.5 | 69 | 10.1 | 263 | 38.4 | 183 | 26.7 | |
CAI condomless anal intercourse
aFor categorical characteristics, p value is for overall comparison between all levels