Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of young men who have sex with men (YMSM; N=95).
| Variable | n (%) | ||
| Age (years), mean (SDa) | 23.2 (3.2) | ||
| Race or ethnicity | |||
| White or European American | 33 (34.7) | ||
| Black or African American | 9 (9.5) | ||
| Latino or Hispanic | 46 (48.4) | ||
| Mixed or other | 7 (7.4) | ||
| Highest educational attainment | |||
| 8th grade or lower | 0 (0) | ||
| Some high school | 1 (1.1) | ||
| High school graduate or GEDb | 10 (10.5) | ||
| Some college | 44 (46.3) | ||
| College graduate | 27 (28.4) | ||
| Partial graduate school | 2 (2.1) | ||
| Graduate school degrees | 11 (11.6) | ||
| In school | 47 (49.5) | ||
| Currently employed | 60 (63.2) | ||
| Sexual orientation | |||
| Gay | 86 (90.5) | ||
| Bisexual | 9 (9.5) | ||
| Recruitment site | |||
| Pittsburgh | 28 (29.5) | ||
| Boston | 26 (27.4) | ||
| San Juan | 41 (43.2) | ||
| Receptive anal intercourse occasions (before 3 months), mean (SD) | 17.0 (15.5) | ||
aSD: standard deviation.
bGED: general educational development.