Table 1.
Demographic and psychosocial characteristics of Latin American MSM (n = 19,451).
| Total n =19,451 |
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| CAGE score | Mean | SD |
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| Range 0–4 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
| Distress intolerance | ||
| Range 4–40 | 14.0 | 10.0 |
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| Age | n | % |
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| 18–25 | 7213 | 37.1 |
| 26–35 | 7177 | 36.9 |
| 36–50 | 4365 | 22.4 |
| >50 | 696 | 3.6 |
| Sexual orientation | ||
| Homosexual/gay | 15270 | 78.5 |
| Bisexual | 3626 | 18.6 |
| Unsure/questioning/other | 555 | 2.9 |
| SES | ||
| No income | 1501 | 7.7 |
| Low income/lower class | 1574 | 8.1 |
| Middle income/middle class | 14149 | 72.7 |
| High income/upper class | 1637 | 8.4 |
| Prefer not to answer | 590 | 3.0 |
| Country | ||
| Argentina | 1867 | 9.6 |
| Bolivia | 104 | 0.5 |
| Brazil | 2915 | 15.0 |
| Chile | 1214 | 6.2 |
| Colombia | 2593 | 13.3 |
| Costa Rica | 326 | 1.7 |
| Ecuador | 312 | 1.6 |
| El Salvador | 98 | 0.5 |
| Guatemala | 163 | 0.8 |
| Honduras | 41 | 0.2 |
| Mexico | 6679 | 34.3 |
| Nicaragua | 53 | 0.3 |
| Panama | 242 | 1.2 |
| Paraguay | 113 | 0.6 |
| Peru | 555 | 2.9 |
| Uruguay | 173 | 0.9 |
| Venezuela | 2003 | 10.3 |
| Childhood sexual abuse | ||
| Yes | 11020 | 56.7 |
| No | 8431 | 43.3 |
| Distress intolerance | ||
| Very low | 5227 | 26.9 |
| Low | 4663 | 24.0 |
| Medium | 4927 | 25.3 |
| High | 4634 | 23.8 |
| Problematic alcohol use (CAGE >=2) | ||
| Yes | 3060 | 15.7 |
| No | 16391 | 84.3 |