Table 1.
N (participants) | % | N (articles) | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Article characteristics | ||||
Male exclusivea | — | — | 50 | 92.6 |
Age range (13-25 years) exclusive | — | — | 47 | 87.0 |
Black/African American exclusive | — | — | 22 | 40.7 |
All Black men, aged 13-25 years | — | — | 18 | 33.3 |
Sexual identities | ||||
Gay | 22,126 | 38.7 | 25 | 46.3 |
Bisexual | 6,577 | 11.5 | 28 | 51.9 |
Straight | 139 | 0.2 | 8 | 14.8 |
Straight/unsure/other | 394 | 0.7 | 2 | 3.7 |
MSMb | 25,297 | 44.3 | 16 | 29.6 |
MSM/nongay identified | 289 | 0.5 | 2 | 3.7 |
Down-low | 12 | <0.1 | 2 | 3.7 |
Questioning | 123 | 0.2 | 3 | 5.5 |
Two-spiritedc | 106 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 |
Other | 2,039 | 3.6 | 18 | 33.3 |
Racial/ethnic identities | ||||
Black/African American | 25,124 | 41.5 | — | — |
White/Caucasian | 14,175 | 23.4 | — | — |
Latino/Hispanic | 15,947 | 26.4 | — | — |
Asian/Pacific Islander | 2,253 | 3.8 | — | — |
Other | 2,618 | 4.3 | — | — |
Not specified | 391 | 0.7 | — | — |
Dichotomized—Racial/ethnic identities | ||||
Black/African American | 25,124 | 41.5 | — | — |
Non-Black/African American | 35,384 | 58.5 | — | — |
Recruitment | ||||
School based | — | — | 0 | 0 |
Community based | — | — | 49 | 90.7 |
Online | — | — | 6 | 11.1 |
Databases | — | — | 3 | 5.5 |
Methodology | ||||
Qualitative | ||||
Individual | — | — | 9 | 16.7 |
Focus groups | — | — | 5 | 9.3 |
Other | — | — | 1 | 1.9 |
Quantitative | ||||
Individual | — | — | 45 | 83.3 |
Other | — | — | 1 | 1.9 |
Note. MSM = men who have sex with men.
One article had seven transidentified participants (male to female); one article had two participants identified as female, two identified as transgender, and two identified as other/refused; one article had four transidentified participants who were assigned male at birth and reported having sex with men; and one article had a mixed gender sample with a large sample size (N > 4,000). bMay include gay-identified and nongay-identified participants. cTwo articles included two-spirited as part of a joint identity (e.g., queer/two-spirited); no article included it as a stand-alone label.