Table 1.
Sociodemographic, Sexually Transmitted Infection, Sexual Behavior, and Substance Use Among 1170 Men Who Have Sex with Men in the United States by HIV Testing Status
| HIV testing history | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (N = 1170), n (%) | Tested (n = 1019), n (%) | Never tested (n = 151), n (%) | pa | |
| Sociodemographics | ||||
| Recruitment source | <0.001 | |||
| Men-seeking-men websites | 596 (51) | 545 (54) | 51 (34) | |
| Facebook/other | 574 (49) | 474 (46) | 100 (66) | |
| Age (m, SD) | 37 (15) | 38 (15) | 27 (13) | <0.001 |
| Race/ethnicity | 0.21 | |||
| White | 821 (70) | 714 (70) | 107 (71) | |
| Black/African American | 146 (13) | 133 (13) | 13 (9) | |
| Other | 203 (17) | 173 (17) | 31 (21) | |
| <Associate degree | 437 (38) | 346 (34) | 91 (61) | <0.001 |
| Nonpermanent housing | 272 (23) | 197 (19) | 75 (50) | <0.001 |
| Rural residence | 120 (10) | 93 (9) | 27 (18) | <0.01 |
| Bisexual/heterosexual/other sexual orientation | 122 (11) | 99 (10) | 23 (15) | 0.04 |
| Not fully “out” | 525 (45) | 442 (44) | 83 (55) | <0.01 |
| No primary partner | 663 (57) | 552 (55) | 111 (74) | <0.001 |
| Any STI (past 3 months) | 230 (21) | 229 (24) | 1 (1) | <0.001 |
| Sexual behaviors (past 3 months) | ||||
| No. of partners (m, SD) | 4 (9) | 5 (10) | 2 (5) | 0.01 |
| Condomless anal sex | 650 (56) | 586 (58) | 64 (42) | <0.001 |
| Substance use (past 3 months) | ||||
| Probable substance abuse (CAGE-AID ≥2) | 150 (13) | 131 (13) | 19 (13) | 0.93 |
| Alcohol use | 905 (78) | 791 (78) | 114 (77) | 0.66 |
| Any drug use | 569 (51) | 505 (52) | 64 (45) | 0.11 |
a
Fisher Exact and t-tests were used to assess differences in categorical and continuous variables, respectively.
CAGE-AID, CAGE-Adapted to Include Drugs; m, mean; SD, standard deviation; STI, sexually transmitted infection.