TABLE 3.

Frequent Use of the Internet to Meet Men, Men Who Have Sex With Men, NHBS, 20 Cities, United States, 2008–2014^*

	2008		2011		2014
	n	%	n	%	n	%	Unadjusted PR (95% CI)†	Adjusted PR (95% CI)‡
Overall	1821	20.6	3858	41.7	4225	43.9	1.39 (1.36 to 1.42)	1.39 (1.36 to 1.42)
Age, yrs
18–24	333	16.7	1058	45.1	917	46.8	1.52 (1.46 to 1.59)	1.51 (1.45 to 1.58)
25–29	356	21.8	814	46.5	1064	50.5	1.43 (1.37 to 1.49)	1.44 (1.38 to 1.50)
30–39	588	23.9	1016	46.4	1177	47.4	1.36 (1.31 to 1.41)	1.36 (1.31 to 1.41)
40–49	380	20.1	657	35.1	671	39.8	1.38 (1.31 to 1.45)	1.37 (1.30 to 1.44)
≥50	164	19.2	313	28.8	396	28.4	1.18 (1.10 to 1.27)	1.18 (1.10 to 1.27)
Race
Black	363	17.2	975	39.3	1051	39.7	1.41 (1.34 to 1.48)	1.40 (1.33 to 1.47)
Hispanic§	432	19.5	1038	43.1	1112	44.1	1.41 (1.35 to 1.47)	1.41 (1.35 to 1.47)
White	863	23.1	1553	42.4	1695	46.2	1.38 (1.34 to 1.42)	1.38 (1.34 to 1.43)
Other‖	161	21.1	286	42.6	342	46.1	1.38 (1.28 to 1.48)	1.39 (1.29 to 1.49)
Annual household income
0–$19,999	471	18.1	1130	38.9	1172	40.2	1.40 (1.35 to 1.46)	1.40 (1.35 to 1.46)
$20,000–$39,999	475	21.4	987	43.4	1076	47.1	1.42 (1.36 to 1.48)	1.41 (1.36 to 1.47)
$40,000–$74,999	478	22.2	945	43.1	1055	45.1	1.37 (1.31 to 1.42)	1.36 (1.31 to 1.42)
$75,000 or more	370	21.4	736	42.5	872	44.5	1.38 (1.32 to 1.44)	1.39 (1.33 to 1.46)
Self-reported HIV status
HIV positive	270	25.5	525	42.2	694	43.8	1.41 (1.37 to 1.44)	1.41 (1.38 to 1.45)
HIV negative	1359	20.2	3018	42.4	3294	44.4	1.26 (1.20 to 1.33)	1.27 (1.21 to 1.34)
HIV unknown	192	18.3	315	35.9	237	37.9	1.42 (1.31 to 1.53)	1.42 (1.32 to 1.53)
City
Atlanta, GA	121	35.1	219	39.3	246	48.5	1.18 (1.08 to 1.30)	1.20 (1.09 to 1.32)
Baltimore, MD	75	15	127	28.4	158	31.8	1.42 (1.26 to 1.60)	1.43 (1.28 to 1.61)
Boston, MA	72	25.5	173	41.5	157	52.2	1.40 (1.27 to 1.55)	1.38 (1.25 to 1.53)
Chicago, IL	112	20	230	45.9	248	47.9	1.47 (1.36 to 1.58)	1.47 (1.37 to 1.58)
Dallas, TX	80	15.8	179	38	187	37.4	1.44 (1.31 to 1.59)	1.46 (1.33 to 1.61)
Denver, CO	108	20	245	44.9	236	45.8	1.44 (1.33 to 1.56)	1.44 (1.33 to 1.56)
Detroit, MI	60	15.5	197	42.9	222	43.4	1.48 (1.34 to 1.65)	1.50 (1.34 to 1.67)
Houston, TX	69	15.4	171	33.6	181	35.6	1.43 (1.27 to 1.61)	1.42 (1.26 to 1.60)
Los Angeles, CA	109	20.8	212	40.8	255	48.7	1.48 (1.37 to 1.59)	1.49 (1.38 to 1.61)
Miami, FL	123	23.3	241	47.8	243	45.5	1.33 (1.20 to 1.48)	1.32 (1.20 to 1.46)
Nassau-Suffolk, NY	86	30.8	140	41.3	152	45	1.20 (1.06 to 1.35)	1.17 (1.04 to 1.32)
New Orleans, LA	57	11.9	156	32	197	38.1	1.64 (1.47 to 1.83)	1.64 (1.47 to 1.84)
New York, NY	115	21	170	32.6	243	47.8	1.51 (1.39 to 1.63)	1.46 (1.34 to 1.58)
Newark, NJ	6	6.4	171	68.4	144	58.5	1.43 (1.24 to 1.66)	1.46 (1.26 to 1.69)
Philadelphia, PA	162	28.9	215	39.4	228	34.9	1.08 (1.00 to 1.18)	1.10 (1.01 to 1.19)
San Diego, CA	130	23.7	219	46.5	244	45.4	1.33 (1.22 to 1.46)	1.36 (1.24 to 1.49)
San Francisco, CA	119	24.4	224	48.2	192	49.5	1.38 (1.28 to 1.49)	1.39 (1.28 to 1.50)
San Juan, PR	61	17.3	158	43.5	216	41.9	1.41 (1.27 to 1.57)	1.43 (1.28 to 1.59)
Seattle, WA	73	20.2	199	53.6	241	47.9	1.39 (1.27 to 1.53)	1.43 (1.30 to 1.57)
Washington, DC	83	16.6	212	42.3	235	46.1	1.55 (1.42 to 1.68)	1.54 (1.41 to 1.67)

Numbers might not add to total because of missing or unknown data. Percentages might not sum to 100 because of rounding. Frequent use of the internet is defined as ≥once a week.

^*Includes men who consented to and completed the survey, had a male sex partner in the past 12 months and reported their HIV status.

^†Reference is 2008; PR corresponds with the interaction term with year.

^‡Reference is 2008; PR corresponds to the interaction term with year; model includes year, race/ethnicity, and annual household income, and their interactions with year as fixed effects.

^§Hispanic can be of any race.

^‖Includes MSM reporting American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, other race, or multiple races.