Table 1.
Outreach | Online | p-value | WBMC | Craigslist | GRINDR | ||
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N = 64 | N = 232 | N = 18 | N = 46 | N = 109 | N = 59 | ||
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Demographics | |||||||
Age, mean1 | 32.2 | 29.4 | 0.03 | 32.0 | 29.8 | 28.4 | 30.3 |
Age, median1 | 30.5 | 27.0 | 0.02 | 31.5 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 27.0 |
Race, N (%)2,3 | |||||||
Black/Hispanic | 17 (29%) | 75 (34%) | 0.46 | 2 (12%) | 22 (50%) | 34 (33%) | 17 (30%) |
White | 41 (71%) | 143 (66%) | 14 (88%) | 22 (50%) | 68 (67%) | 39 (70%) | |
Risk Behaviors | |||||||
Number of Sex Partners in Last 6 | 5.95 | 4.21 | 0.09 | 4.88 | 4.11 | 3.30 | 5.73 |
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Months, Mean Number of Sex Partners in Last 6 Months, Median4 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.24 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 |
Multiple Sex Partners in Last 6 Months5 | 55 (89%) | 182 (80%) | 0.11 | 15 (88%) | 35 (78%) | 77 (72%) | 55 (93%) |
Number of Sex Partners | 2.79 | 1.46 | 0.06 | 1.12 | 1.13 | 1.22 | 2.29 |
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Did Not Use Condoms, Mean Number of Sex Partners | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.54 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
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Did not use Condoms, Median | |||||||
Multiple Sex Partners Did not use Condoms | 21 (33%) | 66 (30%) | 0.59 | 6 (35%) | 11 (24%) | 31 (30%) | 18 (33%) |
Mean and median age of screeners differed significantly between Facebook and Outreach (p = 0.01 for both mean and median).
Note: Ns do not add up to recruitment strategy totals because “Other” category was not included in descriptive analyses.
Minority (black and Hispanic) screeners were significantly more likely to be recruited from Craigslist than: WBMC (p = 0.01), GRINDR (p = 0.05) and Outreach (p = 0.03).
Median number of sex partners in last 6 months differed significantly between: WBMC and Facebook (p = 0.05); Facebook and GRINDR (p = 0.0001); and Facebook and Outreach (p = 0.01).
Report of multiple sex partners in last 6 months differed significantly between: Facebook and GRINDR (p = 0.001); Craigslist and GRINDR (p = 0.02); and Facebook and Outreach (p = 0.01).
NOTE: Percentages may not add up to 100% due to missing values.