Table 1.
Demographic and Behavioral Characteristics of 800 Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men, Overall and Stratified by Birth Cohort, United States, August–September 2015.
| Characteristic | Birth cohort | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total |
1928–1959 |
1960–1969 |
1970–1979 |
1980–1989 |
1990–1997 |
|
| (N = 800) |
(N = 214) |
(N = 251) |
(N = 96) |
(N = 104) |
(N = 135) | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Race/Ethnicity | ||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 642 (80.3) | 196 (91.6) | 211 (84.1) | 71 (74.0) | 72 (69.2) | 92 (68.2) |
| Non-Hispanic non-Whitea | 65 (8.1) | 7 (3.3) | 18 (7.2) | 10 (10.4) | 12 (11.5) | 18 (13.3) |
| Hispanic | 93 (11.6) | 11 (5.1) | 22 (8.8) | 15 (15.6) | 20 (19.2) | 25 (18.5) |
| Educational level | ||||||
| Associate’s/Technical degree or lowerb | 315 (39.4) | 75 (35.1) | 97 (38.7) | 33 (34.4) | 25 (24.0) | 85 (63.0) |
| Bachelor’s degree | 262 (32.8) | 65 (30.4) | 80 (31.9) | 32 (33.3) | 41 (39.4) | 44 (32.6) |
| Master’s/Doctoral degree | 223 (27.9) | 74 (34.6) | 74 (29.5) | 31 (32.3) | 38 (36.5) | 6 (4.4) |
| Sexual orientation | ||||||
| Homosexual/Gay | 676 (84.5) | 173 (80.8) | 221 (88.1) | 82 (85.4) | 90 (86.5) | 110 (81.5) |
| Bisexual/Otherc | 124 (15.5) | 41 (19.2) | 30 (12.0) | 14 (14.6) | 14 (13.5) | 25 (18.5) |
| Relationship status | ||||||
| Single | 329 (41.1) | 93 (43.5) | 84 (33.5) | 41 (42.7) | 37 (35.6) | 74 (54.8) |
| Have a primary partnerd | 471 (58.9) | 121 (56.5) | 167 (66.5) | 55 (57.3) | 67 (64.4) | 61 (45.2) |
| Had CAS in the past 3 months | ||||||
| Yes, with ≥2 men | 116 (14.5) | 20 (9.4) | 39 (15.5) | 11 (11.5) | 24 (23.1) | 22 (16.3) |
| Yes, with 1 man | 270 (33.8) | 55 (25.7) | 86 (34.3) | 37 (38.5) | 46 (44.2) | 46 (34.1) |
| No | 414 (51.8) | 139 (65.0) | 126 (50.2) | 48 (50.0) | 34 (32.7) | 67 (49.6) |
| Time of most recent HIV test | ||||||
| Tested in the past year | 403 (50.4) | 90 (42.1) | 119 (47.4) | 52 (54.2) | 65 (62.5) | 77 (57.0) |
| Tested more than a year ago | 295 (36.9) | 94 (43.9) | 115 (45.8) | 40 (41.2) | 27 (26.0) | 19 (14.1) |
| Never been tested | 102 (12.8) | 30 (14.0) | 17 (6.8) | 4 (4.2) | 12 (11.5) | 39 (28.9) |
| Self-reported HIV status | ||||||
| Negative | 694 (86.8) | 183 (85.5) | 232 (92.4) | 92 (95.8) | 92 (88.5) | 95 (70.4) |
| Unknowne | 106 (13.3) | 31 (14.5) | 19 (7.6) | 4 (4.2) | 12 (11.5) | 40 (29.6) |
Note. aIncludes 21 non-Hispanic Black/African American, 13 Asian, 8 Native American/Alaskan Native, 1 Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, and 22 other. bIncludes 89 with an Associate’s/Technical degree, 171 with some college education, 48 with a high school diploma or General Educational Development (GED), and 7 with some high school education. cIncludes 102 bisexual, 7 heterosexual/straight, 11 questioning/unsure, 2 queer, and 2 other. dDescribed to participants as “Someone you feel committed to above all others. You might call this person your boyfriend, partner, significant other, spouse, or husband.” Includes 324 in a monogamous relationship, 122 in an open relationship with restrictions, and 25 in an open relationship without restrictions. eIncludes 102 who never tested, and 4 who tested but did not know their result. CAS = condomless anal sex.