Table 4.
Meta-analytic outcome estimates of sexual risk behaviors in adolescent sexual minority males
| Proportion outcomesa | Number of studies k |
Sample size n |
Proportion (95% CI) | Tau-Squared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ever had sex with a male in lifetime | 5 | 1423 | 0.62 (0.39, 0.81) | 1.16 |
| Recent sex with any gender partner (past 3–6 months) | 5 | 2455 | 0.67 (0.55, 0.78) | 0.35 |
| Any condomless anal sex in past 6 months | 5 | 1157 | 0.44 (0.31, 0.57) | 0.33 |
| No condom use at last sex with any gender partner, among those who ever had sex | 4 | 2164 | 0.50 (0.45, 0.55) | 0.03 |
| Alcohol or drug use at last sex with any gender partner, among those who ever had sex | 4 | 2167 | 0.32 (0.22, 0.43) | 0.22 |
| Age at first sex ≤ 13 with any gender partner | 3 | 536 | 0.49 (0.36, 0.62) | 0.19 |
| Forced sexual contact in lifetime with person of any gender | 3 | 1300 | 0.30 (0.21, 0.41) | 0.17 |
| Mean outcomes | Mean (95% CI) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of lifetime sexual partners of any gender, among those who ever had sex | 6 | 1426 | 6.92 (4.54, 9.30) | 7.70 |
| Age at first sex with any gender partner | 3 | 944 | 13.6 (13.3, 13.8) | 0.00 |
aType of sex not specified for any outcomes listed except for condomless anal sex