Table 2.
Characteristics of men who have sex with men in the American Men's Internet Survey by recruitment type, United States, 2016.
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Total | Gay social networking (n=2) | General gay interest (n=1) | General social networking (n=3) | Geospatial social networking (n=2) | AMISa 2015 participants |
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| Race/ethnicity, n (%) | <.001 | ||||||||||||
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Black, non-Hispanic | 879 (8.65) | 35 (3.02) | 0 (0.00) | 664 (10.37) | 141 (8.06) | 39 (4.63) |
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Hispanic | 1311 (12.90) | 73 (6.29) | 2 (15.38) | 852 (13.31) | 286 (16.34) | 98 (11.64) |
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White, non-Hispanic | 7073 (69.58) | 986 (85.00) | 8 (61.54) | 4274 (66.77) | 1157 (66.11) | 648 (76.96) |
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Other or multiple races | 903 (8.88) | 66 (5.69) | 3 (23.08) | 611 (9.55) | 166 (9.49) | 57 (6.77) |
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| Age (years), n (%) | <.001 | ||||||||||||
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15-24 | 2718 (26.74) | 27 (2.33) | 6 (46) | 2268 (35.43) | 271 (15.49) | 146 (17.34) |
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25-29 | 1693 (16.65) | 34 (2.93) | 2 (15) | 1223 (19.11) | 265 (15.14) | 169 (20.07) |
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30-39 | 1414 (13.91) | 92 (7.93) | 1 (8) | 719 (11.23) | 455 (26.00) | 147 (17.46) |
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≥40 | 4341 (42.70) | 1007 (86.81) | 4 (31) | 2191 (34.23) | 759 (43.37) | 380 (45.13) |
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| Region, n (%) | <.001 | ||||||||||||
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Northeast | 1879 (18.48) | 235 (20.26) | 2 (15.38) | 1185 (18.51) | 306 (17.49) | 151 (17.93) |
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Midwest | 1988 (19.56) | 232 (20.00) | 4 (30.77) | 1352 (21.12) | 233 (13.31) | 167 (19.83) |
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South | 4055 (39.89) | 422 (36.38) | 4 (30.77) | 2506 (39.15) | 800 (45.71) | 323 (38.36) |
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West | 2240 (22.03) | 271 (23.36) | 3 (23.08) | 1355 (21.17) | 410 (23.43) | 201 (23.87) |
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US-dependent areas | 4 (0.04) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (0.05) | 1 (0.06) | 0 (0) |
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| NHBSc city resident, n (%) | <.001 | ||||||||||||
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Yes | 4224 (41.55) | 500 (43.10 | 7 (53.85) | 2291 (35.81) | 1085 (62.00) | 341 (40.50) |
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No | 5942 (58.45) | 660 (56.90 | 6 (46.15) | 4110 (64.21) | 665 (38.02) | 501 (59.50) |
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| Population densityd, n (%) | <.001 | ||||||||||||
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Urban | 4288 (42.18) | 436 (37.59) | 5 (38.46) | 2538 (39.65) | 944 (53.94) | 365 (43.35) |
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Suburban | 2200 (21.64) | 316 (27.24) | 6 (46.15) | 1298 (20.28) | 409 (23.37) | 171 (20.31) |
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Small/medium metropolitan | 2790 (27.44) | 305 (26.29) | 1 (7.69) | 1929 (30.14) | 305 (17.43) | 250 (29.69) |
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Rural | 884 (8.70) | 103 (8.88) | 1 (7.69) | 633 (9.89) | 91 (5.20) | 56 (6.65) |
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| Self-reported HIV status, n (%) | <.001 | ||||||||||||
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Positive | 1098 (10.80) | 125 (10.78) | 2 (15.38) | 619 (9.67) | 263 (15.03) | 89 (10.57) |
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Negative | 7089 (69.73) | 828 (71.38) | 9 (69.23) | 4283 (66.91) | 1291 (73.77) | 678 (80.52) |
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Unknown | 1979 (19.47) | 207 (17.84) | 2 (15.38) | 1499 (23.42) | 196 (11.20) | 75 (8.91) |
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| Total (N) | 10,166 | 1160 | 13 | 6401 | 1750 | 842 |
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aAMIS: American Men’s Internet Survey.
bChi-square test for difference in characteristics between recruitment types.
cNHBS: National HIV Behavioral Surveillance.
dThe National Center for Health Statistics urban/rural category could not be assigned for four participants living in US territories.