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. 2019 Feb 20;5(1):e11313. doi: 10.2196/11313

Table 5.

HIV testing behaviors of HIV-negative or unknown-status men who have sex with men in the American Men's Internet Survey, United States, 2016.

Participant characteristics Participants (N) HIV testing behaviors


HIV tested ever HIV tested in past 12 months


n (%) P valuea n (%) P valuea
Race/ethnicity

Black, non-Hispanic 631 563 (89.22) <.001 440 (69.73) <.001

Hispanic 1181 916 (77.56) .09 710 (60.12) .68

White, non-Hispanic 6441 5134 (79.71) Refa 3512 (54.53) Refa

Other or multiple races 815 635 (77.91) .30 457 (56.07) .02
Age (years)

15-24 2659 1521 (57.20) <.001 1207 (45.39) <.001

25-29 1596 1393 (87.28) .004 1040 (65.16) <.001

30-39 1228 1129 (91.94) <.001 829 (67.51) <.001

≥40 3585 3205 (89.40) Refa 2043 (56.99) Refa
NHBSb city resident

Yes 3656 3112 (85.12) <.001 2356 (64.44) <.001

No 5412 4136 (76.42) Refa 2763 (51.05) Refa
Recruitment type 1119 926 (82.75)



Gay social networking 73 66 (90.41) <.001 577 (51.56) <.001

General gay interest 6125 4676 (76.34) .18 44 (60.27) .93

General social networking 1731 1563 (90.29) Refa 3193 (52.13) Refa

Geospatial social networking 1119 926 (82.75) <.001 1292 (74.64) <.001
Total 9068 7248 (79.93)
5119 (56.45)

aWald chi-square from multivariable logistic regression comparing behavior (yes vs no) between groups with specific characteristics and a reference (Ref) group.

bNHBS: National HIV Behavioral Surveillance.