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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2018 Nov 1;79(3):339–346. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000001822

Table 1.

Sociodemographic variables by PrEP use among BMSM (N=4,184) from multiple US cities.

Current PrEP User
No (N=3,804) Yes (N=380)
Variable N % N % aOR (95%CI)
Sexual Orientation
 Gay/Same Gender Loving
 Heterosexual
 Bisexual
 Other
2950
55
735
63
77.6
1.4
19.3
1.7
303
2
68
6
79.9
0.5
17.9
1.6
0.34 (0.08–1.43)
0.91 (0.69–1.21)
0.99 (0.42–2.32)
Employed (yes) 2974 79.2 297 78.2 0.90 (0.69–1.18)
Residential instability in past 12 months (yes) 350 9.3 127 33.4 5.25 (4.10–6.72)***
Income
 <$30,000
 ≥$30,000
1744
1992
46.7
53.3
148
229
39.3
60.7
1.31 (1.04–1.64)
Currently have health care
coverage? (yes)
3152 82.9 342 90.0 1.84 (1.30–2.62)**
Do you have a place to go for
health care needs? (yes)
2961 88.2 331 94.6 2.35 (1.46–3.79)***
In past 12 months, was there a
time you needed health care
but couldn’t afford it? (yes)
696 18.5 120 31.7 2.05 (1.62–2.60)***
Tested for HIV in past 6
months (yes)
2270 59.7 325 85.8 4.20 (3.12–5.65)***
In-field HIV testing
(subsample
electing to test, N=3,512)
 HIV positive
 HIV negative
639
2554
20.0
80.0
103
216
32.3
67.7
1.68 (1.31–2.15)***
Relationship Status
 Partnered
 Single
 Other
808
2881
74
21.5
76.6
2.0
118
254
8
31.1
66.8
2.1
0.58 (0.45–0.73)***
0.75 (0.35–1.60)
Monogamous Relationship
(only have sex with each other)
(yes)
629 77.9 99 84.6 1.51 (.88–2.58)
Number of times tested for HIV in the past two years
 0
 1–2
 3–4
 5+
674
1304
1009
817
17.7
34.3
26.5
21.5
37
89
74
180
9.7
23.4
19.5
47.4

1.69 (1.51–1.89)***
Depression (CESD Score 10≥) 865 22.8 123 32.4 1.56 (1.24–1.97)***
Education level
 High school or less
 Some college or more
1047
2711
28.0
72.0
130
250
34.2
65.8

1.36 (1.08–1.71)**
M SD M SD
Age 30.59 10.41 30.04 9.85 0.99 (0.98–1.01)

Note: All analyses controlled for city and year of assessment.