Table 2.
Characteristics of men who have sex with men in the American Men’s Internet Survey by recruitment type, United States, 2017.
| Participant characteristics | Total | Gay social networking (n=2)a | General gay interest (n=1)a | General social networking (n=3)a | Geospatial social networking (n=2)a | AMISb 2016 participants | P valuec | ||
| Race/ethnicity, n (%) | <.001 | ||||||||
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Black, non-Hispanic | 654 (6.51) | 93 (7.19) | 1 (1.18) | 255 (6.99) | 230 (5.85) | 75 (6.87) |
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Hispanic | 1538 (15.31) | 69 (5.34) | 9 (10.59) | 719 (19.71) | 614 (15.62) | 127 (11.63) |
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White, non-Hispanic | 6955 (69.21) | 1056 (81.67) | 70 (82.35) | 2371 (64.99) | 2662 (67.72) | 796 (72.89) |
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Other or multiple races | 687 (6.84) | 51 (3.94) | 4 (4.71) | 234 (6.41) | 315 (8.01) | 83 (7.60) |
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| Age (years), n (%) | <.001 | ||||||||
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15-24 | 2726 (27.13) | 28 (2.17) | 6 (7.06) | 1736 (47.59) | 779 (19.82) | 177 (16.21) |
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25-29 | 1246 (12.40) | 43 (3.33) | 11 (12.94) | 288 (7.89) | 696 (17.71) | 208 (19.05) |
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30-39 | 1592 (15.84) | 113 (8.74) | 18 (21.18) | 358 (9.81) | 887 (22.56) | 216 (19.78) |
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40 or older | 4485 (44.63) | 1109 (85.77) | 50 (58.82) | 1266 (34.70) | 1569 (39.91) | 491 (44.96) |
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| Region, n (%) | <.001 | ||||||||
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Northeast | 1875 (18.66) | 266 (20.57) | 19 (22.35) | 636 (17.43) | 763 (19.41) | 191 (17.49) |
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Midwest | 1917 (19.08) | 274 (21.19) | 11 (12.94) | 671 (18.39) | 750 (19.08) | 211 (19.32) |
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South | 3849 (38.30) | 448 (34.65) | 31 (36.47) | 1504 (41.23) | 1436 (36.53) | 430 (39.38) |
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West | 2398 (23.86) | 305 (23.59) | 24 (28.24) | 837 (22.94) | 972 (24.73) | 260 (23.81) |
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US dependent areas | 10 (0.10) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 10 (0.25) | 0 (0) |
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| NHBSd city resident, n (%) | .004 | ||||||||
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Yes | 4127 (41.07) | 533 (41.22) | 38 (44.71) | 1393 (38.19) | 1655 (42.10) | 508 (46.52) |
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No | 5922 (58.93) | 760 (58.78) | 47 (55.29) | 2255 (61.81) | 2276 (57.90) | 584 (53.48) |
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| Population densitye, n (%) | <.001 | ||||||||
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Urban | 4230 (42.09) | 481 (37.20) | 45 (52.94) | 1449 (39.72) | 1708 (43.45) | 547 (50.09) |
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Suburban | 2181 (21.70) | 351 (27.15) | 13 (15.29) | 811 (22.23) | 793 (20.17) | 213 (19.51) |
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Small/medium metropolitan | 2821 (28.07) | 323 (24.98) | 23 (27.06) | 1104 (30.26) | 1101 (28.01) | 270 (24.73) |
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Rural | 806 (8.02) | 138 (10.67) | 4 (4.71) | 284 (7.79) | 318 (8.09) | 62 (5.68) |
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| Self-reported HIV status, n (%) | <.001 | ||||||||
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Positive | 964 (9.59) | 145 (11.21) | 12 (14.12) | 268 (7.35) | 433 (11.02) | 106 (9.71) |
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Negative | 7180 (71.45) | 964 (74.56) | 64 (75.29) | 2268 (62.17) | 2954 (75.15) | 930 (85.16) |
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Unknown | 1905 (18.96) | 184 (14.23 | 9 (10.59) | 1112 (30.48) | 544 (13.84) | 56 (5.13) |
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| Total, n (%) | 10,049 (100) | 1293 (12.33) | 85 (0.85) | 3648 (36.30) | 3931 (39.12) | 1092 (10.87) | N/Af | ||
aRefers to the number of websites or apps in this category
bAMIS: American Men’s Internet Survey.
cA chi-square test for the difference in characteristics between recruitment types.
dNHBS: National HIV Behavioral Surveillance.
eThe National Center for Health Statistics urban/rural category could not be assigned for 10 participants living in US territories.
fNot applicable.