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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Aug 26.
Published in final edited form as: J Soc Struct. 2019 Aug;20(3):70–95. doi: 10.21307/joss-2019-007

Table 2.

shows the characteristics of the YBMSM in our analytic sample (N=268).

Characteristics Percent
Prevention and sex behaviors
 Received HIV care (prevention or treatment) from provider 68.3
 Tested for HIV or STIs at least 3 times in the last 9 months 83.6
 Heard of PrEP 77.2
 Condomless sex 59.3
 Sex drug use 35.1
 Group sex 17.2
Sociodemographic, behavioral and structural factors (controls)
 Mean Age 23.47 (2.90; 17, 29)
 Sexual orientation (bisexual) 26.1
 HIV status (HIV+) 41.4
 Health insurance coverage 77.2
 Housing instability (in last 12 months) 20.5
 Criminal justice involvement (ever) 11.9
 Member of a ball house or gay family 31.3
 Recreational marijuana use (daily or more) 29.5
Confidant ego-network features
 Mean number of confidants 2.21 (1.11; 0, 5)
 At least one confidant who is MSM 45.5
 At least one confidant who knows respondent is MSM 39.9
 At least one confidant who is biological / play family 10.1
Sexual ego-network features
 Mean number of partners in past 6 months 2.72 (1.58; 0, 6)
 At least one partner who is HIV+ 24.6
 At least one partner met through mutual friends 47.8
 At least one partner met at bars, clubs, or ball events 14.9
 At least one partner met in public spaces 20.2
 At least one partner met online 46.3
Facebook network features
 Number of Facebook friends 44.65 (27.60; 0, 162)
 Number of Facebook group affiliations 11.00 (14.01; 1, 89)
 At least one LGBTQ identity Facebook group 56.4
 At least one Sexual Attraction Facebook group 51.5
 At least one Chat Facebook group 60.5
 At least one Secret Facebook group 73.7
 Mean range of subjects among Facebook groups 3.95 (2.19; 1, 9)

Note: Numbers in parentheses are estimated standard deviation, minimum, maximum