Table 1.
Characteristics of the full sample (cisgender and transgender MSM) and of the analytic sample (TMSM only) in a nationwide sample in USA, May–June 2017
| Full sample (all MSM) (n=12 832) |
Analytical sample (TMSM only) (n=192) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | |
| Race and ethnicity | ||||
| Black/African American | 1326 | 10.3 | 6 | 3.1 |
| Latinx | 2873 | 22.4 | 20 | 10.4 |
| White | 6822 | 53.2 | 136 | 70.8 |
| Multiracial/other | 1811 | 14.1 | 30 | 15.6 |
| Sexual orientation | ||||
| Gay/queer/homosexual | 10 468 | 81.6 | 101 | 52.6 |
| Bisexual | 2143 | 16.7 | 73 | 38.0 |
| Something else | 221 | 1.7 | 18 | 9.4 |
| Income | ||||
| Below $10 000 | 2944 | 22.9 | 89 | 46.4 |
| $10 000 – $19 999 | 2179 | 17.0 | 36 | 18.8 |
| $20 000 – $29 999 | 2134 | 16.6 | 33 | 17.2 |
| $30 000 or more | 5575 | 43.4 | 34 | 17.6 |
| Education | ||||
| High school or less | 2969 | 23.1 | 53 | 27.6 |
| Some college | 5714 | 44.6 | 107 | 55.7 |
| Bachelor’s degree | 2735 | 21.3 | 28 | 14.6 |
| Graduate degree | 1414 | 11.0 | 4 | 2.1 |
| Relationship status | ||||
| Single | 8405 | 65.5 | 96 | 50.0 |
| Partnered | 4427 | 34.5 | 96 | 50.0 |
| Geographical region* | ||||
| North-east | 2453 | 19.1 | 36 | 18.8 |
| Midwest | 2392 | 18.6 | 46 | 24.1 |
| South | 4454 | 34.8 | 50 | 26.2 |
| West | 3533 | 27.5 | 59 | 30.9 |
| HIV status† | ||||
| Negative | 9662 | 75.3 | 165 | 85.9 |
| Positive | 2067 | 16.1 | 4 | 2.1 |
| Unknown | 1103 | 8.6 | 23 | 12.0 |
| Recruitment source | ||||
| Sexual networking app | 10 313 | 80.4 | 74 | 38.5 |
| Social networking website | 2519 | 19.6 | 118 | 61.5 |
| Alcohol use | ||||
| Yes | 10 965 | 85.5 | 164 | 85.4 |
| No | 1867 | 14.5 | 28 | 14.6 |
| Drug use | ||||
| Yes | 8291 | 64.6 | 138 | 71.9 |
| No | 4541 | 35.4 | 54 | 28.1 |
| Number of casual male partners | ||||
| 2 or more | 9424 | 73.4 | 92 | 47.9 |
| 0–1 | 3408 | 26.6 | 100 | 52.1 |
| Transmission risk behaviour | ||||
| Yes | 4965 | 38.7 | 68 | 35.4 |
| No | 7867 | 61.3 | 124 | 64.6 |
| HIV/STI testing | ||||
| Lifetime HIV‡ | 9568 | 88.9 | 137 | 71.4 |
| Past year HIV | 7956 | 62.0 | 117 | 60.9 |
| Bacterial STI | 9907 | 77.2 | 128 | 66.7 |
| Viral STI | 9761 | 76.1 | 136 | 70.8 |
| M | SD | M | SD | |
| Age (range 18–56 years) | 32.8 | 12.1 | 23.7 | 6.5 |
Transmission risk behaviour=condomless anal sex in the past 6 months with a casual male partner whose HIV status was known serodifferent or unknown.
*
n = 1 missing among TMSM.
†
Self-reported HIV status.
‡
n = 2064 missing for the full sample.
MSM, men who have sex with men; TMSM, transgender men who have sex with men.