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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 28.
Published in final edited form as: J Interpers Violence. 2014 Jan 3;29(11):2054–2067. doi: 10.1177/0886260513516006

Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of Asian/Pacific Islander MSM by IPV Status.

Variables Overall IPV No IPV Significance
(N = 412) (n = 120) (n = 292)
Age in years: M (SD)
 Age at time of survey 30.0 (10.2) 28.0 (9.0) 30.8 (10.5) F = 6.75, p = .01
 Age when first realized attraction to men 11.5 (4.5) 11.7 (4.5) 11.4 (4.5) F = 0.37, p = .54
 Age at first intimate physical contact/physical sex with another man 17.6 (5.4) 16.3 (4.7) 18.2 (5.6) F = 9.77, p = .002
 Age when moved to the United States 14.7 (9.9) 12.7 (8.6) 15.5 (10.3) F = 3.22, p = .074
Nativity: n (%)
 U.S. born 194 (47.7) 59 (50.0) 135 (46.7) χ2(1) = 0.36, p = .547
 Non-U.S. born 213 (52.3) 59 (50.0) 154 (53.3)
Sexual orientation: n (%)
 Gay 345 (84.4) 97 (80.8) 248 (85.8) χ2(3) = 6.74, p = .081
 Bisexual 53 (13.0) 22 (18.3) 31 (10.7)
 Straight 6 (1.5) 0 (0.0) 6 (2.1)
 Other 5 (1.2) 1 (0.8) 4 (1.4)
Location: n (%)
 East Coast 59 (15.1) 17 (14.5) 42 (15.3) χ2(1) = 0.035, p = .85
 West Coast 333 (84.9) 100 (85.5) 233 (84.7)
Race: n (%)
 Asian American 109 (26.9) 37 (31.6) 72 (25.0) χ2(5) = 15.38, p = .009
 Southeast Asian 147 (36.3) 45 (38.5) 102 (35.4)
 East Asian 109 (26.9) 18 (15.4) 91 (31.6)
 South Asian 3 (0.7) 1 (0.9) 2 (0.7)
 Mixed 26 (6.4) 13 (11.1) 13 (4.5)
 Hawaiian and Pacific Islander 11 (2.7) 3 (2.6) 8 (2.8)
Other variable: Yes: n (%)
 Ever had any form of sexual/intimate contact with another man in your life 398 (97.3) 119 (99.2) 279 (96.5) χ2(1) = 2.24, p = .14
 Ever had any form of sexual/intimate contact with a woman 163 (40.0) 53 (44.2) 110 (38.2) χ2(1) = 1.26, p = .26
 Ever been tested for HIV 353 (86.3) 108 (91.5) 245 (84.2) χ2(1) = 3.82, p = .05

Note. MSM = men who have sex with men; IPV = intimate partner violence.