Table 1.
Sexual Agreement Type by Demographic characteristics
| Overall | Monogamous | Open | Monogamish | Test Statistic | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 530 (100.0) | 175 (33.0) | 239 (45.1) | 116 (21.9) | |||
| Column Percentages | ||||||
| n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | n(%) | |||
| Age | χ2(2) = 11.70** | |||||
| 30 years and younger [0] | 268 (50.6) | 107 (61.1)a | 108 (45.2)b | 53 (45.7)b | ||
| 31 years or older [1] | 262 (49.4) | 68 (38.9)a | 131 (54.8)b | 63 (54.3)b | ||
| Race | χ2(8) = 11.40 | |||||
| Black/Afro-Latinx | 43 (8.1) | 18 (10.3) | 18 (7.5) | 7 (6.0) | ||
| White Latinx | 335 (63.2) | 101 (57.7) | 166 (69.5) | 68 (58.6) | ||
| Native American/Indigenous | 19 (3.6) | 7 (4.0) | 6 (2.5) | 6 (5.2) | ||
| Multiracial | 92 (17.4) | 31 (17.7) | 35 (14.6) | 26 (22.4) | ||
| Other | 41 (7.7) | 18 (10.3) | 14 (5.9) | 9 (7.8) | ||
| Ethnic Origin | χ2(8) = 13.53 | |||||
| Mexican/Chicanx | 261 (49.2) | 81 (46.3) | 122 (51.0) | 58 (50.0) | ||
| Central American | 37 (7.0) | 14 (8.0) | 17 (7.1) | 6 (5.2) | ||
| South American | 81 (15.3) | 23 (13.1) | 30 (12.6) | 28 (24.1) | ||
| Caribbean | 132 (24.9) | 48 (27.4) | 63 (26.4) | 21 (18.1) | ||
| Other/multiethnic | 19 (3.6) | 9 (5.1) | 7 (2.9) | 3 (2.6) | ||
| Language Spoken with Main Partner | χ2(4) = 0.65 | |||||
| English only | 182 (34.3) | 60 (34.3) | 83 (34.7) | 39 (33.6) | ||
| Spanish only | 71 (13.4) | 26 (14.9) | 31 (13.0) | 14 (12.1) | ||
| Bilingual | 277 (52.3) | 89 (50.9) | 125 (52.3) | 63 (54.3) | ||
| Born in Mainland U.S. | χ2(2) = 2.45 | |||||
| Yes [1] | 307 (57.9) | 106 (60.6) | 141 (59.0) | 60 (51.7) | ||
| No [0] | 223 (42.1) | 69 (39.4) | 98 (41.0) | 56 (48.3) | ||
| Sexual Identity | χ2(4) = 5.82 | |||||
| Gay | 464 (87.5) | 145 (82.9) | 215 (90.0) | 104 (89.7) | ||
| Bisexual | 48 (9.1) | 23 (13.1) | 17 (7.1) | 8 (6.9) | ||
| Queer | 18 (3.4) | 7 (4.0) | 7 (2.9) | 4 (3.4) | ||
| HIV status | χ2(2) = 3.55 | |||||
| Negative/Unknown [0] | 404 (76.2) | 139 (79.4) | 173 (72.4) | 92 (79.3) | ||
| Positive [1] | 126 (23.8) | 36 (20.6) | 66 (27.6) | 24 (20.7) | ||
| PrEP Uptake | χ2(2) = 11.41** | |||||
| Currently prescribed [1] | 105 (19.8) | 22 (12.6)a | 50 (20.9)a,b | 33 (28.4)b | ||
| Not currently prescribed [0] | 425 (80.2) | 153 (87.4)a | 189 (79.1)a,b | 83 (71.6)b | ||
| CAS with Main Partner | χ2(2) = 0.37 | |||||
| At least one CAS [1] | 325 (77.9) | 109 (74.7) | 142 (81.1) | 74 (77.1) | ||
| No CAS [0] | 92 (22.1) | 37 (25.3) | 33 (18.9) | 22 (22.9) | ||
| Education | χ2(2) = 4.37 | |||||
| Less than 4-year college [0] | 336 (63.4) | 114 (65.1) | 158 (66.1) | 64 (55.2) | ||
| 4-year college degree or more [1] | 194 (36.6) | 61 (34.9) | 81 (33.9) | 52 (44.8) | ||
| Income | χ2(2) = 3.12 | |||||
| <$30,000 [0] | 332 (62.6) | 110 (62.9) | 157 (65.7) | 65 (56.0) | ||
| $30,000 or more [1] | 198 (37.4) | 65 (37.1) | 82 (34.3) | 51 (44.0) | ||
| Relationship Length | χ2(2) = 6.82* | |||||
| Less than 3 years [0] | 279 (52.7) | 105 (60.0)a | 122 (51.3)a,b | 52 (44.8)b | ||
| 3 years or more [1] | 250 (47.3) | 70 (40.0)a | 116 (48.7)a,b | 64 (55.2)b | ||
| M(SD) ‡ | M(SD) ‡ | M(SD) ‡ | M(SD) ‡ | |||
| Length of U.S. Residency (years)† | 10.5 (10.5) | 11.7 (10.9) | 10.0 (10.5) | 9.7 (11.2) | F(2, 218) = 0.75 | |
| Machismo | 29.7 (15.7) | 29.2 (17.4)a, b | 31.5 (15.4)a | 26.7 (12.9)b | F(2, 527) = 3.92* | |
| Caballerismo | 56.5 (16.2) | 58.9 (16.8)a | 54.2 (16.3)a | 57.5 (14.6)a, b | F(2, 527) = 4.46* | |
| Genderism | 33.5 (17.0) | 29.8 (14.9)a | 37.5 (18.0)b | 30.9 (16.2)a | F(2, 527) = 12.60** | |
| Sexual Communication | 39.5 (9.5) | 40.7 (10.0)a | 37.5 (9.1)b | 41.8 (9.1)a | F(2, 527) = 10.24** | |
| DAS | 32.6 (6.4) | 32.9 (6.6)a,b | 31.7 (6.5)a | 33.9 (5.7)b | F(2, 527) = 5.29** | |
| DAST | 1.3 (2.1) | 1.0 (1.5)a | 1.6 (2.6)b | 1.1 (1.8)a,b | F(2, 527) = 4.44* | |
| AUDIT | 7.4 (8.0) | 5.4 (5.9)a | 9.1 (9.0)b | 6.8 (7.7)a | F(2, 527) = 11.67** | |
Note: Numbers in brackets indicate underlying coding metric.
*
p ≤ .05;
**
p ≤ .01
a-b
Within rows, cells with different superscripts differed at p < .05 using the post hoc chi-squared proportion test for categorical variables and a post hoc LSD difference test for continuous variables.
†
Participants born outside the mainland U.S.
‡
Scores represent the average of the total sum score.
DAS = Dyadic Adjustment Scale; DAST = Drug Abuse Screening Test; AUDIT = Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test; CAS = Condomless Anal Sex