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Table 1 Basic characteristics of KABaSTI and GMA-2007 survey participants

From: Estimating the regional distribution of men who have sex with men (MSM) based on Internet surveys

  

KABaSTI (online) (2006)

(n = 5,358)

(%)

GMA-2007

(n = 8,170)

(%)

Age distribution

   
 

15–20

11.3

11.2

 

21–29

28.8

25.3

 

30–44

44.8

40.1

 

>44

15.0

23.4

Educational status

No qualification for university access

48.8

42.2

 

Qualification for university access

51.2

57.8

City size

   
 

> 1 million

22.1

23.8

 

500,000–1 million

12.1

13.3

 

100,000–500,000

22.6

20.3

 

20,000–100,000

22.0

21.1

 

< 20,000

21.1

21.5

Sexual identity

Gay/homosexual

88.3

84.8

 

bisexual

10.3

10.6

 

Other/none

1.4

4.6

HIV testing history

Ever tested

69.0

64.3

 

Never tested

31.0

35.7

Self-reported HIV status among tested

HIV positive

17.5

10.7

 

HIV negative

80.6

89.3

 

no test result specified

1.9

-

Recruitment sites

   

online

Gay Romeo

18.1

8.1

 

Gay Royal

15.3

30.4

 

Homo.net

29.1

7.8

 

Queer.de

12.3

9.5

 

Funkyboys (young MSM)

13.7

12.6

 

DBNA (young MSM)

-

6.5

 

Bareback City (bareback)

9.2

-

 

others

2.3

1.0

offline

Gay print media

-

24.1