Table 1 Sociodemographics, risk behaviors and HIV testing intentions by HIV testing history of MSM websites' users
Never tested n = 2464 (28.6 %) | Ever tested n = 6156 (71.4 %) | Total n = 8620 | |||||
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n | % | n | % | n | % | P-valuea | |
Age | <0.001 | ||||||
18–24 | 852 | 34.6 | 815 | 13.3 | 1667 | 19.4 | |
25–34 | 836 | 34.0 | 2366 | 38.5 | 3202 | 37.2 | |
35–44 | 446 | 18.1 | 1845 | 30.0 | 2291 | 26.6 | |
≥ 45 | 327 | 13.3 | 1121 | 18.2 | 1448 | 16.8 | <0.001 |
Education | |||||||
None/Primary/Secondary | 405 | 16.5 | 773 | 12.6 | 1178 | 13.7 | |
Higher secondary | 890 | 36.2 | 1805 | 29.4 | 2695 | 31.4 | |
University | 1162 | 47.3 | 3561 | 58.0 | 4723 | 54.9 | |
Place of birth | <0.001 | ||||||
Spain | 2271 | 92.2 | 5217 | 84.7 | 7488 | 86.9 | |
Latin-America | 117 | 4.7 | 544 | 8.8 | 661 | 7.7 | |
Other country | 76 | 3.1 | 395 | 6.4 | 471 | 5.5 | |
Place of residenceb | 0.073 | ||||||
Spain | 2310 | 96.0 | 5698 | 95.0 | 8008 | 95.2 | |
Latin-America | 23 | 1.0 | 91 | 1.5 | 114 | 1.4 | |
Other country | 74 | 3.1 | 212 | 3.5 | 286 | 3.4 | |
City residence (inhabitants)b | <0.001 | ||||||
< 100,000 | 1014 | 42.2 | 1875 | 31.3 | 2889 | 34.4 | |
100,000–500,000 | 616 | 25.6 | 1428 | 23.8 | 2044 | 24.4 | |
> 500,000 | 773 | 32.2 | 2686 | 44.8 | 3459 | 41.2 | |
Involvement with the gay scene | <0.001 | ||||||
Member of a gay CBOc | 59 | 2.5 | 391 | 6.6 | 450 | 5.4 | |
Not member of a gay CBO-Frequents the gay scene | 875 | 37.3 | 3530 | 59.6 | 4405 | 53.3 | |
Not related to gay scene | 1410 | 60.2 | 2006 | 33.8 | 3416 | 41.3 | |
No. of male sexual partnersb | <0.001 | ||||||
0 | 129 | 5.3 | 121 | 2.0 | 250 | 2.9 | |
1–4 | 1216 | 49.9 | 2109 | 34.7 | 3325 | 39.1 | |
5–9 | 540 | 22.2 | 1316 | 21.7 | 1856 | 21.8 | |
10–19 | 341 | 14.0 | 1315 | 21.7 | 1656 | 19.5 | |
≥ 20 | 210 | 8.6 | 1211 | 19.9 | 1421 | 16.7 | |
Anal intercourse and condom useb | <0.001 | ||||||
No anal intercourse | 129 | 5.3 | 121 | 2.0 | 250 | 3.0 | |
Had but all were protected | 937 | 38.7 | 2185 | 36.2 | 3122 | 36.9 | |
Had unprotected anal sex | 1357 | 56.0 | 3734 | 61.8 | 5091 | 60.2 | |
Ever paid for sex | 176 | 7.2 | 419 | 6.9 | 595 | 7.0 | 0.572 |
Ever been paid for sex | 99 | 4.1 | 286 | 4.7 | 385 | 4.5 | 0.201 |
Injected drug use (Ever) | 27 | 1.1 | 72 | 1.2 | 99 | 1.2 | 0.763 |
No. of previous HIV tests | |||||||
1 | 1302 | 21.2 | |||||
2 | 1320 | 21.4 | |||||
> 2 | 3534 | 57.4 | |||||
Time since last HIV test (years) | |||||||
< 1 | 2747 | 44.7 | |||||
1–3 | 2527 | 41.1 | |||||
4–5 | 451 | 7.3 | |||||
6–10 | 307 | 5.0 | |||||
> 10 | 116 | 1.9 | |||||
HIV testing intention in the next year | <0.001 | ||||||
Certainly yes | 258 | 10.5 | 2793 | 45.4 | 3051 | 35.4 | |
Probably yes | 434 | 17.6 | 1544 | 25.1 | 1978 | 23.0 | |
Not sure | 984 | 40.0 | 1125 | 18.3 | 2109 | 24.5 | |
Probably no | 576 | 23.4 | 551 | 9.0 | 1127 | 13.1 | |
Certainly no | 209 | 8.5 | 137 | 2.2 | 346 | 4.0 | |
Knows about the availability of self-testing in the USA | <0.001 | ||||||
I had no idea about it | 2076 | 84.4 | 4697 | 76.6 | 6773 | 78.8 | |
I thought it could exist, although I had never seen it | 284 | 11.5 | 1014 | 16.5 | 1298 | 15.1 | |
Yes I knew about it | 100 | 4.1 | 424 | 6.9 | 524 | 6.1 | |