Demographics, sexual health service use, STIs, and sexual behaviour: comparing MSM in the GMSHS and MSM in Natsal1,2
GMSHS | Natsal London MSM only | Natsal all MSM | |
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(n = 1406) | (n = 46.1) (weighted*), (n = 79) (unweighted) | (n = 156.8) (weighted*), (n = 176) (unweighted) | |
*Weighting for the inverse probability of selection and to match age/gender/region distribution of British population according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) population estimates for mid-1999.7 | |||
†Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals use weighted data. | |||
Median age | 32 | 32 | 32 |
% not white | 12.9% | 22.9% | 9.2% |
Odds ratio (95% CI)† | 1 | 2.01 (1.02 to 3.95) | 0.69 (0.40 to 1.17) |
% reside in Inner London | 78.5% | 61.3% | 18.0% |
Odds ratio (95% CI) | 1 | 0.43 (0.22 to 0.83) | 0.06 (0.04 to 0.09) |
% no education after the age of 16 | 13.7% | 12.7% | 18.1% |
Odds ratio (95% CI) | 1 | 0.92 (0.43 to 1.98) | 1.39 (0.87 to 2.22) |
% not currently employed | 13.8% | 30.5% | 29.2% |
Odds ratio (95% CI) | 1 | 2.74 (1.50 to 5.00) | 2.57 (1.73 to 3.82) |
% attended GUM clinic in the last year | 41.7% | 17.5% | 18.6% |
Odds ratio (95% CI) | 1 | 0.30 (0.16 to 0.56) | 0.32 (0.20 to 0.51) |
% ever tested for HIV | 68.3% | 47.2% | 43.9% |
Odds ratio (95% CI) | 1 | 0.41 (0.23 to 0.74) | 0.36 (0.25 to 0.53) |
Of those testing, % who test for HIV in last year | 30.8% | 29.0% | 34.8% |
Odds ratio (95% CI) | 1 | 0.92 (0.44 to 1.93) | 1.20 (0.68 to 2.11) |
% STI in the last year | 19.2% | 5.2% | 1.6% |
Odds ratio (95% CI) | 1 | 0.23 (0.09 to 0.61) | 0.07 (0.03 to 0.18) |
% 1+ male sex partners in the last year | 96.6% | 88.5% | 83.6% |
Odds ratio (95% CI) | 1 | 0.27 (0.11 to 0.67) | 0.18 (0.10 to 0.32) |
% >5 male sex partners in the last year | 52.9% | 29.1% | 19.2% |
Odds ratio (95% CI) | 1 | 0.37 (0.21 to 0.63) | 0.21 (0.14 to 0.33) |
% 1+ UAI partners in the last year | 41.8% | 31.8% | 35.3% |
Odds ratio (95% CI) | 1 | 0.65 (0.37 to 1.14) | 0.76 (0.53 to 1.10) |
% >5 UAI partners in the last year | 3.2% | 0.6% | 2.2% |
Odds ratio (95% CI) | 1 | 0.19 (0.23 to 1.43) | 0.68 (0.21 to 2.23) |