Table 2

Location of CLAIC* event

 SCS† (N=168)PASH‡(N=194)Univariate analysis
n (%)n (%)ORp Value
Participant's home34 (20.2)74 (38.1)1
Partner's home48 (28.6)66 (34.0)1.58 (0.91 to 2.75)0.102
In a hotel/motel room17 (10.1)16 (8.2)2.31 (1.05 to 5.12)0.039
Sex party/sex venue/public sex environment64 (38.1)33 (17.0)4.22 (2.53 to 7.57)<0.001
Other5 (3.0)5 (2.6)2.18 (0.59 to 8.02)0.243
  • *Condomless anal intercourse with a casual partner.

  • †The HIV-negative gay men in the PASH study who described a recent occasion of condomless anal intercourse with a casual partner.

  • ‡The men in the Seroconversion Study (SCS) who described an occasion of condomless anal intercourse with a casual partner as the high-risk event that led to their infection with HIV.

  • CLAIC, condomless anal intercourse with casual partners; PASH, Pleasure and Sexual Health study.