Table 3

Subgroups with similar preferences for sexual health services

	Class 1 Uncertain		Class 2 Reluctantly attend general practice		Class 3 Reluctantly attend sexual health clinics		Class 4 Happy to pay
	Randomly selecting		A sexual minority who tended to opt out preferred face-to-face consultation with family support at a GP clinic.		A sexual minority who tended to opt out preferred free service with accessible messaging at a sexual health clinic with healthcare professional support or no support. They disliked online patient-centred services using professional languages with family support and accessing only conventional facilities and equipment.		This class was more likely to use the service. They preferred a fee of £50–£100 and accessible messaging. They disliked accessing sexual health services at a GP clinic with a fee exceeding £100 and a service which only had conventional facilities and equipment.
Size	7.7%		25.7%		12.5%		54.1%
Disable	−1.64678		0.26126		0.48874		Reference class
Sexual minority	0.94619		0.87578*		1.36587*		Reference class
	Coefficient	SE	Coefficient	SE	Coefficient	SE	Coefficient	SE
Location
GP clinics	−4.72	161.09	0.43**	0.20	0.80	0.49	−0.15*	0.08
Sexual health clinics	24.17	561.76	−0.10	0.21	1.77***	0.58	0.09	0.08
Online	−19.46	425.75	−0.33	0.23	−2.57***	0.88	0.06	0.08
Mode of delivery
Face to face	17.28	184.18	0.35*	0.20	−0.06	0.54	0.13	0.09
Telephone	54.19	545.75	0.02	0.21	0.24	0.34	−0.05	0.07
Videoconference	−71.46	673.55	−0.38*	0.22	−0.18	0.59	−0.09	0.09
Cost
Free	−11.35	188.04	−0.17	0.24	0.96**	0.47	0.03	0.08
£50–£100	15.91	165.68	0.05	0.22	−0.11	0.44	0.15**	0.08
>£100	−4.56	136.42	0.12	0.21	−0.84	0.52	−0.18**	0.08
Consultation
Patient centred	−4.39	90.57	−0.05	0.15	−0.72**	0.32	−0.03	0.05
Not patient centred	4.39	91.57	0.05	0.15	0.72**	0.32	0.03	0.05
Extra support
Family, friends or personal assistants	10.86	377.67	0.37*	0.22	−3.60**	1.13	−0.01	0.05
Other healthcare professionals	19.74	338.39	−0.23	0.24	1.75***	0.58	0.06	0.07
None	−30.60	642.98	−0.14	0.23	1.86***	0.71	−0.05	0.07
Accessibility
Accessible facilities, inclusive equipment	−36.32	221.63	0.20	0.28	0.35	0.75	−0.03	0.10
Conventional facilities and equipment	83.95	995.03	−0.11	0.26	−2.14***	0.76	−0.15*	0.09
Accessible messaging	−47.64	430.89	−0.08	0.28	1.79***	0.64	0.18*	0.10
Conventional messaging	−54.39	797.92	0.23	0.26	−1.86***	67	−0.06	0.10
Neither	22.42	353.24	2.11***	0.22	2.96***	0.72	−2.02***	0.20

Akaike Infomation Criterion/Number of observations=1.840.
Log-likelihood function=−1042.2.
***P<0.01, **p<0.05, *p<0.10.
GP, general practitioner.