Abstract
This cross-sectional survey study is an analysis of the combined effects of contextual and personal factors in socialization, meeting of sexual partners, and sexual risk-taking among 529 young gay, bisexual, and other young men who have sex with men (ages 13-29 years). Results of binary logistic regression indicated that (a) the majority of the participants socialized outside of their home neighborhoods; (b) 13- to 20-year-olds utilized social circles to meet casual sex partners significantly more than 21- to 29-year-olds, who were more likely to make use of mainstream gay venues for this purpose; and (c) the participants who met sex partners at mainstream gay venues were less likely to engage in unprotected anal sex than those who partnered via the Internet.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 236-255 |
Number of pages | 20 |
Journal | Journal of HIV/AIDS and Social Services |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 2013 |
Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Health(social science)
Keywords
- YMSM
- context
- episodic analysis
- gay and bisexual
- sexual risk taking