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- Title
Racial Differences in Partnership Attributes, Typologies, and Risk Behaviors Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Authors
White, Darcy; Gorbach, Pamina; Grey, Jeremy; Sullivan, Patrick; Rosenberg, Eli; Rothenberg, Richard; Grey, Jeremy A; Gorbach, Pamina M; Rothenberg, Richard B; Sullivan, Patrick S; Rosenberg, Eli S
- Abstract
The role of main partnerships in shaping HIV transmission dynamics among men who have sex with men (MSM) has gained recognition in recent studies, but there is little evidence that existing definitions of partnership type are accurate or have consistent meaning for all men. Using data collected from 2011 to 2013 on 693 partnerships described by 193 Black and White MSM in Atlanta, GA, partnership attributes and risk behaviors were examined and compared by race, stratified in two ways: (1) by commonly used definitions of partnerships as "main" or "casual" and (2) by a new data-driven partnership typology identified through latent class analysis (LCA). Racial differences were analyzed using chi-square, Fisher's exact, and Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney tests. Black participants were less likely to report condomless anal sex (CAS) within partnerships they labeled as main, yet they were also less likely to describe these partnerships as "primary" on a parallel question. In contrast, within strata defined by the LCA-derived typology, most partnership attributes were comparable and the likelihood of CAS was equivalent by race. These findings suggest that classification of partnerships as main or casual does not accurately capture the partnership patterns of MSM, resulting in differential misclassification by race. Future studies and interventions should refine and utilize more evidence-based typologies.
- Subjects
ATLANTA (Ga.); GEORGIA; MEN who have sex with men; RACIAL differences; RACIAL differences -- Social aspects; HUMAN sexuality; PSYCHOLOGY; RACE relations; HOMOSEXUALITY; POPULATION; RISK-taking behavior; UNSAFE sex; RETROSPECTIVE studies; SEXUAL partners
- Publication
Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2017, Vol 46, Issue 4, p961
- ISSN
0004-0002
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s10508-016-0743-1