Social capital and chemsex initiation in young gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men: the pink carpet Y cohort study

Table 1 Sociodemographic attributes and description of sample (n = 570)

Demographic Variables	n	%	Mean	SD
Age			21.9	2.17
Ethnicity
Chinese	478	83.9%
Non-Chinese	92	16.1%
Gender
Cisgender male	525	92.1%
Transgender, genderqueer, or others	45	7.9%
Sexual orientation
Gay	408	71.6%
Bisexual, queer, or others	162	28.4%
Monthly household income
SGD 5000 and above	203	35.6%
Below SGD 5000	367	64.4%
Ever had sexualized alcohol use
Yes	190	66.7%
No	380	33.3%
Ever had sexualized popper use
Yes	161	28.3%
No	409	71.8%
Ever had sexualized methamphetamine use
Yes	27	4.7%
No	543	95.3%
Ever had sexualized GHB / GBL use
Yes	27	4.7%
No	543	95.3%
Ever used erectile dysfunction drugs for sex
Yes	26	4.6%
No	544	95.4%
Age of sexual debut (n = 511)			17.3	2.94
Bonding social capital			21.7	4.97
Bridging social capital			18.2	5.45
Connectedness to LGBT community			22.4	4.33
Outness to family			2.7	1.60
Outness to religion			0.7	1.27
Outness to the world			2.6	1.74

Abbreviation: SD, Standard Deviation; GHB/GBL, gamma-hydroxybutyrate/gamma-butyrolactone; LGBT, Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender

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