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Table 2 Sociodemographic attributes and description of analytic sample by substance-using classes (n = 511)

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

Demographic Variables

Alcohol (n = 348)

Poppers (n = 140)

Chemsex (n = 23)

Test for difference*

  

n/Mean

%/SD

n/Mean

%/SD

n/Mean

%/SD

 

Age

 

21.8

2.15

22.5

2.10

22.3

1.77

0.005

Chinese ethnicity (Ref = Non-Chinese)

292

83.2%

121

86.7%

18

78.3%

0.499

Cisgender male (Ref = Transgender, genderqueer, or others)

320

92.0%

136

97.1%

21

91.3%

0.066

Gay (Ref = Bisexual, queer, or others)

239

68.7%

121

86.4%

18

78.3%

< 0.001

Monthly household income ≥ SGD5000 (Ref < SGD5000)

112

32.2%

63

45.0%

7

30.4%

0.025

Ever had sexualized substance use with

 Alcohol

89

25.6%

80

57.1%

13

56.5%

< 0.001

 Amyl nitrites (Poppers)

0

0.0%

136

97.1%

22

95.7%

< 0.001

 Crystal methamphetamine

0

0.0%

5

3.6%

22

95.7%

< 0.001

 GHB/GBL

0

0.0%

5

3.5%

22

95.7%

< 0.001

 Erectile dysfunction drugs

0

0.0%

9

6.3%

17

73.9%

< 0.001

Age of sexual debut

17.5

2.89

17.1

3.13

16.2

2.33

0.078

Bonding social capital

21.4

5.02

22.7

4.61

22.0

6.48

0.028

Bridging social capital

18.2

5.56

18.3

4.89

18.4

6.76

0.868

Connectedness to LGBT community

22.4

4.30

22.0

3.98

21.5

5.04

0.443

Outness to family

2.6

1.60

2.9

1.51

3.3

1.73

0.028

Outness to religion

0.6

1.04

0.8

1.58

0.5

1.27

0.154

Outness to the world

2.5

1.64

3.0

1.92

3.0

2.28

0.011

  1. Abbreviation: SD, Standard Deviation; GHB/GBL, gamma-hydroxybutyrate/gamma-butyrolactone; LGBT, Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender
  2. *Fisher’s Exact Test were employed for categorical variables while One-Way ANOVA was employed for continuous variables