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Table 1 Crude and RDS adjusted demographics by city

From: Problematic alcohol use among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in Canada: the role of proximal stressors and anxiety

 

Montreal (n = 1,179)

Toronto (n = 517)

Vancouver (n = 753)

Variable

Crude

RDS Adjusted

Crude

RDS Adjusted

Crude

RDS Adjusted

Age, in years, median (IQR)

34 (27–49)

33 (27–49)

31 (27–38)

29 (25–40)

32 (27–43)

31 (25–44)

 

%

%

%

%

%

%

Sexual Orientation

 Gay

82.1

76.5

77.9

72.4

85.8

79.8

 Bisexual

8.5

12.8

4.4

13.6

5.4

11.5

 Queer

5.4

4.6

14.5

9.3

5.8

3.7

 Pansexual

2.3

3.3

2.5

2.9

1.5

1.1

 Two-Spirit

0.6

0.5

0.6

1.9

0.8

2.8

 Others

1.1

2.3

0

0

0.7

1.1

Race/ethnicity

 White

76.9

70.6

64.9

59.9

66.0

54.6

 Black

2.6

2.2

4.4

5.6

2.6

4.7

 Latin American

8.2

10.1

7.7

8.4

7.7

10.4

 East-Southeast Asian

1.9

1.9

8.3

10.4

14.7

17.9

 Indigenous

0.8

1.2

0.6

2.2

2.9

3.9

 South Asian

1.0

2.1

3.9

3.6

2.6

4.7

 West Asian/ North African

4.4

7.1

3.1

3.6

0.8

0.4

 Others

1.7

2.9

3.4

2.9

0.9

0.8

 Mixed race/ethnicity

2.4

1.9

3.5

3.9

1.6

1.9

HIV Test Results

 Negative/unknown

81.8

85.8

80.6

77.8

82.4

79.6

 Positive

18.2

14.2

19.4

22.2

17.5

20.4

Annual Income

 Less than $30,000

57.5

66.8

47.8

57.4

45.5

61.3

 $30,000—$59,999

30.7

25.3

30.9

31.9

29.6

25.6

 $60,000 or more

11.7

7.8

21.3

10.6

24.8

13.1

  1. RDS respondent-driven sampling, IQR interquartile range, N = 2,449