title: Understanding the demographic characteristics of urban men who have sex with men.
abstract: We examined migration, closetedness, and family structure explanations of demographic profiles of urban men who have sex with men (MSM) using data from the Urban Men's Health Study and the Public Use Microdata Sample of the U.S. Census. The data suggested that the demographic profiles of urban MSM reflect a large in-migrating white, often young adult, population without children. Closetedness, an oft-cited bias in MSM population studies, did not significantly impact demographic patterns with minor exceptions. MSM urban subpopulations have demographics that differ substantially from the general population of the cities in which they reside.
authors.affiliation: Health Survey Research Unit, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, Department of Medicine, University of California-San Francisco, CA 94105, USA. Jcatania@psg.ucsf.edu
authors.forename: Joseph A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Catania
authors.forename: Jesse
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Canchola
authors.forename: Lance
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pollack
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003710:Demography; D004467:Economics; D004522:Educational Status; D005006:Ethnicity; D005191:Family Characteristics; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D014342:Truth Disclosure; D014505:Urban Population