The need to know: HIV status disclosure expectations and practices among non-HIV-positive gay and bisexual men in Australia

Figures & data

Table 1. Socio-demographic characteristics of participants.

		Mean (SD)	N	%
Age		36.7 (11.48)
Country of birth	Australia Other		823 221	78.8 21.2
Aboriginal background	Yes No		33 1011	3.2 96.8
State	Australian Capital Territory New South Wales Northern Territory Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia		35 418 17 214 58 32 221 49	3.4 40.0 1.6 20.5 5.6 3.1 21.2 4.7
Place of residence	Capital city Regional city Other city/town Rural/remote		700 189 111 44	67.0 18.1 10.6 4.2
Education	Not completed high school High school Diploma/trade certificate University degree Other		74 157 246 544 23	7.1 15.0 23.6 52.1 2.2
Sexual identity	Gay Bisexual Queer Other		914 102 16 12	87.5 9.8 1.5 1.1
Any male sex partners in the past year	Yes No		992 52	95.0 5.0
Number of male sex partners in the past year		18.4 (32.54)

Table 2. Expectations of disclosure, consistent self-disclosure, and of serostatus preferences.

	Mean (SD)	Agree (%)
I only have sex with someone whose HIV status I know	2.54 (1.42)	25.9
I only have sex with someone whose HIV status is similar to mine	2.88 (1.51)	37.2
I'd expect an HIV-positive man to tell me he was HIV positive before we had sex	4.13 (1.29)	76.3
I'd expect an HIV-negative man to tell me he was HIV negative before we had sex	3.14 (1.48)	41.6
I always tell my sex partner what my HIV status is before we have sex	3.11 (1.54)	41.7

Table 3. Bivariate and multivariate analyses examining correlates of HIV status disclosure expectation for HIV-positive men.

	Bivariate association	p-value	Multivariate association Beta	p-value
Age (in years)	r = −.12	< .001	−.05	ns
Place of residence	F(1, 1042) = 29.00	< .001	.09	< .01
Education	F(1, 1042) = 16.44	< .001	−.10	< .001
Sexual identity	F(1, 1014) = 12.28	< .001	−.05	ns
Number of male sex partners in the past year	r = −.07	< .05	.01	ns
Perceived risk of HIV transmission	r = .28	< .001	.17	< .001
Expressed HIV-related stigma	r = .22	< .001	.07	< .05
Gay community engagement	r = −.16	< .001	.00	ns
HIV-positive community engagement	r = −.27	< .001	−.17	< .001

Table 4. Bivariate and multivariate analyses examining correlates of HIV status disclosure expectation for HIV-negative men.

	Bivariate association	p-value	Multivariate association Beta	p-value
Age (in years)	r = .01	ns
Place of residence	F(1, 1042) = 27.25	< .001	.10	< .01
Education	F(1, 1042) = 11.21	< .01	−.07	< .05
Sexual identity	F(1, 1014) = 4.30	< .05	−.03	ns
Number of male sex partners in the past year	r = −.05	ns
Perceived risk of HIV transmission	r = .25	< .001	.22	< .001
Expressed HIV-related stigma	r = .11	< .001	.02	ns
Gay community engagement	r = −.04	ns
PLHIV community engagement	r = −.06	< .05	.01	ns

Note: ns = non-significant.

Table 5. Bivariate and multivariate analyses examining correlates of self-disclosure of HIV status.

	Bivariate association	p-value	Multivariate association Beta	p-value
Age (in years)	r = .00	ns
Place of residence	F(1, 1042) = 17.51	< .001	.08	< .05
Education	F(1, 1042) = 5.54	< .05	−.05	ns
Sexual identity	F(1, 1014) = 5.37	< .05	−.04	ns
Number of male sex partners in the past year	r = −.09	< .01	−.07	< .05
Perceived risk of HIV transmission	r = .21	< .001	.17	< .001
Expressed HIV-related stigma	r = .08	< .01	.00	ns
Gay community engagement	r = −.04	ns
HIV-positive community engagement	r = .00	ns

Note: ns = non-significant.