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Table 1 Demographic details and sexual activity of men

From: The health of people classified as lesbian, gay and bisexual attending family practitioners in London: a controlled study

 

Heterosexual classified N = 373

Bisexual classified N = 23

Gay classified N = 38

Age – Mean(SD)M = 6

35.9 (12.3)

37.1 (12.0)

35.9 (12.3)

Ethnic statusM = 6

   

   White#

268 (72.6)

19 (82.6)

34 (94.4)

   Black

77 (20.9)

1 (4.4)

2 (5.6)

   South Asian

8 (2.2)

2 (8.7)

0

   Others

16 (4.4)

1 (4.4)

0

OccupationM = 6

   

Full/part time work

252 (68.3)

14 (60.9)

28 (77.8)

Civil StatusM = 6

   

   Married

107 (28.7)

7 (30.4)

1 (2.6)

   Co-habiting

85 (22.8)

6 (26.1)

12 (31.6)

Sexual activity (at least once/last month)

   

   Masturbation* M = 6

225 (61.1)

19 (82.6)

29 (78.4)

   Oral SexM = 3

193 (52.0)

13 (56.5)

21 (56.8)

   Sex Intercourse** M = 5

263 (71.3)

18 (78.3)

13 (35.1)

No. of partnersM = 1

   

   None

102 (27.4)

5 (21.7)

12 (31.6)

   One

243 (65.3)

12 (52.2)

18 (47.4)

   2–10***

27 (7.3)

6 (26.1)

8 (21.1)

  1. M = Number of non responders
  2. N = column percent,
  3. *p = 0.018,**p = 0.0005, ***p = 0.002
  4. # white versus non-white p = 0.011