Gay Community Periodic Survey Data: Adelaide 2001

Abstract

The third Adelaide Gay Community Periodic Survey is a cross-sectional survey of gay and homosexually active men recruited through a range of gay community sites in Adelaide. Data were collected on anal intercourse and oral sex, the use of condoms, the nature of sexual relationships, HIV testing practice and serostatus, aspects of social attachment to gay community, recreational drug use, and a range of demographic items including sexual identity, age, education, occupation and ethnicity. Additional questions were included in the 2001 survey to address frequency of attendance at gay commerical venues, places at which unprotected anal intercourse with casual partners occurred, participants'' knowledge of their casual partners HIV status, and any drug use and injecting drug use. Kind of Data: Survey. Sampling Procedures: Respondents were recruited through six sites in Adelaide as well as at a large public gay community event, Picnic in the Park. Method of Data Collection: Self-completion. Time Dimensions: Repeated cross-sectional study. Sample Population: 810 men in Adelaide were asked to complete the questionnaire and 565 did so. This represents a sound response rate of 70%. http://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/publications/gcps/