Table 4 Reported frequency of HIV and sexually transmissible infection tests, by demographic characteristics and community attachment among men who have sex with men (MSM) participating in the Melbourne Gay Community Periodic Survey, 2004–6 (residents of Victoria)

Variable	Category	2004	2005	2006	χ²
Variable	Category	n/n (%)	n/n (%)	n/n (%)	p Value
Sexual health tests in previous 12 months
All	Anal swab	457/1753 (26.1)	509/1441 (35.3)	613/1584 (38.7)	<0.01
	Throat swab	570/1753 (32.5)	608/1447 (42.0)	6901585 (43.5)	<0.01
	Penile swab	477/1756 (27.2)	507/1427 (35.3)	546/1568 (34.8)	<0.01
	Urine sample	737/1751 (42.1)	737/1459 (50.5)	792/1593 (49.7)	<0.01
	Blood test for HIV	1061/1760 (60.3)	943/1536 (61.4)	1047/1692 (61.9)	0.34
	Other blood test	976/1747 (55.9)	840/1455 (57.7)	920/1596 (57.6)	0.29
Blood test for HIV in previous 12 months
Age group (years)	<30	366/600 (61.0)	313/501 (62.5)	402/645 (62.3)	0.63
Age group (years)	30+	641/1076 (59.6)	623/1028 (60.6)	637/1035 (61.6)	0.35
Ethnicity	Anglo-Australia	769/1279 (60.1)	714/1177 (60.8)	765/1256 (60.9)	0.69
	European	149/236 (63.1)	147/219 (67.1)	168/250 (67.2)	0.35
	Other	143/245 (58.4)	82/140 (58.6)	114/186 (61.3)	0.55
Community attachment: ‘Proportion of friends who are gay’	None/some or a few	527/936 (56.3)	479/812 (59.0)	517/887 (58.3)	0.38
Community attachment: ‘Proportion of friends who are gay’	Most or all	533/823 (64.7)	464/724 (64.1)	528/801 (65.9)	0.63
Community attachment: ‘Proportion of free time spent with MSM’	None/a little/some	593/1020 (58.1)	544/920 (59.1)	571/967 (59.1)	0.68
	A lot	468/738 (63.4)	399/615 (64.9)	473/718 (65.9)	0.33