Male-Call Project Data

The Male-Call Project data represents homosexually active men's knowledge of HIV and AIDS and their sexual practice, and how these relate to a number of demographic and contextual variables. Main variables include sexual identity, gay community and social involvement, sexual practice - enjoyment, frequency (regular and casual partners) and sexual history, media exposure, general AIDS knowledge and attitudes, 'safe sex' knowledge and practice, change in sexual practice, sex with women, prostitution, health practices, drugs, testing, relationship to people with AIDS.Background variables include age, country of birth, ethnicity, accommodation, labour force status, occupation, income, level of education, religion, marital status, and parenthood. Time Dimensions: One-time cross-sectional study. Sample Population: Australian males who had had sex with a man during the last 5 years. Sampling Procedures: Strategies were put in place to recruit both men who identify as gay and men who do not. Volunteer recruitment sources included sections of the organised and formal gay community (radio venues, gyms, businesses, publications); all modes of sexual contact within, outside and marginal to an organised gay community (gay brothels, sex shops, beats, saunas); all relevant health centres; and all pornography outlets. Methods for contacting potential respondents included standard advertising appealing to the importance of research information; advertising with some sexual titillation; cards and fliers; stickers and posters; notices in Personal columns; and articles/interviews in the media. Each state and territory had recruitment workers. Method of Data Collection: Telephone interview. Kind of Data: Survey. This collection is archived in the Australian Data Archive (ADA).

男性呼叫项目 (Male-Call Project) 数据集，收录了男男性行为人群对艾滋病 (HIV/AIDS) 的认知水平、性行为实践情况，以及上述信息与多项人口统计学及情境变量的关联关系。核心变量涵盖：性身份认同、男同社群参与度及社会融入情况、性行为实践（含愉悦感、固定性伴侣与临时性伴侣的性行为频率）、性行为史、媒体接触情况、艾滋病通用知识与态度、安全性行为的认知与实践、性行为实践的变化、与女性的性行为、卖淫行为、健康行为、药物使用、HIV检测、与艾滋病感染者的社交关系。背景变量包括年龄、出生国家、族裔、居住状况、劳动力状态、职业、收入水平、受教育程度、宗教信仰、婚姻状况及生育情况。时间维度：单次横断面研究。研究人群：近5年内与男性发生过性行为的澳大利亚男性。抽样流程：研究制定了覆盖自我认同为男同及非男同男性的招募策略。志愿者招募渠道包括：正规有组织的男同社群板块（如电台阵地、健身房、合作商户、社群出版物）；男同社群内部、外围及边缘地带的各类性接触场景（包括男同妓院、情趣用品店、街头约见据点、桑拿浴室）；所有相关健康医疗机构；以及所有成人色情用品门店。潜在受访者的触达方式包括：强调研究重要性的标准广告、带有性暗示的广告、卡片与传单、贴纸与海报、个人专栏启事，以及媒体报道与访谈。每个州与领地均配备了专职招募人员。数据收集方式：电话访谈。数据类型：调查数据。该数据集目前存档于澳大利亚数据档案馆 (Australian Data Archive, ADA)。

搜集汇总

背景与挑战

背景概述

该数据集是一项关于澳大利亚同性恋活跃男性的横断面调查，聚焦于HIV/AIDS知识、性行为实践及其与人口统计学变量的关系。数据通过电话访谈收集，样本覆盖过去5年内与男性发生过性行为的澳大利亚男性，采用多样化招募策略以确保代表性。数据集存档于澳大利亚数据档案馆，为研究性健康和社会行为提供了重要资源。